Eric B. Lorber is the senior director of the Center on Economic and Financial
Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is also a Director at
the Financial Integrity Network, where he advises global financial institutions
on issues related to sanctions and anti-money laundering/combating the
financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance. Previously, Eric was a senior
advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
at the United States Department of the Treasury, where he provided strategic
guidance on U.S. sanctions and AML/CFT policies. Earlier in his career, he was
an attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he advised clients in the areas
of international trade regulation, compliance, and anti-corruption. His articles
and commentary on sanctions and related issues have appeared widely in the
press and academic journals such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal,
and Foreign Affairs. Eric was a 2012 Cutler Fellow and was a Knowledge Cafe
Mentor in 2017.