Doug Hopton was with the Barclays Bank Group for over 37 years before setting up DTH Associates Ltd, the consultancy he runs on financial crime prevention. For 24 years he worked in group internal audit, involved in fraud investigation and compliance worldwide with anti-money laundering legislation. He was for many years Head of Group Fraud and Money Laundering Prevention and was the Barclays Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer. He was also chairman on the Mainstream Banking Advisory Panel of the UK Joint Money Laundering Steering Group and a member of the former HM Treasury Money Laundering Experts Group.