Patricia McKeown is a Senior Director in Guidehouse’s Washington D.C. office. She has more than 20 years of retail banking experience both domestically and internationally, including management roles in various capacities such as managing a retail banking branch network, consumer loan department, and residential mortgage department. 

Patricia also has extensive operational experience. She was a director in a 'Big Four' accounting firm's forensic services practice in Washington, where she provided anti-money laundering, USA PATRIOT Act and Bank Secrecy Act and OFAC services to financial institutions. 

Patricia has managed large complex projects to help clients assess and enhance their AML and sanctions compliance programs in multiple countries worldwide. She has assisted clients with a broad range of AML and sanctions compliance services including the development and enhancement of documented programs, risk assessments, and the development and delivery of training. She has conducted numerous gap analyses, independent testing and remediation engagements in the U.S. as well as internationally. In addition, she has conducted compliance reviews for acquisition targets as well as corporate governance assessments.