Lucinity Leadership Team

Before founding Lucinity, GK served as the Director of Compliance Surveillance Technology at Citigroup. He was instrumental in charting Citi’s path to AI in surveillance and was responsible for a number of successful products across the compliance space. Before joining Citi, GK served as the Director of Product Management at NICE Systems, building and delivering compliance systems to top-tier banks worldwide.

Theresa is the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Lucinity. In her role, Theresa is responsible for driving Lucinity's product strategy. Before joining Lucinity, Theresa worked as a Machine Learning Expert for Realyse, where she was involved in developing various complex AI models. Theresa holds a Master of Science in Machine Learning and Deep Learning from the University College London and a Bachelor of Science from Queen Mary University of London.

Daniel serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Lucinity, where he applies his deep expertise in banking and regulatory compliance to oversee the company’s operating strategy. Previously the Head of Compliance and MLRO at Kvika Bank, Daniel brings a wealth of experience in implementing financial regulations and ensuring legal compliance. Daniel also holds a Master’s degree in Law.

Hjörtur oversees Lucinity's technology and software strategy, enabling Lucinity to grow and scale with its customers by providing high-performance compliance software. With 17 years of experience in the industry, he has led the design and implementation of distributed systems processing billions of transactions daily. Most recently, Hjörtur spent six years at Amazon, and prior to that, he worked as a software engineer for Ubisoft and CCP Games.

Luke has been in sales for over a decade, with the last six years spent in the financial crime sector. Prior to joining Lucinity, Luke played an important role in driving PassFort's commercial success, ultimately resulting in a $120m+ exit to Moody's. Since joining Lucinity, Luke has led large strategic sales opportunities, being the first to drive a multi-partner integrated sales win, and subsequently being an integral part of securing Lucinity's largest and most strategic SaaS deal to date.

CJ brings extensive experience in product strategy, operations, and sales to her role as VP of Customer Experience at Lucinity. During her 17.5 years at Google, she helped scale YouTube from an emerging platform to a profitable business, leading global product strategy initiatives that drove multimillion-dollar growth. With a talent for implementing complex technical solutions for customers, CJ ensures they maximize the platform’s value while staying happy, productive, and compliant.

Ed is a former Partner at Venable with a broad practice assisting private and government parties in complying with and shaping the laws and policies governing interactions with the federal government. Ed brings deep knowledge about cross-border business and financial transactions, economic sanctions, AML/CFT rules, and anti-corruption standards. Ed has served in various government positions within the Executive Office of the US President and the White House Office, giving him profound insight into administration and regulation.

Tanya is the former Chief Compliance Officer at Visa Cross-Border Solutions and former Chief Operating Officer at Yapily. She brings to Lucinity her expertise on compliance program management and developing a culture of integrity. Tanya has a wealth of experience leading the compliance efforts of top finance, technology and telecommunications firms, having served as Head of Compliance for Lebara, eToro and Cornercard. She began her career as an M&A lawyer and holds a BA in Law and an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law.

Frank is the VP and Head of Global Operations, Legal and Chief Compliance Officer at Facebook Payments with a wealth of experience in leading compliance teams for top tech firms. Frank is currently responsible for the Financial Services Compliance Team at Meta and Facebook Payments. With his hands-on background as the Chief Compliance Officer for Google Payments and Facebook Payments, Frank will be providing insight into the development of Lucinity's platform and overall strategy.

John's career spans national security, law enforcement, and financial services regulatory compliance. He brings his experience from his time as the Chief Money Laundering and Sanctions Officer at Airbnb and experience in various roles at Citigroup, Bank of the West, Union Bank, and Bank of Hope. John was the former Co-Chair of the Board of the Northern California Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Chapter and a former member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS).

Konstantinos has been a leading figure in compliance technology for over twenty years, having run the Compliance application portfolios at Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley. He has been an advocate of machine learning, workflow automation, and large scale data platforms, and has driven their adoption in the industry as a whole. In the (new) age of AI, he plays an active role in AI product governance and in steering enterprise platforms, both through committee memberships and by launching an AI product management course at NYU Stern School of Business.

Micheal brings over a decade of leadership across AML/CTF, payments compliance, and regulatory risk management. He has extensive experience leading global fcc/compliance operations in the U.S., Europe, and APAC. At Payoneer and throughout his career, he has built and scaled compliance programs, managed regulatory obligations across highly regulated markets, and implemented advanced RegTech solutions. His hands-on expertise with the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, various EU AML directives, and multiple APAC regulatory frameworks will be instrumental in guiding Lucinity’s strategy to serve clients operating globally.