Frank Ewing
Chief Executive Officer
AML RightSource is led by our CEO, Frank Ewing. Frank is a thought leader and innovator in the global anti-financial crimes and regulatory management space and is always focused on providing the best service and experience for our clients. Frank has overseen the company’s rapid growth to the largest financial crime managed services organization, our acquisition of several compliance technology providers, and our global expansion.
Jeffrey Hehr
Executive Vice President – Chief Commercial Officer
Jeff leads our global client-facing activities to retain and expand client relationships, integration of marketing and sales activities, and client success. His background as a CPA and his extensive experience in professional services, and managing and leading teams give him key insights into what customers need and how to deliver it to them. He has a BBA in accounting from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Accounting from Ohio State University.
Arun Banerjee
Executive Vice President – Chief Revenue Officer
Arun has worked in the financial crime prevention space for more than 20 years in various roles, including COO, CRO, and CEO, and led the growth and acquisition strategies for several leading governance, risk, and compliance businesses. He leads our sales activity with our global and strategic clients. Arun has a bachelor's degree in History from Vassar College and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.
Brad Breslin
Executive Vice President – Chief Delivery Officer
Brad has more than a decade of experience in global P&L ownership and has overseen strategy, growth, business development, operations, finance, legal, and human resources across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. He leads all customer-facing, people-related delivery around the globe. Brad has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Scranton and a law degree from Duquesne University School of Law.
Alexandra Lugo
Executive Vice President – General Counsel
Alexandra oversees our legal affairs and advises executive leadership on all aspects of corporate governance, compliance, and risk management. She has extensive experience advising company leadership, human resources teams, and board members on liability risks arising under federal, state, and local labor and employment law. Alexandra received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Kevin Kerl
Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer
Kevin leads our global People Operations and IT teams. His team blends human factors with analytics to hire, train and develop AML RightSource’s global team. Kevin has over 18 years of experience building high-performing teams in a wide range of industries, ranging from global manufacturing to high-growth tech startups. He earned his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and MBA from the University of Buffalo.
Todd Ayers
Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
Todd has a notable scope of experience in the corporate accounting and finance functions of publicly traded and large privately held businesses. He leads a global team that supports operations, pricing, delivery, human capital, and other key areas of the business. Todd has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bowling Green State University and is a licensed CPA.
Phil McLaughlin
Executive Vice President – Chief Technology Officer
Phil leads our technology and product organization, which develops and maintains our best-in-class products and supports their deployment by our customers. He is a seasoned IT leader with more than 30 years of experience in the design, development, deployment, and operations of sophisticated software applications, largely in the financial services sector. Phil graduated cum laude from Villanova University with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
John J. Byrne
Chairman of the AML RightSource Advisory Board
John is an internationally known attorney with wide-ranging experience in banking and financial crime prevention. He has deep expertise in all aspects of regulatory management, AML, CTF and sanction issues and has served in leadership positions at trade associations, financial services industry groups, and government working groups. He has received a number of awards, including the Director's Medal for Exceptional Service from the US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
Jeff Hehr
Executive Vice President – Chief Commercial Officer
Jeff leads our global client-facing activities to retain and expand client relationships, integration of marketing and sales activities, and client success. His background as a CPA and his extensive experience in professional services, and managing and leading teams give him key insights into what customers need and how to deliver it to them. He has a BBA in accounting from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Accounting from Ohio State University.
Arun Banerjee
Executive Vice President – Chief Revenue Officer
Arun has worked in the financial crime prevention space for more than 20 years in various roles, including COO, CRO, and CEO, and led the growth and acquisition strategies for several leading governance, risk, and compliance businesses. He leads our sales activity with our global and strategic clients. Arun has a bachelor's degree in History from Vassar College and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.
Vesna McCreery
Senior Vice President - EMEA & APAC Sales
Vesna has over 20 years of experience in designing financial crime prevention programs, contributing to industry guidance, and implementing practical controls in financial institutions. She has served as the Group Head of Financial Crime at several global financial services institutions and worked with C-Suite, Boards, and regulatory and enforcement authorities. Her active participation in the regulatory technology space allows her to bring cutting-edge insights to our clients.
Kai Rilling
Senior Vice President, Global Client Director
Kai leads our Client Services team in EMEA, strengthening our relationships with our global clients and improving client experience. He has over 20 years’ experience working within financial services, 15 of which have been in the management of global regulatory topics including AML and KYC. In his career he has managed regulatory transformation and banking programs across US, Europe and India.
