Rawad Halawi is a Partner in Deloitte UK's Risk, Regulatory & Forensic practice, helping organisations navigate regulatory change, strengthen risk management capabilities and deliver business led and technology enabled financial crime transformation programmes.
With over 15 years' experience, Rawad advises financial institutions and other regulated organisations on complex financial crime risk and regulatory challenges. His work spans strategy through execution, helping clients design and implement sustainable solutions across governance, operating models, people, process, data and technology. He helps organisations leverage data, artificial intelligence and automation to enhance decision-making, improve customer and colleague experiences, strengthen controls and drive operational efficiency.
Rawad has led global financial crime transformation, remediation, and regulatory change programmes, helping organisations strengthen control frameworks, modernise operating models and respond to evolving regulatory expectations while improving operational effectiveness, customer onboarding journeys and supporting growth.
His experience spans a broad range of risk, regulatory and financial crime domains, including the design and delivery of complex financial crime programmes, governance and controls, regulatory compliance, sanctions, anti-money laundering, customer onboarding, client lifecycle management and large-scale business transformation. He has particular expertise in capital markets, commodities trading and energy trading.
Key experience and credentials:
- Over 15 years' experience advising regulated organisations on risk, regulatory and financial crime transformation.
- Extensive track record leading complex global transformation, remediation, financial crime and regulatory change programmes.
- Strong combination of business transformation, change management and technology-enabled delivery expertise.
- Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams and develop high-performing talent.
- Trusted adviser to senior executives, regulators and industry stakeholders.
- Strong international network across the risk, regulatory and financial crime community.
- Extensive experience across Banking, Capital Markets, Asset Management, Insurance, Commodities Trading and Energy Trading.