David Balson is the Director of Intelligence at Ripjar, where he is focused on supporting leading organisations and national governments to tackle rapidly evolving risks that threaten their growth, prosperity and value. Based in the UK, Ripjar was formed by senior technologists and leaders from the British security and intelligence community, previously working at the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Ripjar provides advanced data intelligence capabilities to global institutions working to detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, cybercrime and terrorism.