Claire McCleskey
Assistant Director, Office of Foreign Affairs (OFAC) 
U.S. Department of Treasury

Claire is the Assistant Director for Compliance at the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  She joined OFAC in July 2021 from Promontory Financial Group in New York City, where she advised U.S. and Latin American banks and virtual currency firms on the design, enhancement, and execution of BSA/AML, OFAC, and fraud programs.  She previously worked as a Global Lead Investigator on HSBC's Global Complex Investigations team in London, England, specializing in proactive investigations relating to corruption.  Prior to her time in the private sector, she spent three years with FinCEN, where she served as FinCEN's Attaché for Mexico in Mexico City.  She began her career as a writer and researcher for the investigative journalism outlet InSight Crime in Washington, DC and Medellin, Colombia.  She holds a B.S. from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and an M.A. from Georgetown's Security Studies Program.  She is originally from Atlanta, Georgia.