Mr. Schisa is counsel in Davis Polk’s Financial Institutions Group and economic sanctions and national security practice, based in the Washington DC office.

He has extensive experience with the economic sanctions laws and regulations administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), having served for nearly 10 years as an attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel, Foreign Assets Control, the legal office that supports OFAC. In addition to sanctions, Mr. Schisa regularly advises clients on U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) and export control laws and regulations, and also supports the firm’s practice before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Alex Wilson is Co-Chief of the Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He supervises the prosecution of criminal violations of U.S. economic sanctions and the Bank Secrecy Act by financial institutions, as well as third party money launderers and international organized crime groups.

Alex previously served as an AUSA in the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit prosecuting primarily computer hacking and related cybercrime offenses, as well as white collar fraud cases. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010, Alex was an associate in the Litigation Department at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison and clerked for United States District Judge Paul A. Crotty in the Southern District of New York.

As Director of Regional Director, Sales Support Operations, Steve manages the team that ensures effective deployment of the company’s extensive portfolio of products, services and custom solutions to customers in the Americas. He is also responsible for delivering on the company’s strategic product deliverables in the Americas, and nurturing innovative partnerships that enhance the client onboarding and user experience.

Steve has over 20 years of experience in business development for high technology and financial content solutions, and has served in a number of strategic account management, product management, and sales management roles. Prior to joining SIX, Steve was a senior director of business development for a top global financial information provider as well as a C-level sales executive for two top-rated financial and business news aggregators.

Tyler Hand is Chief Compliance Officer of The Western Union Company, a fortune 500 global leader in digital and retail cross-border money transfer and payments services.

Prior to accepting the Chief Compliance Officer role, Tyler was Western Union’s Global Head of Sanctions, Interdiction, & Anti-Corruption. Tyler’s responsibilities with Western Union included leading the company’s government sanctions and anti-bribery/anti-corruption compliance programs, as well as managing the company’s screening and interdiction processes in support of the company’s anti-money laundering and fraud prevention programs.

Tyler joined Western Union in 2014 after seven years with the Chief Counsel’s Office for the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, DC. During his time with the Treasury Department, Tyler served as OFAC’s Assistant Chief Counsel for Designations and Enforcement and Acting Director for Enforcement. While at the Treasury Department, Tyler’s responsibilities included developing and implementing policies related to OFAC enforcement and designation matters; drafting sanctions Executive Orders, guidance and regulations; and advising on large interagency enforcement investigations involving major financial institutions. Tyler also worked closely on U.S. and multilateral sanctions matters with counterparts at the Department of Justice, the Department of State and the White House National Security Staff.

Prior to joining OFAC, Tyler practiced law at Holland & Hart in Denver, Colorado in its Anti-Corruption, Export Controls and Trade Sanctions practice group. Tyler received his J.D. in 2000 from the University of Colorado and his B.A. from the University of Vermont in 1995.

David B. Chenkin is the Managing Partner of law firm Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, and chair of the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering/Financial Crime and Government Investigations groups.

For over thirty five years, Mr.Chenkin has represented major corporations and senior executives in complex litigation and government investigations. He has counseled clients in many significant investigations conducted by the United States Congress and by federal, state and local prosecutors and regulators. Chenkin is nationally recognized for expertise in anti-money laundering (“AML”)/financial crime compliance, and is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Chenkin provides AML investigation training to global companies, other law firms and federal, state and local law enforcement. He is the recipient of the Department of Homeland Security’s 2017 HSI – New York Citizen’s Legacy Award, received for counseling law enforcement in building relationships with the financial community and contributing to the HSI legacy by exhibiting the core values of honor, service, and integrity.

Marc Van Driessche is a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) with IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and a Task Force Officer (TFO) with the FBI’s New York Office.  SSA Van Driessche has total of 22 years of governmental service in military and law enforcement assignments.  Prior to becoming a Supervisory Special Agent, Marc was a member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force for seven years.  In that task force Marc worked on investigations regarding terrorist threats, terrorism finance and evasion of the Iranian sanctions.

