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DB Risk & Compliance Services Ltd

89, Cromwell Lane, Burton Green, Coventry, CV4 8AQ

t: 02476 466492 / 07803 073380 e: david@dbriskandcomplianceservices.co.uk w: dbriskandcomplianceservices.co.uk

Welcome to DB Risk & Compliance Services Ltd

DB Risk & Compliance Services Limited provides compliance, consultancy, awareness raising and training services for financial services and other organisations within the scope of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, both in the UK and overseas for the prevention of financial crime, fraud and money laundering. In all cases the specific needs and requirements of the client will be paramount.

David’s financial services career of some 39 years spans all sides of business – 17 years with the Midland Bank Group, working up from a Graduate Trainee to Group Country Manager for Southern Europe; then a break of 5 years in the Parliamentary research and lobbying arena in both Westminster and the EU institutions in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg, plus 14 years in high-profile Senior Management internal audit, compliance and MLRO roles with a variety of banks in both UK and non-UK jurisdictions, and finally 3 years in consultancy and training with MHA, one of the leading firms in the anti-financial crime field.

DB Risk offers highly personal and dedicated service to clients, covering all aspects of financial crime. DB Risk undertakes to offer solutions to clients which are cost-effective, practical and realistic. The services which “DBRISK” provides will enable firms to understand and control their regulatory and legal risks and comply with both their legal and regulatory obligations.”

OUR SERVICES

• Carrying out financial crime Risk Assessments, advising on structure and roles within regulated firms on implementing recent legislation, FSA rules and industry guidance concerning money-laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and other financial crime.
• Drafting bespoke Policies, Procedures and Staff Handbooks for firms.
• Auditing clients’ AML / FC systems & controls, presenting reports to Audit Committee/Board + follow-up as necessary.
• Presentations to Boards and Senior Management Teams on the UK AML / Financial Crime regime.
• Creating and delivering AML/FC Workshops, Seminars and other professional training events in association with the BBA, the Securities & Investment Institute, the Institute of Internal Auditors, IMLPO, MLROs.com, M.I.S., Infoline / I.R.R. and the International Compliance Association (ICA).
• Advising clients on their staff training strategy and providing in-house, tailored training via classroom-style presentations or e-learning and testing.
• Lecturing on the Graduate-level Diploma, M.A. and certificated courses facilitated by the ICA in conjunction with the Cass Business School, City University and Manchester University Business School.
• Contributing to and authoring books and other publications on money laundering and financial crime.
• Advising clients on preparing for, managing and following-up on regulatory visits, including FSA “ARROW 2” reviews.
• In response to requests from contacts and clients a full Non-Executive Director service is now available. David has previously been an Approved Person under the FSA's rules and has carried out critical Controlled Functions over a number of years.
• A bespoke review of a firm's compliance with UK and international Sanctions requirements.

MORE ABOUT US

David Blackmore, B.A., F.S.I., A.C.I.B., A.Col.

Until June, 2009 David was a Senior Executive Consultant with the MHA Group, one of the UK’s leading anti-financial crime and anti-money laundering consultancies. He joined MHA in October, 2005 after a 34-year career in banking in the City of London, the last 13 of which have been spent in a number of high-profile Compliance and MLRO roles. 

These include 5 years with Arab Bank, London as Head of Compliance and MLRO, having previously been Internal Auditor, Compliance Officer and MLRO for the London branch of Greece's largest private sector bank, Alpha Bank A.E. Before that David had similar roles at Italian International Bank Plc. He also worked for HSBC (Midland) for 18 years, mainly in the international corporate banking, sovereign risk and financial institutions areas.

He left for a "career break" of 6 years in the political and parliamentary lobbying arena in London, Brussels and Strasbourg and rejoined the City in 1992.

David is a member of the Compliance Institute and was recently elected to be a full Associate. In July 2009 he was also elected to Fellowship of the Securities and Investment Institute. He currently serves on the S.I.I.'s Compliance Forum and has served on the BBA’s Money Laundering Advisory Panel (MLAP) during the drafting of the 2006 JMLSG Guidance. David is a former Deputy-Chairman of the Banking & Financial Services Special Interest Group of the Institute of Internal Auditors - UK. David is a current Member of the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers (IMLPO) and he joined the Midlands Fraud Forum in 2007.

David holds a Politics Degree from the University of Leicester.

David is an Independent Non-Executive Director of 3 PRA and FCA authorised & regulated London-based banks and Chair of the Audit Committee at all three. As a result David is very focussed upon the legal & regulatory changes resulting from the 2008/09 financial crisis, particularly the Senior Managers Regime which is due to be implemented in February / March 2016.

He has a wide range of experience and as a subject-matter expert is in much demand as a Conference and Seminar speaker and has always maintained good working relationships with Regulators, legal and accounting advisers, key trade associations and law enforcement.