Kristina Guerra

Kristina Guerra is the Global Financial Crimes Manager responsible for overseeing the financial crimes program for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and Bank of America Private Bank. In this role, Kris is responsible for driving the execution of the anti-money laundering program across the retail Wealth Management businesses including the online broker-dealer.  Kris has been with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 23 years, including 16 years in Corporate Audit where she had the opportunity to audit the Company’s AML program.  Kris also spent 6 years as a Front-Line Unit Supervisor for Merrill Lynch and Private Bank.  Given these various roles, Kris is uniquely situated to have covered AML from all three lines of defense and bring those experiences to ensure comprehensive oversight of the Company’s AML program. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Kris worked as an auditor at Arthur Anderson for 5 years. She graduated from LaSalle University with a degree in accounting and is a CPA.