Monica Ramirez
Senior Vice President, Global Client Director
Monica has over 20 years of sales experience and over a decade of experience in global account management working with highly regulated industries. Her career has been focused on helping clients meet their business needs by leveraging data, technology, and advisory services. Monica is committed to delivering value and excellence to our clients and ensuring their needs and expectations are met with a positive return on investment. She has a bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication and Spanish from Texas A&M University.
Mark Sully
Managing Director, EMEA Sales
Mark has over 20 years of experience working with reference data, software (TM, KYC, List Management & Sanctions) & managed services within Anti Financial Crime. Mark now leads our commercial business in EMEA and APAC across the three business lines, Managed Service, Financial Crimes Advisory and Software in the investigations space. Mark has a bachelor's degree from the University of Kingston.
Howard Dilworth
Managing Director, North America Sales
Howard leads the North American Sales team in expansion efforts across all products and services while helping to inform the strategic direction of the organization with market-gathered intelligence. With over 25 years of leadership experience, Howard has consistently delivered results through strategic vision, effective team management, relationship building, and a focus on customer satisfaction. Howard is committed to driving organizational excellence and achieving sustainable success.
Alexandra Even
Director – Sales Administration
Alex is an independent resource to clients, advocating on their behalf and driving solutions that empower us to better serve our clients. She leads a team that partners with clients throughout the sales, onboarding, and operations phases of engagements. Alex has experience in the areas of marketing, business development, and talent acquisition. She has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and International Business from Kent State University.
Chelsea Robbins
Director, Account Management
Chelsea has been with AML RightSource for over seven years, contributing to numerous Managed Services engagements for large-scale US & Global Financial Institutions. In her current position, she partners closely with internal stakeholders to cultivate long-lasting relationships with our client partners by ensuring we understand their individual needs, deliver outstanding service, and provide innovative solutions that contribute to their success. Chelsea has an MA with Honours in Art History and International Relations from the University of St Andrews.
Brad Breslin
Executive Vice President – Chief Delivery Officer
Brad has more than a decade of experience in global P&L ownership and has overseen strategy, growth, business development, operations, finance, legal, and human resources across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. He leads all customer-facing, people-related delivery around the globe. Brad has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Scranton and a law degree from Duquesne University School of Law.
Judith Barendse
Senior Vice President – Managed Services US
Judith is a seasoned expert with more than 20 years of experience in all facets of financial crime prevention. In her role, she leads customer-facing, people-related delivery in the US and continually interacts with clients to ensure we deliver best-in-class outcomes for them. She has an MBA from New York University and a master’s degree in Chinese Language and Cultures from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Riste Kelepurovski
Senior Vice President, Managed Services EMEA
Riste is responsible for our Managed Services for the EMEA region, including Poland, Germany, and Bulgaria. His career spans over 20 years, with the last 8 years focused on AML operations, helping clients streamline and improve the efficiency of their compliance operations. Riste has headed up financial crime units for global banks, as well as KYC and sanctions departments. He has an MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management from the University of Liverpool.
Janice Mensah
Senior Vice President – Managed Services Canada
Janice has more than 15 years of financial crime prevention experience. She has a deep understanding and working knowledge of the management and oversight of global AML and CTF programs and the operations and effectiveness of the systems and controls needed for successful financial crime mitigation. From an industry perspective, Janice provides key leadership to our North American Managed Services team. She has a BS degree in Accounting and Management from Luther College and an MBA from King Graduate School of Business.
Mili Chopra
Senior Vice President – Managed Services - APAC
Mili leads our Managed Services for the APAC region, focused largely on India operations. She has over 20 years of experience in running consulting and operations under the anti-money laundering/ risk management umbrella. Her extensive experience has been instrumental in managing cross-border operations and large-scale teams across the US, Europe, and the Middle East markets and she is widely recognized for her strategic direction and leadership in BSA/AML compliance. She has an English Literature degree from Delhi University and an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies.
Ferko Spits
Senior Vice President – Managed Services EMEA
Ferko drives our European delivery operations, including our centers in Poland, Bulgaria, and Germany and a rapidly growing presence in India. He has over 20 years of consulting and operations experience in risk and compliance, including regulatory remediation programs, transaction monitoring, KYC and more general compliance operations.
