Nicholas Joseph

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Nicholas Joseph is currently the Head of Compliance EMEA for OKX. He is the former Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance, and the UK Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Worldpay. He previously held various senior anti-financial crime roles at Deutsche Bank, where he managed financial crime and reputational risk issues. Before joining Deutsche Bank in 2018, he was the Chief Compliance Officer and UK MLRO for a new international private equity division (investing in renewable projects) of GE Capital. Prior to Nicholas working in the financial sector in 2014, he was a senior British diplomat for over 13 years for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, where he focused on geopolitical, intelligence and global financial crime issues (e.g. sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering). Nicholas also represented the UK government on the UN Security Council in Geneva, Switzerland, where he participated in nuclear disarmament, export controls and human rights negotiations. He was also posted to the United Arab Emirates, where he covered geopolitical and sanctions issues for the UK government. Nicholas started his career as an environmental risk consultant covering environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.