John Chevis

John started his professional career as an accountant, though he wasn’t a very good one.

In 2002 John joined the Australian Federal Police and for the next 12 years was involved in the investigation of a range of crimes including drug trafficking, terrorism, fraud, corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing. He also worked offshore in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

Between 2015 and 2017, John was the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Programme Against Money Laundering (GPML) adviser in the Pacific assisting countries including Samoa, Tonga, Niue and the Cook Islands.

Since 2017, John has been an AML/CTF consultant providing AML/CTF and Forensic Accounting assistance, advice, and training to authorities from countries including Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Egypt, Somalia, Fiji, UAE, the Maldives, Laos, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Namibia, Ethiopia, and Nauru.

In April 2025 John joined the Hub as the AML lead on the NRA Platform project.

John holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters degrees in Forensic Accounting and AML/CTF and lives in a house that is ruled by a labradoodle.