Ask Me Anything – Drafting a Robust OFAC Licence Application

Amber Vitale is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting in New York City specializing in sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance. She brings multiple perspectives and insights to projects based on 20 years of experience in diverse roles, including at OFAC, financial institutions, law and consulting firms.

Amber offers deep expertise to OFAC investigations, enforcement matters, and litigation. She has been a sanctions expert and liaison to investigators and prosecutors at the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Amber worked at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for five years, most recently as an Enforcement Section Chief, investigating and resolving thousands of cases involving services and goods in the financial, oil and gas, shipping, agricultural, medical, and many other industries. More recently, Amber was Head of Sanctions Advisory at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., responsible for global sanctions policy and procedures; OFAC reports, guidance, and training; and lists and critical data for screening, and sanctions-screening settings.

Previously, she developed global polices and conducted OFAC investigations as the Senior Compliance Officer for Economic Sanctions and an Assistant General Counsel at AIG International. As an Associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Amber advised banks, insurance companies, money-service businesses, broker-dealers, investment advisors and hedge funds on AML, OFAC and anti-bribery/corruption compliance. She was also as a Director at a Big Four consulting firm where she developed and led AML and OFAC-related remediation projects for financial institutions.