In recent years Special Agent Van Driessche also worked closely with the FBI New York’s Cyber Branch on cyber related crimes.  SSA Van Driessche has also worked investigations involving narcotics based money laundering, tax fraud, public corruption and identity theft. SSA Van Driessche is a former Capitan in the U.S. Army.  In the Army, SSA Van Driessche served as a Military Intelligence Officer and Counterintelligence Special Agent.

Max Lerner is the Global Head of Sanctions for State Street, a leading global bank focused in custodial, asset management and advisory, and administrative services based in Boston. In his role, Max is responsible for: the design, management, and execution of State Street’s global sanctions program; providing global leadership on all sanctions issues and projects, including sanctions screening programs, regulatory remediation and engagement, and policy and business unit advisory; and personnel management and operational oversight of teams based across the globe. Max also sits on State Street’s AML & Sanctions Leadership team, wherein he advises on AML, PEP, cryptocurrency / digital assets, and marijuana issues.

Prior to his tenure at State Street, Max served as Legal Regulatory Counsel at Standard Chartered Bank, a major global bank focused on retail, trade finance, commercial, and correspondent banking, based at its New York office. In that role, Max’s practice focused on three areas: (1) AML & sanctions advisory, (2) dispute resolution management, and (3) regulatory engagement, investigations, and remediation. As the key AML & sanctions counsel based at the New York office, Max worked closely with business units and corporate functions to advise on business transactions and deals, compliance policies and programs, and audit findings. Max was the primary point of contact for government and third-party subpoenas and inquiries, engaged closely with government agencies on investigations, and acted as in-house counsel for US litigation matters. Further, Max was a foundational advisor and in-house counsel in the redesign of Standard Chartered’s AML & sanctions program and remediation plan stemming from its multiple regulatory orders.

Salvatore is currently employed by Bank of China, as Senior Vice President in the Legal & Compliance Department as Head of Sanctions. In this current role Salvatore is accountable for the remediation of sanctions related opportunities and is implementing a comprehensive sanctions compliance risk framework for the bank. Previously, he has implemented for major domestic and foreign financial institutions AML and Sanctions compliance related programs and technology efforts. During his career, he had numerous opportunities in remediating Consent Order or Deferred Prosecution Agreement enforcement actions.

In addition to Private Sector experience, Salvatore worked for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Office of Foreign Assets Control. In this capacity, Salvatore was involved with sanctions program implementations, advisory, program compliance, outreach and enforcement. Salvatore also represented the US Government in various interactions with other U.S. agencies, Foreign Governments and Private individuals.

Salvatore is a tested banking and government professional with experience in AML & OFAC and international sanctions compliance, internal control, consumer banking, securities, trade services & payment operations and e-commerce products. Salvatore is considered a subject matter expert in both technical and management experience in the developing and coordinating robust compliance programs, as well as regulations pertaining to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), U.S.A. Patriot Act, U.S. and International Economic and Trade sanctions, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Amber Vitale is a Managing Director in the Financial Services practice for FTI Consulting in New York, specializing in economic sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-bribery/corruption compliance. Her expertise includes conducting OFAC investigations; financial crimes-related regulation and compliance; and risk management and internal controls. Amber is experienced at identifying complex regulatory issues, assessing compliance programs, and developing and implementing compliance solutions. She has 15 years of experience conducting investigations and working on compliance matters involving numerous industries, including financial services, oil and gas, shipping, heavy equipment, agriculture, and real estate, among others. Amber has been a sanctions expert and liaison to investigators and prosecutors from federal, state and local agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, and Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Amber held in-house compliance positions, roles as a compliance consultant and legal advisor, and worked at OFAC for five years, including three years as a Section Chief in Enforcement. Most recently, Amber was the Head of Sanctions Advisory at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) where she was responsible for conducting sanctions investigations, drafting disclosures and reports, providing guidance on sanctions compliance, and developing and delivering sanctions training to the firm. At BBH, Amber developed enhanced processes and procedures, and performed analyses (e.g., of lists and filter settings used for sanctions screening) in preparation for DFS Part 504 requirements. She was also a Senior Compliance Officer for Economic Sanctions and Assistant General Counsel at AIG International where she focused on conducting sanctions investigations, drafting regulatory submissions, and revising compliance policies and procedures for AML, sanctions, export controls, anti-boycott, and anti-bribery and corruption.

