Alison Simmons

Alison Simmons serves as the Director of Financial Crime and Business Assurance at Santander UK Corporate & Commercial since January 2014, and previously held the position of Head of Financial Crime. Prior experience includes roles as Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Compliance at GE Capital from January 2010 to December 2013, and Senior Manager specializing in AML/Financial Sanctions Compliance at Ernst & Young between March 2007 and December 2009. Alison also served as Assistant Director of AML Advisory at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and as Head of Customer Assessment AML at Santander, where management of high-risk customer assessments was a key responsibility. Early career experience includes managing debt recovery operations at Abbey National Plc and investigating financial crime as a Senior Fraud Analyst. Alison's educational background includes advanced studies at Alliance Manchester Business School and a degree from Buckinghamshire New University.