Jonathan McIsaac
Senior Vice President - Global Head - Client Operation
Jonathan is a highly accomplished business leader with over 20 years of experience within the financial crime sector. His expertise spans across many areas, including Enterprise Risk Management, Financial Crimes Advisory, Organizational Leadership, Process Engineering, Quality Assurance Program Management, Controls Planning & Implementation, and more. He has a proven track record of designing and implementing operational oversight frameworks to support not only our clients but also our teams. Jonathan is CAMS certified and served in the USMC.
Jennie Jonas
Senior Vice President, Financial Crimes Advisory
With over 20 years of experience in financial crime risk management and audit, Jennie is a recognized thought leader and speaker on financial crime topics. She served as Managing Director in the Financial Crimes Advisory practice, delivering financial crime projects for a diverse range of financial services clients, including clients addressing regulatory feedback. She is also highly experienced in enhancing AML and Sanctions programs. Jennie holds an Accounting degree from Cardiff University, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and has a Certificate in Fraud Prevention from the American Bankers Association.
Taylor Twining
Senior Vice President - Blue Umbrella
Taylor has over 20 years of experience in third-party risk management, anti-money laundering and business intelligence. He has extensive background in research operations in Eastern Europe and Asia. In his role Taylor will drive AML RightSource’s Blue Umbrella business, delivering best-in-class solutions to assist our corporate, financial institution, and fintech clients in managing their third-party risks. He has a BS in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University.
Todd Ayers
Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
Todd has a notable scope of experience in the corporate accounting and finance functions of publicly traded and large privately held businesses. He leads a global team that supports operations, pricing, delivery, human capital, and other key areas of the business. Todd has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bowling Green State University and is a licensed CPA.
Phil Wrigglesworth
Senior Vice President – Strategic Financial Operations
Phil has a deep background and more than 10 years of experience using internal intelligence to scale operations and commercial functions in start-up companies. In his current role, he is transforming data into actionable performance indicators to tie our strategy and tactics to measurable results. Phil has a law degree from Nottingham Law School.
Jordan Carnevale
Vice President – Finance Americas
Jordan brings wide-ranging experience across the corporate finance functions of publicly traded and private equity-sponsored businesses, primarily in the manufacturing and service industries. He is responsible for oversight of our global finance operations. Jordan started his career in public accounting following his graduation from Miami University in Ohio and is a licensed CPA.
Kimberly Stehlar
Corporate Controller
Kimberly drives the accounting and compliance workflows of our global service operations and corporate functions. She has over 15 years of progressive leadership and management experience in corporate accounting, financial reporting, and finance. Kimberly has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University at Buffalo and is a licensed CPA.
Don Chau
Director – Finance APAC
Don joined AML RightSource in July 2021 following the acquisition of Blue Umbrella, where he was the finance director. He has over 15 years of experience working with companies in Asia in accounting, auditing, and finance. Don has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and has been a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2012.
Nitin Bansal
Director – Finance India
Nitin oversees financial operations in India, with responsibility for accounting, taxes, reporting, and compliance. He has over 13 years of experience in auditing and financial operations. Nitin is a chartered accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Gerry Klein
Senior Vice President – Global Operations
Gerry has expansive experience in professional services operations. He has expertise in risk management, streamlining processes, improving efficiencies, and managing teams. Gerry leads a team dedicated to projecting and supporting the resource needs of our customer-facing people-related delivery solutions. He has his undergraduate degree in Accounting and a master’s degree in Taxation from Northern Illinois University.
Dian Stoianov
Senior Vice President – Global Operations
Dian has decades of global experience in EMEA, America, and Asia Pacific operations, growth, compliance, business development, and human resources. He has experience working with a multi-government environment, managing teams across Europe, Great Britain, and APAC. Dian has led various teams covering operational processing, customer service, procurement, outsourcing, and real estate services. Dian is a member of the Chartered Management Institute in Great Britain.
Isabel Yeung
Senior Vice President – Technology Operations
Isabel has over 15 years of experience in the risk and compliance space, including managing enhanced due diligence and third-party risk management programs, implementing RegTech products, and building operations in Asia and North America. She leads our work with clients who have adopted our market-leading due diligence research and structured service delivery to suit their requirements. Isabel received a degree in Government and Public Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Chris Binkley
Vice President – Global Operations
Chris has over 20 years of experience in professional services focusing on client service, strategic planning, risk assessment and mitigation, process improvement, operations, reporting, and building and managing cross-border teams. He earned both his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and his Master in Business Taxation degrees from the University of Southern California.
