Anna Bleazard is head of Financial Crime Compliance for Singapore and Southeast Asia. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive financial crime, forensic accounting, disputes and litigation support experience.
Anna specialises in providing Financial Crime Compliance advisory services to clients in relation to anti-money laundering (AML), economic sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) and fraud. Her clients include banks, insurance companies, payment services companies, casinos, and digital asset firms. For the last 12 years, Anna has been based in Singapore covering the Southeast Asia region and prior to this she was based in London, covering UK and European clients.
During her time at FTI Consulting, Anna has conducted a number of internal control and compliance reviews including gap assessments, AML and fraud risk assessments and advised clients on risks relating to AML, sanctions, ABC and fraud. She has expertise in performing regulator-driven investigations and reviews and has worked at the behest of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Department of Justice (DoJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Anna’s experience includes planning, performing and leading complex fraud, corruption, and compliance investigations across Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific covering a multitude of topics including asset misappropriation, accounting fraud, bribery and corruption, channel stuffing, kickbacks, conflicts of interest, money laundering and sanctions.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Anna was with a Big Four professional services firm. In her role, she specialised in financial crime investigations, advisory and disputes work across Asia-Pacific covering multiple industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and consumer products.