Graham MacKenzie joins Amiqus as Director of AML and Financial Crime Risk
Edinburgh, Tuesday 3rd December 2024
- Graham MacKenzie joins the UK-based scale-up, bringing over a decade of regulatory leadership experience as Chair of the UK AML Supervisors Forum, member of LSAG and Head of AML at the Law Society of Scotland
- Amiqus has been recognised as one of the top scaling UK tech companies by Tech Nation, with recent partnership wins including Virgin Money and staff compliance screening contracts within the UK government PSR framework
Leading compliance and identity verification provider Amiqus has strengthened its commitment to supporting regulated firms by appointing renowned Anti-Money Laundering (AML) expert, Graham MacKenzie as Director of AML and Financial Crime Risk.
With over a decade in AML and financial crime regulatory environments, Graham brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, having previously served as Chair of the UK AML Supervisors Forum, member of LSAG and Head of AML at the Law Society of Scotland.
Graham will drive Amiqus’ efforts to enhance ongoing investment into AML platform capabilities as the company rolls out across high-volume financial services and wealth management clients.
In line with regulatory change and increasing obligations for firms to proactively manage client and staff AML risk factors, Amiqus are set to launch an AML consulting capability to complement on-demand implementation and current support service offerings. Existing and long-standing clients will now benefit from an additional premium support capability, bespoke content, regulatory horizon scanning and dedicated access to guidance and independent audit options.
Callum Murray, CEO of Amiqus, commented:
“We’ve committed to scaling the impact Amiqus has by 10x over the next few years. To do that it’s critically important we’re able to attract the very best people to join us across a wide variety of roles.
I’ve known and respected Graham for a number of years in his previous role and I’m excited for us to put our plans to work, supporting our teams, clients and delivering on the potential we have to fundamentally change the way people are able to reusably access regulated products and services online.”
Graham MacKenzie commented:
“After eight incredible years setting up and running the AML function at the Law Society of Scotland, I have gotten to know the team at Amiqus really well. I’ve always been impressed not only by the quality of their product and solutions but by their overall mission and objectives – growing ethically, sustainably and purposefully, using business as a force for good and making access to legal and other professional services simpler for everyone.”
“When making the decision to move on from the Society, it was important to me to know these are the principles which continue to guide Callum and everyone who works at Amiqus.”
“As money laundering and other economic crime risks become ever more complex, and the regulatory landscape expands to keep pace, it is clear to me that using technology you can trust is not only a competitive advantage – it has increasingly become an imperative.”
“As an ex-regulator, I’m acutely aware of the pressures all professional firms face in the current environment. There is however, a huge amount of untapped potential to use technology to help firms in this space and I’m looking forward to using my experience and expertise to support Amiqus and their clients unlock this opportunity, and with wider AML/economic crime compliance requirements.”
