Nina Lacevic
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer @Amscot Financial
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WORK HISTORY
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer @Amscot Financial
Senior legal and risk executive for the largest provider of consumer financial services in Florida, advising the Board of Directors and executive leadership in a highly regulated, scrutiny-intensive operating environment. • Lead enterprise-wide legal, compliance, and risk functions, providing regulatory foresight, governance, and institutional credibility across 1,600+ employees, a 230+ branch network, and financial services provided to over three million consumers. • Designed and steward an integrated enterprise risk architecture across AML/BSA/OFAC, consumer protection, privacy and cybersecurity and advertising regulation, overseeing compliance for $7B+ in monitored financial transactions annually. • Primary executive liaison to regulatory agencies and law enforcement collaborating on examinations, audits, international investigations, and financial crime matters while sustaining trusted regulatory relationships. • Advise the Board of Directors and executive leadership on high-stakes strategic and operational decisions, at the intersection of law, public policy, and long-term reputational risk. • Build and lead high-performing legal and compliance teams, establishing governance frameworks that support growth at scale.
EDUCATION
University of South Florida
BA (Bachelor of Arts), Magna Cum Laude, Honors College
University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law
JD (Doctor of Law)
Georgetown University Law Center
LLM (Master of Laws), with Distinction
SKILLS
ABOUT NINA LACEVIC
Nina Lacevic is a legal executive, risk architect, and systems thinker with more than 15 years of experience advising organizations in highly regulated environments. Her work focuses on regulatory foresight, enterprise risk, and high-stakes operational decisions—where legal judgment, public policy, institutional credibility and long-term trust converge.Nina’s expertise spans national security law, anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance, OFAC/ sanctions obligations, consumer protection, privacy and cybersecurity, and advertising regulation. She operates at strategic inflection points where organizations must balance growth, innovation, and accountability to evolve.With a global background and fluency in three languages, Nina embodies a disciplined, yet creative leadership style grounded in discernment, calibrated judgment, and the ability to translate complexity into durable, forward-looking decisions.
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