Denisse is a world-renowned champion of financial crime prevention initiatives with over 20 years delivering counter illicit finance – including anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) – solutions across banking and the public sectors. She is CEO of Rudich Advisory, CCO & co-founder of technology platform ElementaryB, and an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). She has experience working with top-tier financial institutions – formerly as Head of AML & Sanctions Policy for Royal Bank of Scotland, neobanks, crypto firms, regulators, international organizations and civil society as well as holding the roles of Director of the G7 and G20 Research Groups (London). Denisse is a senior advisor to The Sentry, co-founded by George Clooney, worked to stand up the World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime, set up the first global AML/CFT working group for the crypto industry, and is a Non-Executive Director. Denisse regularly attends G7 and G20 Summits, provides training on financial crime, is an author, keynote speaker and panellist at industry events, and mentor to start-ups.