About

Richard May is the Head of Financial Crime and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Europe.  Rich is also the Group Head of Financial Crime for Commercial Banking and Global Banking and Markets at HSBC Bank Plc.  In this role, Rich is responsible for providing subject matter expertise on financial crime risk mitigation to HSBC’s global corporate businesses.  Previously, Rich was the Global Head of Complex Investigations and Group Head of Risk Assessment and in these roles Rich provided strategic direction and oversight of the firm’s most complex investigative programs across global functions, regions, and countries related to fraud, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption.  

Prior to joining HSBC, Rich served in a variety of roles at the US Department of the Treasury. In his last position, Rich was the Deputy Associate Director for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Enforcement Division. During his time at FinCEN, Rich supervised investigations involving Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, several European countries, and many other countries. 

Before his time at FinCEN, Rich served as the Chief for the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Section.  In this role, Rich supervised the investigation, development, and implementation of sanctions under a variety of authorities—primarily focused on Iran, Syria, and North Korea.  Before OFAC, Rich was an intelligence analyst at the US Department of the Treasury, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Counterterrorism Center.  

Prior to joining the US Department of the Treasury, Rich served for almost nine years in the US Army with the 82nd Airborne Division.