John Weitzer

Managing Director, US Chief Compliance Officer, HSBC

John Weitzer is the US Chief Compliance Officer at HSBC, where he has responsibility for the design, implementation, and management of the US Compliance strategy. Prior to this, John served as the US Head of Global Banking, Markets and Commercial Banking Compliance and the US Head of Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining HSBC, he served as Managing Director for Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets in various Compliance management roles. John has 25 years of industry and regulatory experience, including positions at Barclays, Lehman Brothers and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly New York Stock Exchange Regulation). He is on the Board of “You Gotta Believe,” an organization that exclusively focuses on finding permanent families for older youth in foster care.