Celesq® Presenters

Alma Angotti is a recognized expert in financial crime compliance and economic sanctions with more than 25 years of experience in both regulatory enforcement and global consulting. Alma has held senior enforcement roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). She brings deep subject-matter expertise in regulatory compliance, including Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-money Laundering (“BSA/AML”), sanctions and counter-terrorist financing (“CFT”). 

At FTI Consulting, Alma advises clients on compliance risk assessments, remediation strategies, enforcement preparedness and regulatory investigations. Her clients include global and mid-sized financial institutions; global fintech firms; digital assets and payments institutions; stablecoins and cryptocurrency platforms; broker-dealers; hedge funds; casinos; and multinational corporations. 

Alma serves on the advisory boards of the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association and the Digital Dollar Project. At FinCEN and FINRA, she designed and led the AML enforcement programs and regularly trains regulators and government officials worldwide on AML and financial crime compliance matters. Additionally, she has been approved to be an independent compliance monitor by federal and state regulatory agencies, including the SEC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”). 

Alma holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from West Virginia University.