Doug Hopton

Doug Hopton is a Consultant on Financial Crime Prevention operating through his own company DTH Associates Limited. Before establishing his company in January 2003 Doug was with Barclays Bank for over 37 years and served in many positions in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as well as the UK.

For 24 years of those years he was with Group Internal Audit in various positions throughout the world; mainly involving fraud investigations and anti Money Laundering. For many years he was Head of Group Fraud and Money Laundering Prevention. In this position he was responsible for the day to day running of the Bank's Fraud Prevention Section which has responsibility for the co-ordination, monitoring, investigations and prevention of fraud against the Barclays Group world-wide.

Doug was also responsible for the compliance by the Bank worldwide with anti Money Laundering legislation and as Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the Barclays Group he was the Approved Person under the Financial Services Authority rules.

Externally he was a member of the former HM Treasury Money Laundering Experts Group, Chairman of Mainstream Banking Advisory Panel of the UK Joint Money Laundering Steering Group and a member of the Financial Services Authority Rule Book Advisory Panel.

Doug speaks widely on all aspects of Fraud Prevention and Money Laundering and has had a number of articles published. He is also an Associate Director of MHA Consulting, the Anti Money Laundering Specialists. Doug is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, the Institute of Credit Management and a Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.