Former state and federal enforcement officials, technology
compliance, and financial industry experts lend investigations and
compliance experience to Navigant
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2016--
Today, Navigant (NYSE: NCI) announced the addition of seven new
directors to support the Firm’s expanding Financial Services Advisory
and Compliance segment. These new senior professionals strengthen
Navigant’s capabilities in anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and
corruption, white collar crime, and other financial regulatory and
compliance practice areas.
“The experience of these new directors complements our solution
offering,” says Ellen Zimiles, Navigant’s Financial Services Advisory
and Compliance segment leader. “At a time when technology, regulation
and innovation are increasing exposure to and the complexity of business
risks, it is critical that we enhance our team with decades of law
enforcement, investigative, regulatory, and risk management expertise.”
These senior experts include:
Joseph Campbell, Director, Washington, D.C.
Campbell brings to Navigant 25 years of experience developing and
directing agency field and headquarters domestic and international
operations and strategies and improving national security through
identification and mitigation of threats to the U.S. at the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During his tenure at the FBI, Campbell
developed and led execution of national and international criminal
intelligence and investigative mission and strategies, and strengthened
industry capabilities to combat foreign corrupt practices and money
laundering. He has a proven ability to established reliable internal
controls to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and
guidelines. Campbell received several awards of exemplary performance
from the FBI, including Leading Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence
Investigations and Directing Weapons of Mass Destruction Investigations.
Jonathan Castro, Director, New York
Castro brings more than 20 years of financial services industry
experience, in assisting clients with project/change management, risk
management and internal control effectiveness. In the post-financial
crisis regulatory environment, he leverages this expertise with an
“auditor’s perspective” to help clients build effective management
practices and processes that produce high-quality deliverables to
satisfy skeptical third parties. Prior to joining Navigant, Castro held
roles in global financial institutions where he provided governance
support, project management office and internal control consulting
advice to senior executives in charge of significant internal control
remediation.
David Jones, Director, Boston
Jones brings 25 years of diversified divisional, project, and management
experience within the software, Information Technology (IT), and
professional services industries to his role within Navigant. As Head of
American Professional Services at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence,
Jones built high-performance teams to consistently deliver outstanding
results to financial institutions. Jones’ engineering background allows
him to craft innovative solutions to meet clients’ financial crime
detection management needs based on a portfolio of risk management
software products.
John Loesch, Director, Washington, D.C.
Loesch has 20 years' of experience conducting financial fraud
investigations and addressing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and
anti-bribery compliance matters in both the government and private
sector. He has worked on high profile investigations for congressional
oversight committees, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
and the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
(TARP). While at the SEC, Loesch received the Chairman’s Award for
Excellence and a special commendation from the FBI Director along with
other professionals responsible for the investigation of Enron Corp. In
the private sector, he led the global anti-corruption compliance program
for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a multinational Fortune 200
public company. He also served as Director of Investigations for the
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board).
Gonzalo Sanchez, Director, Miami
Sanchez has more than 30 years’ experience in operational and regulatory
risk management in the Latin America market. Over the last 15 years he
has worked as AML director for international banks in the U.S. and Latin
America. He brings extensive experience in implementing corrective
action plans to address regulatory issues affecting financial
institutions in the Latin America region. Prior to joining Navigant,
Sanchez was responsible for implementing enhanced due diligence
programing for correspondent banks in the Americas. Sanchez has worked
previously in regional Latin America regulatory risk management roles
for HSBC, ABN AMRO, and Citigroup, and brings extensive experience
navigating regulatory agencies in Latin America and the USA to his role
at Navigant.
Samantha Welch, Director, New York
Welch brings to Navigant 16 years of in house financial services
experience in the fields of AML, combating the financing of terrorism
(CFT), sanctions, bribery, fraud, swap dealer and bank compliance. Her
AML/CFT experience includes large retail brokerage operations, wholesale
global banking and markets, and alternative assets (investment
management, hedge funds, and custody and administration services). Prior
to joining Navigant, Welch held compliance positions in large global
financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets,
HSBC, and most recently, JPMorgan, where as an Executive Director in
Treasury Services she oversaw the bank compliance program for prepaid
cards, payables, receivables, lockbox, health savings accounts, DDA
services, billing, client sales, service and implementations, foreign
exchange payments, and USD clearing.
Benjamin Whitfield, Director, Washington, D.C.
Whitfield is an international corporate security and risk management
professional who has 18 years of experience providing intelligence-led
threat information and analysis to national security officials and
senior decision makers at Fortune 500 firms within the pharmaceutical,
oil & gas, manufacturing, research & development, and financial services
sectors. Most recently, Whitfield lead execution of investigations,
crisis management, intellectual property rights and insider threat,
product integrity/anti-counterfeit/supply chain security, and other
global security programs throughout the Europe, the Middle East and
Africa (EMEA) region as Director, Regional Security at Merck Sharp &
Dohme. He has led highly complex internal and external corporate
investigations, including those addressing FCPA concerns in Egypt,
Lebanon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
About Navigant
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global
professional services firm that helps clients take control of their
future. Navigant’s professionals apply deep industry knowledge,
substantive technical expertise, and an enterprising approach to help
clients build, manage and/or protect their business interests. With a
focus on markets and clients facing transformational change and
significant regulatory or legal pressures, the Firm primarily serves
clients in the healthcare, energy and financial services industries.
Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and
technology/analytics services, Navigant’s practitioners bring sharp
insight that pinpoints opportunities and delivers powerful results. More
information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.

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