Gerard is Conducting Officer and Head of Global AML at Invesco. He is a member of the EFAMA AML Task Force consulting on the draft regulation of the new AML/CFT framework under the future supervision of AMLA. Gerard has been active the Luxembourg Funds Industry for the past 30 years. In 2006 he joined Franklin Templeton as Head of AML Europe, Middle East & Americas, where he led the AML programme for Luxembourg and other locally domiciled funds including Dubai and Mexico.  In 2017 he joined Invesco where he is responsible for its Luxembourg Funds and AML operations globally. He is also leading a global AML project at Invesco to automate client onboarding, account maintenance and screening.