Rembrandt, Scott

Scott Rembrandt is the Assistant Director for Strategic Policy in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a role he has served in since 2013. In his current position, Scott manages a team of policy advisors that develop and implement anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) strategic initiatives and regulatory policies for banks, securities firms, non-bank financial institutions (including money services businesses), and designated non-financial businesses and persons. He oversees the office’s work related to customer due diligence, derisking, virtual currency, information-sharing, data protection, anti-corruption, and cyber-security. He previously was a policy advisor in TFFC, where his portfolio included financial inclusion issues, money services businesses, and new payment methods. Prior to that, he served as a corporate lawyer in New York and before that was the Director of Research at a Washington-based think tank focused on East Asia. Prior to returning to the United States, Scott was a consultant in China and the Business Manager, Chief Country Officer Group – Asia for Deutsche Bank.