Melissa
Leeds
Melissa Leeds is a Vice President, Data Governance Lead Analyst at Citigroup. In this new role, she is responsible for championing strategic solutions for enhancing data quality for future endeavors-to include current efforts she started in her position as a Senior Business Associate at Citigroup. In her previous role, she was the lead for the forward-looking metrics initiatives where she is helped set the foundation for the use of machine learning (ML) to identify, and predict, drivers of risk. Before her time at Citibank, Melissa was a contractor for the Department of Defense (DoD). She has over 17 years of financial analysis, data analytics, risk management, and compliance experience. Throughout her career, Melissa has performed operational analysis and prepared insight reports for high-level DoD leadership and federal law enforcement units to include DEA, FBI Terrorist Financing Office Section, and HSI Human Smuggling Cell.
Melissa holds an MA in Criminology from the University of South Florida and a BA in Criminal Justice. She a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) with additional ACAMS certifications in Counter Threat Finance and Trade Based Money Laundering.
Email: melissa.leeds@citi.com