Chris Prokop

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Position

Senior Vice President, Chief AML and Sanctions Officer

Chris Prokop is the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Offi cer (CAMLO) at Capital One. As CAMLO, Chris leads all facets of the company’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program, ensuring rigorous adherence to Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, Sanctions, and applicable Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) laws. Chris joined Capital One in 2019 following a successful tenure at Citibank, where he led the AML Compliance Risk Management team for all business lines within the Global Consumer Bank. His scope spanned credit card issuing and acquiring, digital and retail banking, ATM, small business, commercial, and wealth management. Under his leadership, his team provided critical second-line-of-defense oversight, eff ective challenge, and guidance to ensure a robust global risk management program. He also previously led AML Compliance Risk Management for Citi’s Branded Cards and Retail Services. Prior to joining Citi in 2015, Chris led the Financial Intelligence Unit at American Express. In this role, he directed transaction monitoring rule development and analytics, AML decision science, strategic investigations, and Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) program quality. Earlier in his career, Chris served as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Offi ce, managing a diverse portfolio of investigations ranging from identity theft to homicide. He also practiced law at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. Chris earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.