Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas currently serves as the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) at Velocity Trade, a global broker-dealer in foreign exchange and capital markets, since July 2022. Previously, Gareth held key roles at Metro Bank as Advisory and Framework Lead for Financial Crime Risk and Control, and as a Financial Crime Consultant at P2 Consulting. Experience at Barclays Corporate Banking included managing KYC, CDD, EDD risk assessments, and AML change projects. Earlier career highlights include serving as Case Lead at J.P. Morgan for a global KYC remediation project and multiple senior positions at institutions such as the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and ABN AMRO. Gareth has pursued extensive relevant education, including a Diploma in Compliance and an International Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering from the International Compliance Association, alongside ongoing studies with ACCA.