Michelle
Rector
Michelle is a Vice President and Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit responsible for Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) and securities crime investigation and suspicious activity reporting at Raymond James Financial, Inc. Her teams are engaged in the review of transactional alerts for potential money laundering, complex investigations, client/activity risk evaluation and termination, as well as the development and tuning of financial crime detection mechanisms.
Michelle’s team covers several divisions of Raymond James, including retail brokerage business lines, institutional equity and fixed income trading, lending, etc.
Michelle also serves as an Executive Board Member for The Human Trafficking Foundation, Inc., based in Florida.
Prior experiences include serving as Deputy AML Officer for Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and performing investigative roles in the retail banking and credit card industries, with a focus on U.S.-Mexico cross border activity, along with various project-based efforts such as quality assurance for AML Know-Your-Customer compliance, program remediation projects, and training.
Michelle graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a minor in Latin American studies. She holds the Series 7 General Securities Representative License and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.