Daniel Tannebaum

He provides regulatory crisis management support to global financial institutions, including banks, broker dealers, and money services businesses. His expertise also includes providing strategic anti-money laundering (AML) and Sanctions Compliance Program support in the areas of program creation, remediation, transformation, and optimization.

A preeminent thought leader and highly sought-after speaker on financial crime issues, Daniel is regularly interviewed by prominent media outlets in print, television, radio, and online, including American Banker, BBC, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg TV, CBS, CNBC, The Financial Times, The Guardian, MSNBC, The New York Times, Politico, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Prior to Oliver Wyman, Daniel was a partner at a global consulting firm and specialized in AML and sanctions compliance. Previously, he served as Head of Compliance for the Americas and as the global sanctions champion at Travelex. In this capacity, he directed a staff of over 30 compliance professionals in the US, Canada, and Brazil and oversaw divisions including retail/wholesale foreign exchange, corporate FX payments, prepaid access, travel insurance, and a Brazilian bank holding company.

Before joining Travelex, Daniel was the OFAC compliance coordinator for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he advised the bank on OFAC issues. He began his compliance career as a compliance officer with the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the US Department of the Treasury.

His notable achievements include receiving the FBI Director’s Certificate for Exceptional Service in the Public Interest in May 2007. He was appointed to the Indian Gaming Working Group in 2006, an interagency task force of federal law enforcement agencies that advises the tribal gaming community. He is also a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Economic Statecraft Initiative in the GeoEconomics Center. He serves on the board of Futures and Options, a nonprofit career development and paid internship program for New York City youth. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University.