The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has named two new leaders.
Michael Mosier, former FinCEN deputy director and current counselor to the deputy secretary of the Treasury, will return to FinCEN as acting director. AnnaLou Tirol, former associate director of FinCEN’s Strategic Operations Division, is serving as FinCEN deputy director.
Kenneth Blanco left the agency April 9 after serving as director since December 2017.
“Serving as FinCEN’s eighth director has been a wonderful and rewarding experience for me,” Blanco said in a news release. “I am proud to have led an incredible organization with an important national security mission that has a profound effect on the lives of so many people, especially the most vulnerable in our society. I have every confidence in Mr. Mosier and Ms. Tirol’s ability to lead the bureau forward and continue the progress of ensuring our national security and protecting people from harm.
“They are skilled professionals with extensive experience safeguarding the American people,” he said. Their proven leadership at FinCEN and in other parts of government, combined with their vast relationships across the U.S. government and the national security enterprise, will ensure continuity as FinCEN implements the historic and sweeping Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 while remaining a pacesetter in innovation and industry regulation.”
Mosier was FinCEN’s first digital innovation officer. He previously worked at the cryptocurrency analytics, compliance and investigations firm Chainalysis, where he was chief technical counsel. Mosier also is a former associate director at Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. He also has served as a deputy chief in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Money Laundering & Asset Recovery Section.
Mosier also served a tour at the White House National Security Council as director for transnational organized crime. He began his public service as a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
As deputy director, Tirol will help overseeing FinCEN’s wide-ranging work to enhance the national security of the United States. Tirol joined FinCEN in September 2019 to promote FinCEN’s strategic partnerships with government and private industry stakeholders, both domestically and internationally.
She came to FinCEN after overseeing DOJ’s Public Integrity Section prosecuting public corruption matters. She began her public service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Diego, and has served overseas tours for DOJ in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on anti-corruption issues, and in Panama City, Panama, focusing on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.