Alvarez & Marsal appoints David Hicks as Global Co-Leader of Disputes & Investigations

Global consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has closed a high-profile hire in the financial crime and forensic domain, welcoming former Big Four veteran David Hicks to its ranks.

David Hicks brings more than 30 years of professional experience to Alvarez & Marsal, where he has been appointed a Managing Director and Global Co-Leader of the Disputes & Investigations practice.

Hicks arrives from KPMG, where he spent more than 15 years, holding various senior leadership roles including Global Head of Forensic, overseeing a team of approximately 4,000 professionals.

Throughout his career, Hicks has led strategic transformation initiatives, complex investigations, and cross-border regulatory engagements for clients worldwide, with a focus on the financial services industry, including global, European, and UK-based banks and regulators.

Hicks specializes in financial crime advisory, investigations, and contentious regulatory matters, in areas such as anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud risk management, and bribery and corruption.

His experience includes advising a G20 central bank on fraud risk supervision covering strategy development, controls framework design, and supervisory implementation. Hicks has led know-your-customer (KYC) and financial crime remediation engagements across private banking, shipping and retail banking, and corporate banking, including small and medium-sized enterprises.

He also advised major banks on financial crime governance, financial crime risk management frameworks, and the development of anti-financial crime target operating models.

Hicks will be based in the UAE (Dubai office) until the end of February 2026, after which he will relocate back to London.

In both the UK and the Middle East, Alvarez & Marsal has been recognised as one of the leading consultancies in the areas of Forensic and Financial Services.