Giles Thomson is the Director of Economic Crime and Sanctions at HM Treasury.
He is responsible for the UK’s AML/CTF policy, is the UK’s Head of Delegation to the Financial Action Task Force and runs OFSI – the UK’s competent authority for the implementation and enforcement of financial sanctions. He has close to twenty years' experience in a range of roles across government, working extensively on economic crime policy before joining OFSI in November 2020.
Ten years ago, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) was established to ensure that the United Kingdom’s financial sanctions are clearly understood, effectively implemented and robustly enforced. Over the past decade, financial sanctions have become an increasingly important tool in furthering the UK’s foreign policy, national security and economic aims. Financial sanctions …
In June 2023, the UK government announced that it would be introducing two new reporting measures. These are to strengthen transparency of frozen assets in the UK and assist HM Treasury in monitoring compliance with, and detecting evasion of, financial …
The critical role that financial sanctions have played in the international coalition’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further demonstrated what a crucially important tool they are for the UK to protect its national security and financial integrity. As …
OFSI's director Giles Thomson talks about new powers which come into force on 15 June and our approach to enforcement
Read OFSI's latest blog from Giles Thomson about his new role as Director of OFSI and economic crime