Lindy Falvey
Vice President – Global Operations
Lindy has an extensive background in financial crime prevention and developing operations and training programs. She leads the team responsible for our industry-leading internal training. Lindy has a bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology from the University of Rochester and a law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Brandon Mesanovic
Senior Vice President – Corporate Development
Brandon serves as Senior Director of Corporate Development for AML RightSource. His responsibilities are centered on the growth and advancement of the corporate development function across the organization. With extensive experience in strategy, innovation, and transformation, Brandon provides leadership around large-scale engagements supporting long-term global growth initiatives. He received a BS in Accounting Information Systems from Canisius College and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Phil McLaughlin
Executive Vice President – Chief Technology Officer
Phil leads our technology and product organization, which develops and maintains our best-in-class products and supports their deployment by our customers. He is a seasoned IT leader with more than 30 years of experience in the design, development, deployment, and operations of sophisticated software applications, largely in the financial services sector. Phil graduated cum laude from Villanova University with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
Patrick Bowe
Head of Product, AML/KYC
Patrick leads the development of cutting-edge tech products aimed at enhancing anti-financial crime efforts. With over two decades of specialized experience in the AML and KYC domains, Patrick drives innovative strategies that boost operational efficiency and risk management. His work focuses on automating and optimizing processes, firmly positioning our solutions at the forefront of the industry. Previously, Patrick held significant roles in Product and Risk Coverage at major banks and brings a profound understanding of the financial sector's challenges and needs. He was educated at London South Bank University in Business & Technology.
Ben Hall
Vice President – Engineering
Ben has a broad background from physics to accounting to software engineering. His software engineering experience ranges from innovating in small disruptive technology start-ups to driving digital transformation at large banks. Ben and his engineering teams are developing our suite of AML and KYC compliance SaaS products. He has a BSc (Hons) in Physics with Philosophy from The University of Manchester.
Ramesh Bhagasra
Vice President – Engineering
Ramesh has extensive experience developing and managing web-based applications. Ramesh was previously the Group Platform Manager at Verify Screening Solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Application from the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
Mariem Attia
Director of Product – Third-Party Compliance
Mariem leads third-party compliance strategic development and AML RightSource's data relationships. Based in Vancouver, she works with our clients globally to improve their third-party compliance and to provide them with key analytics for informed decision-making. Mariem holds a master’s degree from the University of IAE Lyon and has worked in multiple roles from research analyst to product development and business development in the early days of our third-party risk and compliance platform, Status.
Kevin Kerl
Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer
Kevin is an accomplished executive with a wide range of career experiences ranging from operations leadership roles at a global manufacturer to partnering in multiple high-growth startups. He and his team oversee our global support functions, including IT, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Business Intelligence, and Corporate Development. Kevin earned both his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and his MBA from the University of Buffalo.
Aly Finkle
Vice President – Global Talent Acquisition
Aly brings significant experience in professional services building high-performing client delivery and talent acquisition teams. Her experience extends across multiple industries with a consistent focus on recruiting, onboarding, retention, and project leadership at the intersection of account management and the development of internal processes. A graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, Aly was a two-time All American and member of the three-time Division I Women's Lacrosse National Championship team.
Malati Thomas
Vice President – Global HR Operations
Malati has over 16 years of experience in both the financial services and food manufacturing industries. She has a passion for understanding people, processes, and technology and leveraging these to align human resource strategy with business objectives. Malati leads the HR Operations team responsible for supporting our team members around the globe from the moment they join the company. She has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University at Buffalo and an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Competitive and Organizational Strategy from the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.
Jessie Osborne
Vice President – Global Learning & Development
Jessie has over 15 years of experience in corporate learning and organizational development. She has developed innovative learning cultures, career pathing programs, and customized leadership models that drive growth and performance. Jessie has a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Brenau University in Atlanta, GA. She also has a professional certification from Cornell University in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and is a certified DISC, Emotional Intelligence and Driving Forces trainer, and coach with TTI Success Insights.
Bill Murray
Vice President – IT/Security
With a vast breadth of experience, Bill has held multiple CISO and IT leadership positions in various industries, including mining, advertising, and financial services. He leads our global information technology infrastructure and cybersecurity efforts. Bill has a BS in Computer Information Science from Cleveland State University and attended the FBI Citizens Academy. He has been a certified information systems security professional since 2002.