Two financial industry executives have found new homes at Interactive Brokers and Xenfin Capital. Beth Beam, a former Senior Director of Sanctions Compliance at the failed US bank, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), joined Interactive Brokers as the Global Head of Sanctions Compliance. On the other hand, Patrick Lindsay left the role as the Director & Head of Compliance at Amana Financial Services UK to join the electronic forex market maker, Xenfin Capital, as the Compliance Director.

Both executives announced their new appointments through LinkedIn. While Beam joined the popular American electronic trading platform after nearly seven years at SVB, Lindsay left Amana Capital’s UK subsidiary after just over five years. However, both parties bring decades of experience to their roles, with the former boasting of about two decades and the latter more than three decades.

Industry Compliance Veterans

Apart from SVB, Beam has worked for a number of high-profile financial organizations, including Citi, Ernest & Young (EY), the World Bank and the Department of Treasury. She was the Senior Vice President of Global Sanctions Compliance at Citi between May 2014 and July 2016. Before that, she served as the Manager of Assurance Services, Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services at EY.

Between 2009 and 2012, Beam served the United States as an Enforcement Officer with the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control. She started out her career as an Honors Paralegal Specialist with the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Criminal Enforcement Section in July 2004.

Additionally, Beam spent a short stint with the World Bank’s Department of Institutional Integrity between November 2006 and May 2007. In addition, she spent nearly two years at Allied Capital as Managed Funds Project Coordinator.

Moreover, Lindsay previously worked for top financial services firms, such as Goldman Sachs and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA ). Before Amana, he was Head of Compliance and a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) at GKFX, ADS Securities London, and Tradenext Limited.

Furthermore, Lindsay worked as the Deputy Compliance Officer & MLRO at Alpari UK Limited between 2009 and 2011 and previously served as an Associate at the Private Wealth Management unit at Goldman Sachs. At the FCA, he worked with the Transaction Monitoring Unit between 2001 and 2004 when the regulatory body was still called the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

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