Faranaz Alam leads payments, remittance and virtual assets supervision at the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) – Australia’s anti money laundering regulator and financial intelligence unit.  She is responsible for supervision, intervention and implementing Australia’s recent AML reforms.

She has over two decades in financial system regulation overseeing prudential, financial conduct and consumer protection in Australia – at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC).  Faranaz has held senior leadership roles spanning enforcement, compliance, risk assessment, intelligence, government relations and digital transformation.  Prior to government, she worked in private practice in restructuring and insolvency.

Faranaz is the founder of the International Crypto AML Supervisors roundtable and a leading advocate for global collaboration in crypto supervision.  Her work is advancing international cooperation to combat financial crime across borders.