About

Maximilian Riege is Chief Risk Officer at Hawk, the leading provider of AI-powered AML monitoring and fraud prevention technology. Riege works to ensure that Hawk continues to be the trusted partner of choice, helping scale operations globally. He was most recently Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Penta, where he oversaw governance, regulatory functions including AML compliance, internal audits, and legal and risk management. Prior to that, Riege served as Chief Representative and General Counsel at the European identity platform Verimi. As a partner at Hambach & Hambach, he advised major digital payment and financial service providers. Riege is admitted to the Bar in Germany and New York.