Stephen Alsace

Vice President, Financial Crimes Transformation and Global Head of Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption
Royal Bank of Canada

Stephen Alsace has over 25 years’ experience providing advice on financial crime, AML, anti-bribery and anti-corruption and sanctions issues. He is currently Vice President, Financial Crimes Transformation and Global Head of Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption at RBC.

Prior to joining RBC in 2022, Stephen was a Director in the Global Investigations and Compliance practice of Guidehouse Consulting (formerly Navigant) for 3 years and spent 18 years in the Legal Department then as Global Head of Sanctions and Anti-Terrorist Financing at CIBC.

Stephen has spoken at numerous conferences in Canada, the US, UK and Europe and has appeared as an expert witness on sanctions matters before Canadian Parliamentary and Senate committees.