ACAMS Connect AMLA – 2025 Work Programme ‘From Vision to Action’

David has extensive global financial crime risk mitigation experience within banks and, previously, government customs agencies. David was awarded the 2019 ACAMS® Career Leadership Award in recognition of his career-long commitment to the AML/CFT community and his significant role in leading, advising and counselling the global AML profession. David Clark most recent assignment was as a Senior Financial Crime SME & Change Manager at ING Bank. Prior to joining ING, David worked for Standard Chartered where he was the Financial Crime (FC) Surveillance Process Owner; as well as managing the Case Quality Control of the FC Analysts and Investigators. Additionally, David was the Head of FC Learning responsible for the AML, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Fraud Curricula, as well as the FC Compliance & Surveillance Academies. Previously David worked for GE Capital where he headed up the FC Risk Management function for EMEA and APAC, and for Barclays Wealth as the Head of FC Intelligence. Before Barclays, David had worked for ABN AMRO in their Global AML Advisory and Analysis team. Before switching careers to work in Financial Services, David had a 16-year Law Enforcement career as a Financial Investigator & Intelligence Officer which included 7 years seconded to a Crown Dependent Territory.

Craig Timm is the Senior Director of AML at ACAMS.

Prior to joining ACAMS, Craig had more than 15 years of anti-financial crime experience across the public and private sectors. At the Department of Justice, Craig served as a Deputy Chief in the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (now Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section) at headquarters in Washington, DC. In that role, he led a team of prosecutors responsible for enforcing criminal violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. economic sanctions, and money laundering laws committed by financial institutions and their employees. He led the prosecution of some of the largest financial institutions in the world including HSBC and BNP Paribas. Craig began his career with the Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in Arizona. At the Department of Justice, he was the recipient of numerous awards including the Attorney General’s Crime Victim’s Restoration Award, the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director’s Meritorious Service Award.

At Bank of America, Craig was a Financial Crimes Executive responsible for Strategic Initiatives. These initiatives included participation in the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, 314(b) information sharing initiatives, and the Wolfsberg Group as well as managing the day-to-day liaison with FinCEN, the U.S. Treasury, senior financial crimes policy officials at the OCC and Federal Reserve, key law enforcement agencies, and the U.S. Department of Justice. He also spent several years as the Financial Crimes Executive for the Global Wealth and Investment Management business lines where he served as the designated Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust.

Craig has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Northwestern University School of Law.