Introducing 2021 International Fellow Josie Preston
Josie is the Nominated Officer and Group MLRO for Caesars Entertainment EMEA, part of the world’s largest casino entertainment company, Caesars Entertainment Inc., best known for Las Vegas properties such as Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, and the iconic Playboy Club in London.
Prior to this, she was the Head of Anti Money Laundering and MLRO at the Ritz Club, an exclusive and prestigious Casino in London’s Mayfair district; specialising in direction and oversight of Enhanced Due Diligence teams, with particular expertise in UHNWI, HNWI, and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in the Middle East and Europe.
Josie has spent the past 5 years in AML leadership roles involving the establishment, training, and development of teams to combat Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime risk within the Casino gaming sphere, through internal strategic policymaking, risk assessment, threat analysis, and procedural development. She is a member of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) and the Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group (GAMLG) industry bodies and active working groups.
Josie has over 18 years’ experience in both land-based Casinos and igaming; in the diversified fields of operations, risk, strategy, bespoke training, and regulatory compliance, with several established domestic and international operators. She is a regular contributor to, and author of, articles and podcasts relating to AML and CTF risk in the casino industry.
Josie is a Veteran, serving 5 years as a Military Intelligence Operative (OPMI) of the Intelligence Corps of the British Army, specialising in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT), and strategic investigation and analysis. Josie has produced thousands of OS intelligence products for corporate and private clients with diversified applications; corporate and individual enhanced due diligence, pattern of life, virtual HUMINT, market sentiment, and insight research, unwrapping of beneficial ownership/complex structures, asset and people tracing.