Iain Armstrong

Iain has held a number of senior Risk and Anti-Financial Crime roles in major financial institutions, both in the First and Second Lines of Defence. Most recently, Iain was Head of Risk at Mettle, a franchise of NatWest. Prior to this, he worked on Financial Crime Policy and Standards at HSBC and Barclays. 

Iain’s career began in the Enforcement Division of the UK's Financial Services Authority(now the Financial Conduct Authority), where he spent eight years working on criminal investigations into investment fraud, as well as misconduct investigations. He is now a Global Regulatory Affairs Practice lead at ComplyAdvantage, a cross-functional, strategy-focused role which cuts across the Product, Commercial, and Marketing areas of the business.