Anthony Usher

Anthony Usher brings a 20-year background in investigations and financial crime to support global clients facing a wide range of digital risk challenges. Mr. Usher’s deep expertise in complex investigations underpins his work in helping organisations implement technology and generative AI in legal and regulatory workflows.

Mr. Usher has firsthand insight into the role of law enforcement and supervisory bodies, having led more than 1,000 civil and criminal investigations staff working on a range of high-harm fraud and money laundering cases. This includes teams in the field carrying out dawn raids and taking cases through the criminal justice system, as well as cybersecurity experience, having been directly involved in efforts to support global malware takedowns and partnering with the National Cyber Security Centre to educate more than 100,000 businesses on protection against attacks.

Mr. Usher’s expertise in complex data problems and technology solutions comes to bear in his collaboration with FTI Technology’s data scientists and e-discovery teams to drive ongoing modernisation of investigations methodologies, including responsible and accessible use of AI to enable process improvements. This work includes supporting public and private organisations with major change initiatives, innovation drives and AI development.

Prior to joining FTI Technology, Mr. Usher served as Deputy Director, Head of Threat Management, and was part of the senior leadership team overseeing the Fraud Investigation Service at HM Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”), the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority. He was responsible for leading HMRC’s response to serious fraud and organised crime threats, managing a risk portfolio worth more than £6 million, overseeing senior governance and directing multiagency enforcement activity.

Early in his government career, Mr. Usher was an accredited intelligence analyst and qualified Financial Intelligence Officer working on a range of matters, from transnational crime to high-profile investigations. His interest in complex data problems and technology solutions subsequently led to him managing HMRC’s primary compliance data exploitation and risking tools — containing the data of millions of UK taxpayers — supporting approximately 5,000 users. He also established HMRC’s first Research & Development Laboratory in the wake of the Panama Papers.

Relevant Experience:

• Tackled numerous serious and organised crime threats, collaborating across government agencies and with international partners and working widely across Whitehall, including advising teams at 10 Downing Street
• Led the acquisition and rollout of e-discovery services in a large government department, supporting some of the UK’s largest economic crime investigations
• Worked closely with the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service as a key delivery partner focused on serious fraud and high-harm cases; included leading the technology strand of a multiagency plan focused on effective disclosure
• Spearheaded the testing of AI capabilities in complex compliance and investigation use cases
• Led activity focused on mitigating generative AI risks and the safe use of AI in a highly regulated environment containing sensitive data assets
• Led teams of data engineers and scientists working on a range of government issues, from economic analysis to sanctions compliance