Sarah Kaiser-Cross is a Director and Regional Head of Correspondent Banking and Affiliates for the Americas at HSBC Bank. She is a financial crime risk professional and geopolitical specialist with experience in counter terrorist finance, transaction monitoring strategy, and cross border correspondent banking risk. Responsible for articulating key financial crime risks to senior banking executives, Sarah brings a nuanced understanding to the nexus between security threats and financial markets. Sarah has lived and worked in five countries around the Middle East over seven years with regional language proficiency, though now calls Miami home. Sarah holds two master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, in Middle Eastern Studies and Global Policy.