Leeann Morentz

Leeann Morentz is Managing Associate General Counsel, Financial Crime Legal Advisory at HSBC.  Previously, she served as Managing Director, Asia Pacific Head of Financial Crimes Risk Management at Wells Fargo and financial crimes counsel at Morgan Stanley. Leeann also spent a number of years in private law practice at Arnold & Porter and Paul Hastings in Washington, DC, focusing on financial crimes investigations and compliance program development in a wide range of industries, including finance, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, consumer products, and defense.

Leeann holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Duke University School of Law and received her Bachelor of Arts (AB) in History from Duke University.  She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, and has lived and worked in New York, Washington, DC, Hong Kong, and Singapore.