Joseph Yerant

President, ACFCS

Joseph comes to ACFCS with more than 20 years of operational, technology and strategic experience across multiple industries. He formerly served as chief operating officer and interim chief technology officer of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) leading up to, and subsequent to its sale to Adtalem Global Education. While at ACAMS, he was part of the executive management team and responsible for operations and technology.

More recently, he worked with Payfone, a global leader in mobile digital identity verification serving the world’s largest banks, insurers and technology companies, to improve its customer success area.  He currently serves as a board member and consultant to National Executive Services Corp.

His earlier roles included operations, program management and acquisition integration leadership positions with World Fuel Services, a Fortune 500 company, and JM & A Group, a multi-billion dollar privately-held company.  He holds a juris doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Oakland University (formerly Michigan State University at Oakland).