Francisco Mainez is the former Head of Data and Analytics for Wealth and Personal Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Throughout his career, Francisco has specialised in activities related to data extraction, analysis and Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas.  His team was also deeply involved in rolling out initiatives related to Advanced Analytics solutions for Financial Crime.   

While in HSBC, Francisco worked in other Financial Crime Teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Global Compliance Reporting. Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank in London and Singapore, after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in different geographical locations. More recently, he joined NICE Actimize and has been providing subject matter expertise and leading transformation programs covering operational excellence, regulatory, automation and investigative processes.  

Francisco holds a MSc in Information and Knowledge Management and a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the University of London, along with several professional certifications: CAMS, CISI Investment Operations, CFCI (Certified Financial Crimes Investigator) and SAFe (Scalable Agile Framework).