Ashley Fitzgibbons is a director in K2 Integrity’s Financial Crimes Compliance practice. With comprehensive knowledge of financial crimes compliance, including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and industry best practices, she works with investment advisors and financial institutions to design, develop, and implement compliance programs in line with requirements issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other regulators.
Ashley leverages her knowledge in AML, sanctions/Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and fraud compliance to support clients with risk-based program enhancement efforts. She supports a broad array of clients with financial crimes compliance, including mid-sized and large financial institutions, digital asset firms, international banks, and non-banks. Ashley conducts in-depth reviews of AML/combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) programs for design and effectiveness, including through conducting controls assessments and end-to-end process reviews, and conducts trainings for boards and senior management of financial institutions. She helps clients translate AML/CFT, sanctions/OFAC, and fraud regulatory requirements into compliance frameworks and companywide procedural, policy, and process documentation, and has worked across the Three Lines of Defense to enhance key Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, such as customer identification programs (CIPs), customer due diligence (CDD), and enhanced due diligence (EDD).
Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Ashley was a financial crimes compliance consultant at Promontory Financial Group, a business unit of IBM Consulting, where she led engagements for diverse clients, conducting digital assets, AML, sanctions/OFAC, and fraud program reviews and trainings; supporting regulatory response and remediation efforts; and drafting AML/CFT program policies and procedures.
Ashley has co-authored thought leadership articles in the financial crimes compliance space, with a focus on FinCEN priorities; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives; and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) priorities.
Ashley received a B.S.B.A., with a double major in finance and marketing, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
