Frank Meister is currently Senior Vice President and the BSA Officer for Sterling Bank and Trust. He has over 28 years in banking operations and compliance. For the past 17 years, he has worked on the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) and Sanctions Programs, building strong programs to withstand robust regulatory examinations. Frank’s broad and diversified experience helps him deliver the right size solution to a variety of financial institution types and sizes.

While at Treliant, Frank has provided expertise and leadership as an Engagement Director in a variety of roles such as BSA Officer seconded services, developing compliance programs, leading independent assessments, providing audit and audit advisory services, delivering model validations, and tuning transaction monitoring systems. Frank has worked with an array of financial institution types including large multinational financial institutions, mid-sized domestic financial institutions, cryptocurrency trading organizations and financial technology (Fintech) companies.

While Frank was a Senior Vice President with Huntington Bank, where he oversaw special projects and initiatives for its BSA/AML Program such as Know Your Customer (KYC) remediation and RegTech upgrades. Before Huntington acquired FirstMerit Bank, Frank was FirstMerit’s BSA/AML Officer. At FirstMerit, he oversaw all aspects of the BSA/AML and Sanctions Program, gaining extensive experience with BSA/AML and Sanctions risk assessments, RegTech implementations, model development and tuning, program remediation, program mergers and acquisitions, product and service risk mitigation design and implementation, staff development and training, regulatory exam management, and operational streamlining.

Frank received a BS from Purdue University in Materials Science and Engineering and received his MBA from Ashland University. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).