ACSS NY Chapter:Mapping 2025 Sanctions&Export Control Compliance Priorities

In June 2023, Howard joined Citigroup as Global Lead, Sanctions Risk: Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, where he works with first and second line stakeholders to ensure sanctions compliance with applicable regulations, policies and procedures.

Previously, Howard was a Vice President in the Global Sanctions Compliance Department at MUFG, where he collaborated on sanctions compliance program initiatives and worked on wide-ranging projects, including risk assessments, global product reviews, and consulting on complex transactions. Prior to that, he held anti-financial crime roles at Citibank and AIG, where he provided sanctions and compliance subject-matter expertise to global stakeholders.

Before that, Spieler served in the Bloomberg administration for 10 years, with seven of those years as head of compliance at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where he helped develop and maintain its risk-based compliance program, which included managing regulatory reporting as well as the ongoing monitoring and assessment of a $30 billion portfolio of public-private real estate transactions.

Between 2016 and June 2023 Howard served on the volunteer board of the ACAMS New York Chapter, with the last five years as as the Chapter Co-Chair. Howard holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting from Kean University, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from St. John’s University, and a Bachelor of Arts with a focus on political science from the University at Albany, State University of New York. Additional information about Howard’s education and professional experience may be found at .

Andrew Jensen is a seasoned financial crimes risk management executive with leadership experience in both the U.S. government as well as the private sector.  Andrew is currently the Global Head of Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, and Screening at TD Bank.  He previously held the same role at Scotiabank, and led sanctions-related investigations and advisory functions at Citibank.  Earlier in his career, Andrew held several roles at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including as the Director of Counterterrorist Financing and Financial Crimes for the Middle East and North Africa.

David is the Global Head of Sanctions and Screening at Payoneer. Previously, David was at Circle Internet Financial as its Global Head of Sanctions and Secretary of the Risk & Compliance Committee. Before Circle, David spent nearly 20 years in the U.S. Government as a national security and Asia expert, where he most recently served in the State Department as Deputy Political Counselor and Head of Strategic Affairs and Sanctions at the UN Security Council. David served as the lead U.S. negotiator for North Korea sanctions (2016 to 2018) and ISIS/AQ sanctions focused on Syria and Iraq (2014 to 2016). Before the UN, David spent almost a decade in Washington, D.C. at the White House National Security Council as Director for Nonproliferation Policy (nuclear issues) and the Office of Management and Budget focusing on national security programs after starting his career at the Commerce Department to review U.S. export controls on China.

Laura is a Managing Director within Financial Crime Compliance at Goldman Sachs. She is the global head of sanctions risk and advisory. Laura joined Goldman Sachs in 2015 as a vice president and rejoined in 2024 as a managing director. She has more than a decade of experience in sanctions compliance at financial institutions, including previous roles at HSBC and Citi. Prior to joining the financial industry, Laura was a senior compliance officer at the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control where she managed financial sector enforcement. She is a founding member of the Women in Sanctions Network.

Ali is a Partner and Compliance Officer at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), covering AML/sanctions, national security, foreign expansion, and policy. Ali is a dual-qualified attorney, admitted in England and Wales, as well as New York. She's worked in two jurisdictions and in various types of organizations including banking, FinTech, venture capital and in government.

Prior to joining a16z in mid-2024, Ali held multiple roles at FinTech startup, Brex, most recently leading their Global Compliance team. During her time there, she helped the company launch new products, acquire licenses, enhance its AML and sanctions program and managed bank partner relationships.

Before that, Ali worked at Barclays Bank. First in London as Financial Crime Legal counsel and then in New York as their OFAC Officer and Americas Head of Sanctions and Anti-Corruption & Bribery. She also completed the first ever secondment from private industry to the U.K. National Crime Agency to support their international and investigations team. Prior to her banking experience, she worked in the London office of U.S. law firm, Covington & Burling.

Nicole Sayegh Succar is a Counsel with Crowell & Moring LLP focused on economic sanctions and anti-money laundering legal, risk management and compliance advisory and investigations counseling services. She was previously the U.S. Head of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc.’s Sanctions Advisory Team, and during her time with HSBC also held interim roles as the Asia Regional Head of Sanctions and LATAM Head of Sanctions, respectively. Prior to that Nicole was a Sanctions Officer with The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control(OFAC).