Previously, Amber spent three years as a consultant to financial institutions, including as a Director in PwC’s Financial Crimes Unit, Risk and Regulatory practice, where she provided subject matter advice and led delivery teams focused on AML and OFAC-related projects.
Representative matters that Amber has worked on include: Developing a recommended Target Operating Model for a U.S.-based global firm providing asset management, custodian, and other financial services to improve governance and oversight, create clear responsibilities and reporting lines between and within the first and second lines of defense, and align the program with leading industry practices and regulatory expectations; Advising the New York branch of a non-U.S., global financial institution on the implementation of a new sanctions screening filter in connection with the Business Requirements Document, Tuning and Testing Reports and test data and test cases for User Acceptance and Functional Performance Testing; and Performing an enterprise-wide assessment of the sanctions screening controls in place for the data of an international U.S. investment firm, including documenting screening processes and other risk-mitigating controls, providing recommendations for additional screening or controls, and identifying gaps in the data sent for sanctions, as well as PEP and negative news screening.

In addition, Amber spent four years as an Associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York, providing legal counsel to financial institutions, including banks, broker dealers, insurance companies, and money-service businesses, as well as hedge funds and other global companies. Amber provided regulatory guidance, often in connection with complex financial transactions, and conducted OFAC investigations, for example, involving the securities-trade-messaging services provided by a major U.S. company, and regarding agricultural goods sold to Cuba by the Canadian subsidiary of a U.S. company. She also drafted disclosures, policies, training documents, and various AML, sanctions and FCPA-related business documents.

Amber received a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Ithaca College, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. She is admitted to the New York bar and is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS).

Eric J. Rudolph is a Senior Director in the Export Controls & Sanctions offering in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting (FLC) segment at FTI Consulting, and he is based in New York. His work focuses on compliance with U.S. commercial/dual-use and military export controls, and economic sanctions.

Eric has led, managed and participated in compliance reviews domestically and internationally (North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia), internal investigations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) counseling and investigation matters, jurisdiction and classification analyses, and training efforts. In his practice, Eric assists companies by managing the risks associated with export controls and sanctions, with a focus on risk-based assessment of compliance needs, compliance program design, investigations, audits and reviews, and support of remediation activities. Eric focuses on providing organizations with practical recommendations that reflect business culture, the nature of operations, and compliance history. Eric has significant experience in working with companies operating under government-appointed compliance monitors/officials.

Eric’s experience with sanctions matters includes advising clients on compliance with various sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); review of compliance programs and procedures; review and recommendations on screening procedures to promote compliance with OFAC list-based and comprehensive sanctions programs; investigation of potential violations; advising on sanctions matters in the context of financing transaction due diligence; and assisting with voluntary self-disclosures.

Previously, Eric worked in the export controls and sanctions practice of a Big 4 accounting firm and ran his own firm before joining the Big 4. Eric also worked for fifteen years as an in-house lawyer, including acting as a General Counsel, with manufacturing companies in various industries and has substantial experience in advising all levels of global management – from boards, CEOs and senior management to off-shift line supervisors – on all aspects of compliance. In addition to export controls and sanctions compliance, Eric also has experience with anti-bribery matters (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), including policies and procedures, investigations, voluntary disclosures and remediation; and in matters enforced by Customs and Border Protection. During his career, Eric has gained experience in a variety of industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, satellite communications, electronics, textiles, banking, research and pharmaceuticals. He is experienced in managing international teams of both internal and external resources and in leading cross-functional teams.

Prior to entering in-house legal practice, Eric investigated and litigated fraud cases as a government securities regulator, working with various state and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies.