Grace leads the Asurity Advisors business as Executive Managing Director. In this capacity, Grace is responsible for overseeing the strategic growth, client relationships, and delivery excellence across the regulatory compliance and financial crimes practice areas.
Grace is a risk and compliance management expert and financial services industry leader with over 30 years of global corporate and consulting experience. At banks, FinTech companies, and consulting firms, her oversight responsibilities have included risk and compliance, fair and responsible banking, CRA, deposit operations, financial crime, consumer banking, payment systems, information technology, complaints management, mortgage, consumer and commercial lending, and business strategy. Areas of focus have included risk assessments, risk mitigation and management, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, data management, compliance management systems, and organizational transformation.
Grace’s corporate roles have included Chief Compliance Officer of SunTrust Banks and Chief Risk Officer of Lender Processing Services (now ICE, a leading FinTech company). At IBM’s Watson Financial Services Division, she led the design, development, implementation, and acquisition strategies of a numerous artificial intelligence technologies focused on regulatory compliance, financial crime, and customer support operations. Her consulting positions have included Partner roles with accountability for sales and delivery execution for large financial institutions and fintech companies.
Grace is a frequent speaker on emerging artificial intelligence technology, recently including a keynote on RegTech compliance implications at an American Banker event, as well as addressing international conferences and meetings of regulators on subjects including regulatory compliance and risk management solutions, financial crimes innovation, cognitive technology in boardrooms, and building trust and confidence in big data.
Grace earned a BS in Finance and Management from Florida State University. She has been recognized by the industry on several occasions for her technology innovation and was awarded Industry Academy Membership by IBM in 2018.