Ann Neville is a Policy Officer at the Financial Crime Unit of the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA). She is a seconded national expert from the Department of Justice in Ireland where she acted as the State Competent Authority for the non-financial sector, ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing obligations by designated non-financial businesses and persons. She has also worked in the European Parliament Research Service on criminal justice policy issues under the remit of the LIBE Committee. She is a barrister specialising in white collar crime.