Isabella Chase was a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI before leaving in August 2022. Isabella led a research cluster on ‘Financial Crime Futures’ which assessed the role of technology in compliance, evolving AML/CFT policy frameworks and how inclusive financial integrity can be achieved. Her other research interests include new payment technologies, e-money, sanctions and financial crime involving high value goods such as art. Isabella hosted the Suspicious Transaction Report Podcasts.

Prior to joining RUSI, Isabella was the financial crime writer at RegTech, ComplyAdvantge. She holds an MA in Intelligence and International Security with distinction from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.