Bates Welcomes New Financial Crimes Managing Director Edward Longridge

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Bates Group welcomes Edward Longridge as the new Managing Director of Bates’ Financial Crimes practice. Based in New York City, Ed brings nearly 20 years of distinguished experience as an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance and Financial Crimes leader at major multinational financial institutions.

Ed comes to Bates from Oppenheimer & Co., where he served as the Chief AML Compliance Officer, responsible for managing the firm’s AML, Financial Crimes and Sanctions programs. Prior to Oppenheimer, Ed oversaw Citibank’s OneKYC program for Mexico and Latin America and served as Head of AML Compliance for Deutsche Bank - Private Wealth Management in New York, as well as on Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney KYC/AML teams in London.

At Bates Group, Ed will lead the Financial Crimes team, providing AML and regulatory response consulting, fraud investigations and forensic accounting services, and white-collar crime consultation and testimony support.

“Ed brings unparalleled insight and understanding of the AML and Financial Crimes space, which will benefit our clients tremendously. We welcome Ed to Bates Group and to our Financial Crimes team,” said Jennifer Stout, President & CEO, Bates Group.

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