Meet the team

Doug is responsible for the guidance of national and regional financial investigation efforts, strengthening asset recovery with regards to National Civil Recovery and Asset Confiscation Teams, and leads the delivery of the newly formed National Asset Management Office, working closely with the Home Office, policing partners, the NECC and other government departments.

Doug previously worked with Leicestershire Police as Senior Criminal Finance Manager, where he built and led a 46-person regional team of investigators, analysts, researchers, and financial investigators. He developed strategy across five police forces for confiscation order enforcement, civil recovery, and SAR-led money laundering investigations, while introducing consistent operating models, governance, compliance standards, recruitment, training, and performance management processes. He also strengthened partnerships with organisations including the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Courts & Tribunals Service, and HM Revenue and Customs to improve operational outcomes.

Before this, Doug served as a Senior Financial Investigator with the Food Standards Agency, leading financial investigations into food crime and advising on legislation, policy, and asset recovery strategies using both civil and criminal powers. He also worked within the East Midlands Regional Asset Recovery Team, supervising a multi-agency unit focused on money laundering investigations, asset confiscation, and the development of financial intelligence products for law enforcement.

Martin joined the Asset Management Office for Policing in July 2025 and is responsible for building and developing the function from the ground up, shaping how asset management supports policing and wider law enforcement across the UK and internationally.

His role spans establishing national processes and standards, developing training and capability, leading national procurement for asset recovery, supporting the development of the new Asset Recovery IT (ARIT) system, working with partners across government, the Home Office and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 

Martin brings over 30 years of policing experience, having served across the Metropolitan Police, Bedfordshire Police, ERSOU (Eastern Region Special Operations Unit) and the City of London Police. A former Detective Superintendent, his career has covered financial investigation, cybercrime, fraud, money laundering and organised crime.

He also played a key role in the NPCC National Cybercrime Team Programme, leading work on areas including cryptocurrency, cyber resilience and national cybercrime training.

Since joining the Asset Management Office for Policing (AMO) in July 2025, Andrew has been focused on building the structures, processes and partnerships that underpin a consistent and effective approach to asset management across policing and wider law enforcement.

His work includes helping to build and develop the AMO as a national capability, overseeing the development of training and professional standards, supporting the design of the new Asset Recovery IT (ARIT) system, developing operational support for forces and regional teams and working closely with partners across government, the Home Office and internationally 

Andrew brings extensive experience from a 34-year policing career, including leadership roles in asset recovery, financial investigation and counter-terrorism. He has also worked internationally as a FATF assessor and in roles with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the United Nations, supporting countries to strengthen their response to financial crime.

His focus is clear, creating a national service that is consistent, effective and supports investigators to deliver real outcomes. 

Since joining the Asset Management Office for Policing in July 2025, Steve has led on strategy and engagement, helping to shape the systems, guidance and partnerships needed to deliver a more consistent, modern approach to asset recovery.

His work focuses on developing policy, procedures and strategic direction, building strong partnerships across policing and wider law enforcement, supporting clear communication and engagement across stakeholders, helping define the AMO’s identity as a national capability.

Steve brings over 30 years of  policing experience, including 20 years specialising in serious and organised crime. He retired as a Detective Inspector in 2024, following a career with Kent Police (opens in new tab) and the ERSOU (Eastern Region Special Operations Unit) (opens in new tab).

Throughout his career, Steve has worked extensively across economic crime and cybercrime, leading regional capability, developing prevention approaches, and working with national and international partners to strengthen the response to complex threats.

After joining the Metropolitan Police on the Direct Entry Detective Pathway, Kim has gained extensive experience investigating a range of incidents, including domestic violence investigations, serious and complex investigations on CID, sudden deaths, high risk missing people and more, before joining the City of London Police as a member of staff. 

In post since October 2025, Kim supports the Asset Management Office for Policing (AMO) in managing asset recovery processes, supporting Forces and ROCUs and with high-value and complex assets, managing the valuation, storage and realisation processes. 

She applies experience from previous roles to help AMO review investigations and investigation processes, to identify learning and good practice, working in partnership with other agencies to prepare, submit and complete case files, preparing evidence for court. 

Her work spans ensuring orders and warrants are obtained in accordance with legislation and policy and ensuring criminally derived assets are forfeited in the correct manner.

James joined the Asset Management Office for Policing (AMO) in November 2025 as an Investigator – Asset Manager.

James is involved in helping shape the operational processes and structures that will support the AMO as it develops into a national capability. His work includes reviewing current asset management practices, supporting the development of new approaches and helping to build expertise that can be shared across policing and Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs).

He is also supporting the development of the new Asset Recovery IT (ARIT) system.

James brings extensive operational experience from a 28-year policing career, including 17 years within the Metropolitan Police Serious and Organised Crime Command. During that time, he worked across specialist teams investigating organised criminal networks involved in money laundering, drug supply, firearms offences, immigration crime and child abuse.

He later spent five years within the Economic Crime Command, where he led investigations into money laundering linked to organised crime groups. His team helped introduce Account Freezing Orders and secured more than £6 million in illicit funds. James was also involved in one of the UK’s first major cryptocurrency seizures and led the Metropolitan Police Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) consent function. He is a qualified Confiscator and previously served as an Intelligence Manager within Met Intelligence.

James’ operational experience and knowledge of financial investigation support the AMO’s aim of creating a more consistent and effective national approach to asset management.

Charlotte joined the Asset Management Office for Policing (AMO) in September 2025 as an Administrative Support Officer.

Charlotte plays an important role in supporting the day-to-day coordination and administration of the AMO and the wider NPCC/City of London Police Economic Crime Portfolio. Her work helps ensure information is managed accurately, tasks are tracked effectively and communication across the programme runs smoothly.

Her responsibilities include managing team and external communications, including shared inboxes and incoming requests, maintaining key logs, records and tracking tools, supporting administrative processes across the AMO and AMLAR teams, coordinating information for internal and external stakeholders and supporting the development of the Asset Recovery IT (ARIT) system through meeting coordination and action tracking

Before joining the AMO, Charlotte worked in administrative support roles across the legal and charity sectors, bringing valuable organisational and coordination experience into policing.

Charlotte’s work supports the effective delivery of the AMO programme and helps strengthen collaboration across policing and wider law enforcement.