Alex Gray, Head of Trade & Transaction Banking at The London Institute of Banking and Finance started his career at HSBC as an International Manager in 1989. He has held both Sales and Operations roles in Trade in Singapore, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and the UK. His last role with HSBC was as Head of Trade Services for the UK’s Trade Operations where he was part of the team that developed the AML programme for Trade prior to the visit from the Department of Justice Monitor.

Alex also worked for Santander and subsequent to leaving he developed and delivered a Trade Based Financial Crime workshop programme to the entire UK Corporate Bank. In addition to his work for LIBF Alex has his own consultancy business, Gray Bay Consultants Ltd, which currently sees him focused on work for TradeSun, a fintech that specialises in document and compliance checking for trade documents.