Dominic Valentino

Managing Director & Chief AML Officer, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.

As Head of AML & Sanctions, Dominic develops and enforces the Global AML & Sanctions Policy and assists in strategically managing reputational risk for the Firm. He serves as a member of several Oppenheimer committees, which include Risk Management, New Product, Data Governance, and Regulatory Rules. Dominic joined the Firm in April 2018. Prior to joining Oppenheimer, he spent 4 years as the senior manager of the Financial Intelligent Unit of The New York Agency of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Prior to Scotiabank, he spent 2 years as a senior AML Investigator at JPMorgan Chase as well as a Navigant Consulting, Inc. Prior to his career in AML Compliance, Dominic served the United States Army in Iraq, in 2005 and received numerous service-related awards such as the United States Army Commendation Medal/Service Ribbon, Combat Action Badge, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Army Good Conduct Medal. He is also a graduate of the Airborne and Air Assault Schools. Dominic graduated from St. John’s University with a BS in Corporate and Homeland Security.