Luis Alvarez, CAMS

In June 2021, Luis Alvarez was appointed as the Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for MasterCard Transaction Services. He is responsible for implementing and maintaining a strong Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terror Financing Compliance Program which identifies, detects and reports suspicious transactions to various governmental authorities around the globe. Prior to joining MasterCard, Mr. Alvarez was the Regional Vice President, Americas for Western Union for approximately 9 years.

In addition, Mr. Alvarez has over 25 years of law enforcement and homeland security experience, primarily investigating complex money laundering investigations, and has served in key roles with the US Government including the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office International Affairs within the Department of Homeland Security and Director of the Office of International Affairs for Homeland Security Investigations.

His career has taken him and his family overseas where he served as the DHS Attaché for Spain and Portugal as well as a five-year tour at the US Embassy, Mexico City where he was responsible for all the US-Mexico cross border related issues.

Mr. Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Illinois State University and serves as an Independent Board of Director for CiBanco, a Mexico based financial institution and the Transaction Records Analysis Center (TRAC), a quasi-government money laundering fusion center based in Arizona.