James Barr

James Barr

Speciality areas: Anti-Money Laundering, Operational Efficiency, Safer Gambling

James Barr is an operational compliance powerhouse and has over 15 years’ experience in the gaming industry, undertaking senior positions at William Hill and bet365 which focused on AML/CFT, Safer Gambling and Customer Due Diligence. James’s journey began working within an Investigations team in the financial services sector before moving to William Hill in 2005, to help detect internal and customer fraud in their betting offices.

After assisting the MLRO from 2011 when the regulatory landscape was changing, James relocated to Gibraltar to focus on the online side of the business where many important business relationships were formed, before becoming the Head of AML for William Hill Online. Following on, James moved to bet365 to help manage their Customer Due Diligence department as Deputy Head of Operations, dealing with customers from many jurisdictions and supporting senior stakeholders in regulatory matters and reviews.

As well as having an impeccable understanding of the operational issues gambling businesses face every single day, James also holds a diploma qualification in AML from the International Compliance Association.