Allan Walker Merrifield
About Allan Walker Merrifield
Allan Walker Merrifield serves as the UK&I Market Lead at Salv, where he focuses on integrating technology into financial crime prevention. With a background in sales and account management across various companies, he is dedicated to improving collaboration in the financial services sector to combat money laundering.
Work at Salv
Allan Walker Merrifield has been serving as the UK&I Market Lead at Salv since 2024. His role focuses on leading market initiatives in the UK and Ireland, particularly in the context of financial crime prevention. Merrifield joined Salv after being impressed by the company's development of a collaborative crime-fighting platform, which aligns with his passion for integrating technology into financial crime fighting. His tenure at Salv is marked by a commitment to enhancing inter-company collaboration in the financial services sector.
Previous Employment History
Before joining Salv, Allan Merrifield held various positions in notable companies. He worked at GBG Plc as an Enterprise Account Manager from 2017 to 2020 and later as a Channel Sales Manager from 2020 to 2021. He also served as an Account Manager for SMB at Gartner from 2015 to 2016 and as a Sales Manager for EMEA at First Advantage from 2021 to 2022. Most recently, he was an Account Executive at ComplyAdvantage from 2022 to 2024, where he focused on financial crime prevention strategies.
Education and Expertise
Allan Merrifield earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Games Technology from De Montfort University, where he studied from 2012 to 2015. His educational background provides him with a strong foundation in technology, which he applies to his current focus on financial crime prevention. Merrifield is passionate about leveraging technology to improve detection rates of financial crimes and advocates for innovative solutions within the industry.
Advocacy for Financial Crime Prevention
Allan Merrifield is an advocate for a community-enabled approach to financial crime reporting and prevention. He emphasizes the need for collaboration among companies in the UK and Ireland to combat financial crime effectively. Merrifield highlights the inefficiencies in global money laundering detection, noting that only 1-2% of cases are detected annually. His goal is to change this statistic and make inter-company collaboration a standard practice in the financial services industry.