Michael Brooks
Data Scientist
Michael is a seasoned data scientist with over 5 years of experience in developing industry leading fraud prevention solutions. At LexisNexis Risk Solutions, he helps Tier 1 global customers optimise their fraud and customer experience strategies. He is also responsible for leading innovation within the team, developing creative ways in which data can be used to productionise the detection of emerging fraud trends in real time. Michael has a technical background, holding a degree in Mathematics and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence.
Kate Dunckley
Senior Solutions Consultant
Kate has over a decade of practical application of skills in fraud management. She has experience of working in risk roles in big corporations as well as small enterprises, which allows her to anticipate business needs of clients from various verticals, regardless of their size or fraud challenges. For several years Kate has been improving strategy and customer experience for multi-institution international clients whilst working within the payment processing and banking sector. She is an expert in cards, payments, application and digital fraud strategy management.
David Haynes
Vice President, APAC
David Haynes is the Vice President of LexisNexis Risk Solutions in Asia Pacific responsible for developing and bringing to market a suite of services for clients involved in Compliance, Anti Money Laundering, KYC screening and Fraud & Identity Management.
David has over 15 years’ experience in banking and financial technology. Prior to joining LexisNexis Risk Solutions, David held leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and Merrill Corporation. During the last 8 years, David has been based in Asia working with many of the region’s leading Financial Institutions, Corporates and Law firms to help define internal processes and implement efficient and impactful Risk and Business Intelligence solutions.
Prior to moving to Asia, David was based in London and previously held positions in Investment Banking, focusing on Project Finance and Securitization. He was educated in England, graduated from the University of Birmingham and now lives in Hong Kong with his wife and their daughter.
Jason Lane-Sellers
Director, Marketing Planning EMEA, Fraud & Identity
Jason Lane-Sellers is a highly experienced fraud and revenue assurance professional who has been working within Fraud & Risk in the telecommunications industry for over 25 years representing leading Operators globally. Jason is currently COO and member of the Board of Directors of the CFCA (Communications Fraud Control Association), he was also previously President of the CFCA, the vice-chair of Fraud Intelligence subgroup of the GSMA Fraud Forum, and one of the team leaders of the Forum’s Fraud Management Group. Jason’s expertise encompasses fraud and risk prevention strategy, operational effectiveness, fraud prevention technology and solutions, and risk prevention best practice.
Emilio Rocchi
Director Market Planning, International Fraud & Identity, Payments
Based in The Netherlands, Emilio is a member of our Global Market Planning team. As a Director and SME in Payments he focuses on the payments strategy within Fraud & Identity in EMEA, APAC and LATAM. Before joining LexisNexis Risk Solutions, he was a Solutions Consultant specializing in e-Commerce and Latin American payments at Ingenico ePayments. Prior to this, he worked at Ipswitch as a sales engineer, helping to expand its distribution channel in Europe. He holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from the National University of Rosario in Argentina, and Magister Rerum Publicarum in Public Administration from the University of Speyer, Germany. He has recently completed a specialization in e-Commerce and e-Business at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Parul Sharma
Sr. Director, Professional Services
Parul has 12+ years of analytics experience, of which includes 6+ years of experience in the fraud and identity space. She is a certified fraud examiner and identity protection advisor. She works closely with eCommerce merchants, payment processors, healthcare, telecom, online gambling and media companies to help reduce friction and fraud while improving customer experience. Her expertise is in creating risk appropriate workflows for customers and she is passionate about making eCommerce safe and profitable everywhere. She is also a Level 1 CrossFit trainer and an industry speaker, most recently at MRC, CNP, and eTail West.
Thanh Tai Vo
Director of fraud and identity, Asia Pacific, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Prior to joining LNRS, Tai worked at leading consulting and technology companies focused on risk, compliance and digital fraud in Asia. With over 19 years of experience in technology transformation and risk consulting, he has worked in multiple areas, including business development, customer success, strategy formulation, product management and project management and execution.
Stephen Topliss
Vice President, Fraud & Identity
Dr. Stephen Topliss is a thought leader in fraud and digital identity and is frequently invited to speak at conferences and webinars. At LexisNexis Risk Solutions, he is responsible for the strategic direction of Fraud & Identity global markets, driving product strategy and innovation aligned with customers’ current and future needs. Based out of Amsterdam, Dr. Topliss holds a PhD in Space Plasma Physics and is fluent in Dutch and French in addition to his native English.
Dean Weinert
Vice President, Product Management
Dean Weinert has more than a decade of experience in designing products for fraud mitigation and prevention. He is currently the Vice President of Product Management for an industry leading online fraud prevention platform. Weinert is a tech enthusiast with a deep insight into mobile and web platforms, payments and security, with a fervent interest in the tools and techniques employed by fraudsters to defraud consumers. He thrives on collaborating with talented, driven people to make the internet a safer, more prosperous place to transact, work and socialize.
Robert Woods
Director Market Planning F&I Finance
Rob is responsible for LexisNexis® Risk Solutions International Market Planning for Financial Services. One of his priorities within the Fraud and Identity leadership team is ensuring the product portfolio and roadmap service client needs and provide a superior customer experience for end users.
Rob has a background as a product leader with experience designing and delivering major agile transformation programmes in Financial Services, specifically focused on authentication, fraud and digital identity, with the most recent being the implementation of an authentication as a service platform for PSD2 / Strong Customer Authentication at Lloyds Banking Group. Rob is a keen advocate of providing services that are centred on the customer, protecting their identity & digital banking experience, whilst enabling them to have confidence when shopping and transacting online.