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10 former Coinbase compliance leaders
These ten people led compliance teams or compliance work at Coinbase and have since left the company. A reader can learn how compliance work was run at a company like Coinbase from people who did it there.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ave D King
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Compliance APAC and MLRO Singapore · Coinbase
Former Head of Compliance APAC and MLRO Singapore at Coinbase (2020–2022), a role the profile tags at head level in legal. Ave D King was Chief Compliance Officer and MLRO, APAC at Bitstamp by Robinhood (2022) and has been Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO at FalconX since 2022.
Ben Muller
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Manager, Head of Global Compliance Risk Assessment · Coinbase
Former Senior Manager, Head of Global Compliance Risk Assessment at Coinbase (2024–2025) and Senior Manager, Head of Threat & Risk Assessment at Coinbase (2025–2026). Ben Muller also held Manager, Compliance Risk Assessment at Coinbase (2022–2024) and Vice President, Compliance Risk Assessment at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB (2020–2022).
Daniel Sankey, CAMS
LinkedInExperience: Former BSA Compliance Officer · Coinbase
Former BSA Compliance Officer at Coinbase (2015–2020); a highlight says they were recruited to build the company's SAR program to ensure compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act. Daniel Sankey also held Head of Financial Crimes Compliance at Brex (2021–2023), Head of FIU at Anchorage Digital (2023) and Head of Compliance at Bastion (2024–2025).
Janice Payne
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Head of Global Regulatory Compliance · Coinbase
Former Director, Head of Global Regulatory Compliance at Coinbase (2020–2025). Janice Payne also served at Coinbase as interim Head of Enterprise Risk Management (2023) and interim Chief Compliance Officer and MLRO for Coinbase Bermuda (2023), and was Head of Supervisory Affairs and Regulatory Counsel at CLS Group (2018–2020).
Melissa Strait
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Compliance Officer · Coinbase
Former Chief Compliance Officer at Coinbase (2021–2025), a role the profile tags at C-level in legal. Melissa Strait was also Global Head of Financial Crimes at Stripe, Inc. (2019–2021) and US Compliance Officer at Stripe, Inc. (2016–2019), and has been Chief Operating Officer at StrategyBRIX since 2026.
Nicolas D.
LinkedInExperience: Former Manager - Compliance Tools and Data Analytics · Coinbase
Former Manager - Compliance Tools and Data Analytics at Coinbase (2021–2024) and Compliance Tools Lead at Coinbase (2020–2021), both tagged at lead level. Nicolas D. has been Director of Compliance Technology at Bridge since 2024 and worked in BSA AML Solutions and Analytics at First Republic (2016–2017).
Patrick Atchison
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Global Consumer Compliance · Coinbase
Former Director, Global Consumer Compliance at Coinbase (2021–2025), a role the profile tags at director level; a highlight describes it as Director, Consumer Compliance Operations. Patrick Atchison also held Principal Program Manager, Self-service and Automation Strategy (2021) and Sr. Manager, Shipping and Delivery Customer Support (2019–2021) roles at Amazon.
Rachel Monfort
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, 1LoD Compliance Programs · Coinbase
Former Director, 1LoD Compliance Programs at Coinbase (2025–2026), where a highlight says they directed AML compliance programs for Coinbase's global regulated products, including KYC/EDD, screening and transaction monitoring. Rachel Monfort has held Risk Operations - Global AML Lead at Stripe since 2026.
Tony Gagliardi, CAMS
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Head of AML, Sanctions & Anti-Bribery/Corruption Compliance Governance, Oversight & Controls · Coinbase
Former Global Head of AML, Sanctions & Anti-Bribery/Corruption Compliance Governance, Oversight & Controls at Coinbase (2021–2023). Tony Gagliardi also held Director of Compliance Governance & Oversight at Paxos (2023–2024) and Global Head of Sanctions Compliance at OKX (2025–2026).
Valerie-Leila Jaber
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance · Coinbase
Former Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Coinbase (2020–2025), a role the profile tags at head level. Valerie-Leila Jaber was also Managing Director, Financial Crime Compliance at Credit Suisse (2015–2020) and has been Senior Advisor at Crypto Council for Innovation since 2025.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How would you sequence building a BSA/AML program at a fast-growing crypto or fintech company?
- 02Where did compliance tooling and automation help most, and where did it fall short?
- 03How did you organize compliance across regions with different regulators?
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