Kyran McCarthy

Kyran McCarthy leads FTI Consulting’s Financial Crime Compliance and Managed Services practices in Asia. He has been based in Hong Kong for 45 years and has 28 years of professional experience in the financial, banking and gaming services sectors. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Kyran was the regional Asia head of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) for a “Big 4” firm.

During Kyran's career, he has provided recommendations for the design, transformation and implementation of anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance operations for global and local banks with operations in multiple Asian countries to ensure they meet local and regional regulatory expectations. More recently, these recommendations have included advice to regulators and newly licensed virtual banks in Hong Kong on new and effective approaches to financial crime risk management and regulatory compliance including SupTech, RegTech and Managed Services solutions.

Kyran speaks frequently about regulatory developments and compliance challenges, including governance, AML, economic and trade sanctions, bribery and corruption risks at regional seminars and conferences, and he regularly conducts training for global financial institutions regionally. He is widely regarded as one of Asia’s leading financial crime compliance and risk compliance advisers. In the past, Kyran has been the Co-Chairman of the Hong Kong Chapter of ACAMS since its establishment in 2011.