Brian Ferrell

About Brian Ferrell

My career has focused on managing complex financial crimes and compliance demands faced by diversified financial services institutions. In an ever-increasing landscape of financial crime, I’m proud to be on the frontlines of the industry’s defense strategy through leveraging the latest technological advancements, thought leadership and methodologies to navigate the many risk complexities. I have over 30 years of regulatory, government and corporate experience, including as Chief Counsel at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, trial attorney at the US Department of Justice, AML and Sanctions Compliance Officer and, most recently, as EY’s Financial Crimes Compliance Practice Leader overseeing a $150M business that provides anti-money laundering and economic sanctions-related services to diversified financial institutions. I offer international operating leadership experience as well as deep expertise across the full spectrum of financial crime compliance related topics. My area of specialty is leading successful transformative and remedial efforts across the globe, on topics ranging from determination of target operating models, to regulatory response and program optimization. The cornerstones of my career, both in the government and private sector, have been sound judgment, principled integrity and an ability to seamlessly work across all levels of organizations. A few tenets of my leadership approach include: A strong belief in cultivating trusted relationships to drive creativity, nimble problem-solving, transformation and growth. A deep and passionate commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion resulting consistently creating cultures of success, driving innovation, improving organizational distinctiveness and enabling equitable and exceptional experiences for team members. Energizing businesses and their people to be even stronger and better while inspiring them to achieve the impossible. Expertise: Financial Crimes and Compliance | Anti-Money Laundering | Counter-Terrorist Financing | Global Transformations & Remediations | Corporate Compliance | Operational Risk & Complex Problem-Solving | Sanctions | Talent Development | Diversity & Inclusion

Experience

1. EVP, Head of Financial Crimes Compliance

   Coastal

   Jul 2023 — Present

Education

• Creighton University

  BA, English

  1981 — 1985

• Vermont Law and Graduate School

  MELP, Environmental

  1988 — 1989

• Creighton University School of Law

  JD

  1985 — 1988