James H. Freis

Jim was the longest serving Director (2007-12) of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the lead U.S. Government official for AML/CFT requirements. He served concurrently as head of the U.S. Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). In June 2020, within a day of joining the Management Board of German FinTech darling, Wirecard, Jim exposed and reported on a massive fraud that later led to the collapse of the once high-flying global digital payments provider. From 2014-20, Jim was Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and Group AntiMoney Laundering Officer for the Deutsche Börse Group in Frankfurt, where he oversaw global regulatory requirements for Europe’s leading provider of systemically significant financial market infrastructures.