Sheena joined Meta in June 2021 to help build out the Sanctions Compliance team for Payments at Meta and currently serves as the Global Head of Sanctions and Regulatory Compliance Programs, leading Meta’s enterprise-wide Sanctions Compliance program as well as the programs overseeing all financial crime governance and regulatory compliance under Meta’s global payments licenses.

Prior to joining Meta, Sheena was the Deputy OFAC Officer at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Bank (“SG”) in New York. In this role, Sheena oversaw sanctions investigations, screening, and governance for SG’s business in the Americas. Prior to joining SG, Sheena spent a decade at the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) where she investigated potential violators of sanctions regulations and, most notably, worked in a hybrid intelligence-policy working group focused on disrupting proliferation networks around the world.

Sheena has a B.A and M.A. in International Policy with a specialization in the Middle East and sanctions policy. As a true “sanctions nerd,” Sheena has also taught sanctions-related training courses to various audiences over the years.