Abdulla Khalid Al Suwaidi

Abdulla Khalid Al Suwaidi is Director of Virtual Assets and Intelligence at the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit, where he leads the national approach to virtual asset financial intelligence, VASP-related analysis and the use of blockchain analytics in AML/CFT operations. He brings over 15 years of experience across financial crime investigations, regulation and banking. Before joining the UAEFIU, he served as Special Investigator for EMEA at a leading global virtual asset platform, and for nine years as Head of Counter Terrorist Financing at the Economic Security Center of Dubai, where he contributed to the UAE's FATF reassessment and led multi-agency investigations resulting in asset recoveries exceeding AED 500 million. He has trained more than 500 law enforcement officers and financial institution professionals and was recognised by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum for his contribution to the UAE's FATF achievements.