Greg Lisa is the Chief Legal Officer of Element Finance, Inc. (www.element.fi). Prior to joining Element, Greg was a partner at Hogan Lovells, where he specialized in anti-money laundering and other forms of illicit finance, especially focusing on the FinTech sector and emerging payments companies, virtual currency companies, and gaming institutions.

Before joining Hogan Lovells, Greg served in the U.S. government for more than 17 years in a variety of roles. He served as the Interim Director of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Treasury Department’s lead regulator for overseeing and enforcing the anti-money laundering laws.

Prior to FinCEN, Greg served in the Office of Enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As one of its earliest members, he helped to “stand up” the Bureau’s enforcement program. Before joining the Bureau, he served for twelve years in the U.S. Department of Justice, first in the Civil Division as a Trial Attorney, and then for almost ten years as a federal prosecutor in the Organized Crime Section, investigating and prosecuting RICO and illicit finance cases.