Lesley O’Neill is currently the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Binance.US, where she oversees the organization’s compliance program, which includes the functions that support  BSA/AML compliance – its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) which monitors transactions and reports SARs, its Know Your Customer (KYC) program which conducts due diligence and applies customer risk ratings based on predefined risk methodologies, and its Sanctions program that supports KYC onboarding and the periodic monitoring of customers. Lesley also partners with cross-functional stakeholders at Binance.US to ensure other legal, risk, regulatory, and data protection controls are in place to increase data security and support compliance across various state and federal regulations (e.g., to comply with state Money Transmitter License requirements, consumer and data protection laws, etc.). In addition to overseeing Binance.US’s internal compliance program, Lesley’s primary goals are to build trust and accountability with state and federal regulators through transparency and educate both policymakers and law enforcement on cryptocurrency, blockchain, and related technologies.

Prior to joining Binance.US, Lesley served as the CCO at Prove Identity, Inc., a digital identity verification and secure onboarding platform for banks, financial services companies, insurance providers, healthcare organizations, and other industries. During her 5 year tenure at Prove, Lesley successfully built and managed Prove’s global compliance program, including support with product design and oversight of regulatory compliance, data privacy (including GDPR), information security assurance (including PCI DSS), and enterprise risk management. Lesley has also served as Global Privacy Counsel at EY, where she helped administer it’s global data protection and privacy program, and as the Global Policy Program Lead in the Chief Risk & Compliance Office at Bloomberg LP.  

Lesley holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from New York Law School. She is currently a registered attorney in New York State and a CIPP-E certified member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).