William J. Fox

Professional Background

Mr. William J. Fox serves as Managing Director of Global Financial Crimes, Corruption & Sanctions at Bank of America Corporation. Mr. Fox served as Senior Vice President of Bank of America Corporation. He served as Senior Compliance Executive, financial crimes-Compliance Risk Management Division of Bank of America Corp. (de) since February 21, 2006. Mr. Fox joined Bank of America Corporation from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) where since December 2003, he has been Director. In March 2005, U.S. Banker magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people in high finance. Prior to his appointment as FinCEN's Director, he served as the Treasury's Associate Deputy General Counsel and Acting Deputy General Counsel. After September 11, 2001, he also served as the principal assistant and senior advisor to the Treasury's General Counsel on issues relating to terrorist financing and financial crime. He was recognized for his work on these issues with a Meritorious Rank Award in October 2003. He joined the Department of the Treasury in December 2000 as the Acting Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement. From 1988 to December 2000, he served at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), first as an attorney in ATF's Chicago office, then as the Senior Counsel for Alcohol and Tobacco and finally as ATF's Deputy Chief Counsel. During his time with ATF, Mr. Fox provided legal support to several large scale criminal investigations; helped oversee ATF's regulatory program; served as a legal point person for ATF's alcohol and tobacco diversion program; worked on several important legislative initiatives; and served as principal legal support for the United States Trade Representative's Office for wine trade negotiations with the EU and other wine producing countries. Mr. Fox received his bachelor's degree in history and a law degree from Creighton University in Omaha.