Ian Matthews, Principal at Banking Sanctions Consulting, is a career banker with experience across many areas of wholesale banking, having worked both in front-line roles and in financial crime teams covering Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa areas of operation.

Ian has used this blended experience to adapt sanctions policies and remediation programmes in wholesale and corporate banking environments so that they are highly effective and deliverable in real-world banking situations. Ian’s specialism is in working closely with customer relationship bankers and their customers to help understand and mitigate potential sanctions risk exposure.

Today Ian delivers training and sanctions compliance consultancy services to financial and non-financial businesses, with a particular focus on policy development and remediation activity.