Robert Dean

UK Head of Financial Crime Technology

KPMG in the UK

Robert is the Head of Financial Crime Technology at KPMG in the UK. He is a leading authority in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence in financial crime control systems, speaking at a broad range of industry events, global conferences and participating in panel debates alongside financial services regulators, industry SMEs and academics. Robert most recently led the development of KPMG in the UK’s proprietary algorithmic classification platform for expediting the operational and case management aspects of many different alert review processes, including both sanctions and transaction monitoring alert reviews. He has also led the team in delivering data solutions and analysis for a number of financial institutions across a variety of business areas (including retail, wealth, commercial and global banking and markets) including model validation, segmentation, rules, scenario and threshold analysis, as well as systems effectiveness and efficiency testing.

  • Advisory
  • Risk Consulting