Evan Gallagher

Director Policy Reform AUSTRAC

Evan is Director, Policy Reform, at AUSTRAC, with responsibility for developing and implementing reforms to Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act. Evan represents Australian on the FATF Virtual Assets Contact Group. Evan has been involved in the two most recent FATF mutual evaluations of Australia, in 2005 and 2015, and has served as the legal expert in the 2021 FATF mutual evaluation of New Zealand and the 2006 FATF mutual evaluation of Samoa. He has previously worked in Australia’s sanctions regulator within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Before joining DFAT, Evan worked at the Attorney-General’s Department as part of the team that the developed Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006.