Ann Stevens

Lecturer at Liverpool Centre for Advanced policing Studies

Trainer

Ann Stevens is a Lecturer within the Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies and a programme leader for several of the programmes that are delivered in partnership across the Informa portfolio. She presents modules in Financial Crime and Intelligence.

Ann has a strong background in distance learning and digital (online) education that started in 2010 when she was asked to create a Criminal Intelligence certificate programme for Humber College in Toronto, Canada. As the programme leader and instructor Ann was tasked with development and delivery to meet a growing demand for intelligence education relevant for both public and private sector needs. One that was accessible by professionals, unable to meet traditional demands of ‘in person’ education. Ann has a Masters of Science in Fraud & Corruption, and recently completed a PGCAP with a focus on Digital Education.

In 2011 (JIBC) the Justice Institute of British Columbia asked Ann to develop and deliver a Financial Crime Analysis module as part of the Graduate Tactical Intelligence programme. Ann has been teaching and assessing that module ever since with global students including law enforcement, security agencies and the financial industry. Ann is currently a member of the PAC (Programme Advisory Committee) ensuring the programme stays current in this rapidly evolving landscape.

Ann has been the Director of Professional Development for IALEIA (International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts), a single point of contact for the global intelligence and analysis community advising, referring and assessing education opportunities for members. Ann has been an expert panel member on the ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners) Annual conference, an SME (Subject Matter Expert) in Intelligence Led Policing for IALEIA and won international awards from IALEIA and IAFCI (International Association of Financial Crime Investigations) for police intelligence work on Threat Assessments and Intelligence-Led Investigations. Presented at various industry conferences around Intelligence and Financial Crime.

Ann in an expert witness in Financial Crime and has a number of professional designations relative to her field of expertise (Intelligence & Financial Crime). She has worked in Criminal Intelligence & Investigations for 30 years in both operational and leadership roles in Law Enforcement and the Financial Industry. Ann continues to promote the need to understand the patterns and trends surrounding organised crime and offender behaviour as critical to an intelligence led approach and developing an effective response to global fraud risk and financial crime identification and mitigation.

As a Police Intelligence Officer for Merseyside Police prior to and since inception of the National Intelligence Model, Ann is an advocate of an intelligence led approach. A Lifetime Certified Criminal Analyst through SCCA (Society of Certified Criminal Analysts) & IALEIA (International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts) she has worked on complex investigations using her analytical skills and experience to successfully support intelligence-led investigations. A two time International IALEIA award winner for the promotion and use of intelligence and analysis to successfully support complex investigations. Ann led the CFCIU (Centralized Financial Crime Intelligence Unit) at the Canadian Bankers Association and was key in the development of Tactical and Strategic response to organised crime targeting the financial industry, including supporting the advocacy for a National Financial Crime Strategy.

Bringing her operational and intelligence experience in policing over to the private sector Ann went on to become the Senior Manager of Intelligence for TD Bank in Canada, building and leading an Intelligence function for the Global Security Investigations team, following on from that she was the Director of Security Intelligence, responsible for building and leading an intelligence team for Corporate Security. Both roles involved strategy and policy development in terms of internal and external Fraud & Financial Crime by leveraging resources and technology to identify and respond to global threat risk aligned with the organization risk tolerance.

Ann was recruited by Equifax Canada in 2013 to build an Intelligence & Investigations function for the growing ‘Citadel’ fraud consortium (SIRA in the UK). With a focus on credit applications the credit bureau and organised fraud rings Ann used proactive and predictive models to identify and respond to risk. In 2017 Ann was recruited by Symcor as a Director of Fraud tasked with supporting a multi layered approach to development of technology solutions with a focus on transaction fraud, Ann and her team identified complex fraud rings and used the patterns/trends and behaviours to build and implement systemic solutions.

Professional Designations:

CCA – Lifetime Certified Criminal Analyst

GPA – Geographic Profiling Analyst

CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner

CAMS – Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist

ACFS – Enrolled