Olivier Kraft

Olivier Kraft Olivier Kraft has contributed to global efforts against financial crime across the public, private and non-profit sectors. His experience in the intergovernmental space includes supporting countries in the implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption, advising the World Bank’s Sanctions Board on allegations of fraud, and assessing the effectiveness of national anti-money laundering systems. 

Olivier specialises in the interactions between financial crime and new technologies. As a Research Fellow at RUSI, he designed and led the Financial Crime 2.0 programme and published the first comprehensive review of how governments can leverage advanced analytics for AML purposes. He subsequently led a global bank’s intelligence assessment on virtual currencies and other new payment methods and worked with technology companies developing AI-led solutions for financial crime detection and mitigation.

Olivier holds a Master’s degree in Law from University Panthéon-Sorbonne, as well as an MSc in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning from University College London.