Rowan McDaniel is currently the US and Americas Head of Sanctions at HSBC, where she has built and lead sanctions teams in various jurisdictions to include the US, Asia and Americas.  Rowan joined HSBC from the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) where she held the role of Enforcement Officer.  In her role at OFAC she managed investigations related to potential violations of US Sanctions Regulations by Financial Institutions. 
 
Rowan holds a BA degree in Psychology from Arizona State University, a Law degree from Pennsylvania State University, a graduate law degree in Corporate and Commercial Law as well as an LLM in Banking and Finance Law from the University of London. She is also licensed to practice law by the States of New York, Georgia and Arizona.