Stephen Alsace

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Stephen Alsace has over 20 years’ experience providing advice on financial crime, AML and sanctions issues. He is currently Vice President, Global Head of Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) overseeing the sanctions and ABAC program for all businesses at RBC in the 37 countries in which it operates. Prior to joining RBC in 2022, Stephen was a Director in the Global Investigations and Compliance practice of Guidehouse Consulting (formerly Navigant) since 2018. While at Guidehouse, Stephen led projects relating to AML and sanctions gap assessments for global financial services and digital asset clients, and was embedded as a Senior Leader on the Compliance Team for a global payments service provider. Stephen also spent over 18 years at CIBC, starting in the Legal Department as the lead lawyer on AML and Sanctions, then as the Global Head of Sanctions and Terrorist Financing. Stephen has spoken at numerous conferences in Canada, the US and UK on sanctions matters, provided sanctions and terrorist financing instruction to the RCMP, FBI, MI-5, Global Affairs Canada and Canadian Department of Finance. Stephen has testified as an industry expert on sanctions matters before Canadian Parliamentary and Senate Subcommittees in 2017 and 2022. Stephen has law degrees from the University of Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy and a Master’s degree on European Integration from the University of Strasbourg.