Leslie Devereaux Kuester is a Manager with Treliant. She has 15 years of compliance experience in corporations, financial institutions, and government. Her expertise covers aspects of sanctions compliance programs including risk assessments, control development and implementation, due diligence, filter calibration, investigations, engagement with regulators, and associated reporting.

Prior to joining Treliant, Leslie was a Senior Manager at Boeing. There she worked to align the export control-related compliance program with requirements from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), developing a risk assessment, updating the global policy, and creating and delivering training for key professionals.

Previously, Leslie served as the Global Head of Sanctions and Interdiction for Western Union, where she oversaw the sanctions compliance program in close partnership with the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) program. Notably, she helped facilitate a favorable settlement with OFAC, which included the associated certification of compliance commitments as well as enhanced controls to mitigate risk associated with sanctions regimes globally.

Leslie began her sanctions career at OFAC, where she served as a Section Chief in the Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation division. There she oversaw outreach conducted via OFAC’s hotline, managed blocked assets reporting, and conducted outreach at events hosted by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), American Bankers Association (ABA), and Department of Commerce, among others. During her time with OFAC, Leslie served as a case officer for investigations of the financial sector including banks, credit unions, credit card companies, and broker-dealers, among others, which also involved managing public settlements that resulted in substantial financial penalties.

Leslie holds a master’s degree in U.S. Foreign Policy from American University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. She is also a Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Her experience includes investigation and assessment of complex transactions, customer due diligence, providing legal financial crime advice and training and developing consistent and credible strategies to assess and manage financial crime risks of entities in multiple sectors.

Prior to joining Banco Santander Concha worked (among others) at Shell, Standard Chartered Bank and Deloitte.

She is a lawyer (Spanish Bar) and also holds an LLM in International Trade Law. She speaks English, Spanish and French.

Brian is a Director and founder of Sanctions Inc., home of the TURBOFAC Comprehensive U.S. Sanctions Research System and Encyclopedia and the TURBOFAC U.S. Sanctions Guided Interview System (sanctions.org). Brian’s principal focus is the maintenance and advancement of the two TURBOFAC products. Brian’s work in maintaining the legal substance portion of TURBOFAC entails the thorough review and annotation of every consequential statement attributable to OFAC, in addition to the transformation of the entirety of the OFAC-administered sanctions architecture into a single, multiple-choice “guided interview” program. Prior to his work at Sanctions Inc., Brian spent over a decade as an attorney practicing in the international trade groups of large law firms. Brian graduated with honors from Columbia Law School in 2007.

Richard J. Burke is a partner in the Washington, DC office of White & Case where he is co-head of the firm’s international economic sanctions and export control practice.

Richard is part of the firm’s Washington-based international trade group and is a valued resource for clients seeking to navigate the legal complexities of US economic sanctions and export controls. Richard has extensive experience advising on regulatory compliance and representing clients in enforcement cases arising from the regulations of a number of U.S. Government agencies charged with administering sanctions and export controls, including the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). On OFAC-related matters Richard assists both US and non-US clients with all aspects of compliance with the various US economic sanctions programs including those relating to Venezuela, Iran, Ukraine-related Russia sanctions, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, and the various list-based programs targeting sanctioned persons and entities in connection with sanctionable conduct including WMD proliferation, terrorism, organized crime, and corruption. On BIS-related matters Richard advises on export control compliance policies and procedures, obtaining export licenses when required, and representing clients before the agency in enforcement actions or voluntary self-disclosures. With respect to DDTC, Richard’s experience includes all aspects of compliance with the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and associated licensing and approval requirements.

Ian is a career corporate banker having managed corporate, institutional and governmental clients across the UK, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa in roles at different banks. This has given Ian significant exposure to event-based and sanctions risks over his 30 year career.