Catherine brings 20 years of fraud, financial crime, tax and trade and data privacy experience from the perspective of a regulator, federal prosecutor, and senior compliance leader at one of the world’s largest banks. She advises governments, corporate entities and financial institutions on fraud and financial crime investigations, cross-border data privacy compliance, customs and trade enforcement, and digital asset compliance frameworks. Catherine and her teams have won numerous commendations, including the FinCEN Law Enforcement (LEAP) Award, the FBI Director’s Commendation, the Council of the Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Award, the U.S. Attorney’s Law Enforcement Award and selection as a Top 10 IRS Case of the year. She also received the U.S. Treasury Department’s Special Act Award for Exceptional Service, the DNI Community Award, Mission Manager Award, multiple Meritorious Unit Citations, and was selected as one of the British LGBTQ+ Award’s Top 12 Most Inspirational LGBTQ+ Leaders. Catherine began her career at the U.S. Treasury Department in the wake of September 11th, working with U.S. and international partners to build and enforce the modern targeted financial and secondary sanctions regime. She further advised senior decisionmakers on conflicts of law and governance gaps, including data privacy, customs and trade enforcement, and risks to the financial system in an increasingly digitized world. As a federal prosecutor, Catherine pursued cutting edge securities and fraud investigations, skills that she brought to her work at HSBC, where she managed teams across the world to investigate the global bank’s most significant risks.