Experts & Advisors
Leonardo Pinzón Echeverry
Senior Director

Leonardo Pinzon Echeverry is a Senior Director at Ankura based in New York and a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist. He has over 14 years of experience, steering BSA/AML/CTF regulatory frameworks, examinations, and compliance strategies within the financial services, Money service businesses (“MSB”), and Fintech across the Americas serving LATAM, the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia markets.
Experience
He specializes in leading and building compliance and consumer protection programs, risk management, fraud, transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting, and CFPB remittance transfer rule (Reg E) exams. Leonardo led cross-functional teams and operations across multicultural jurisdictions, ensuring high compliance performance and mitigating organizational risks in global operations. His contributions have improved state rates for license institutions, internal control systems, global sanctions, data protection, AML training, and governance. He brings expertise in leading banks and state examinations, internal audits, risk assessments, consent order remediation, law enforcement investigations, and customer behavior analysis including FIU procedures, Part 504, and CIP protocols.
Prior to Ankura, Leonardo worked at Trans-fast Remittance and Mastercard (Transactional services) as a Compliance Auditor, Field Inspector, and Senior Business Development Manager for the U.S. and Canada. Leonardo later joined Synapse Financial Technologies, supporting BaaS and leading bank partnerships and programs for fintech as a Compliance Manager, before moving to Small World Financial Services as Head of Compliance and Chief Compliance Officer for the Americas.
- Education
- MBA/CMC, European Business School
- B.Sc. Journalism, Xavierian Pontifical University
- Certifications
- CAMS (Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist)
- Affiliations
- Member, Board of Directors, MSBA (Money Services Business Association)
- Member ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists)