Ray Blake of The Dark Money Files and Risk Alert 247 is an anti-financial crime professional who has been at the front line of the regulation of retail financial services since the late eighties, both at policy and operational levels.

He is frequently engaged to communicate with audiences encompassing senior management, front line staff and risk & compliance functions on financial crime initiatives. He has served in roles including Head of Compliance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

Through The Dark Money Files podcast and special events, he communicates with leaders and practitioners from firms, regulators, law enforcement, consultancies and investigative journalism all over the world.

With Risk Alert 247 he helps banks, payments and FX firms, law enforcement and government to identify and respond to hidden risks and criminal activity associated with UK incorporations and incorporation networks in real time.