Angela Leyesa is US Head of Compliance Solutions at Waystone, bringing over 20 years of experience in financial services compliance. Her leadership has helped enhance operational compliance efficiency and strengthen client risk management practices across multiple mandates. In her current role at Waystone, Angela leads the North America Compliance Solutions business, helping our clients stay ahead of ever-changing regulatory developments.
She has worked extensively across broker-dealer, investment adviser, and exchange environments, with a strong focus on equities, derivatives, and fixed income markets. With deep expertise in trading surveillance, regulatory reporting, compliance programme development and regulatory examinations, Angela provides strategic guidance to clients, manages key regulatory engagements, and develops tailored training and policy frameworks.
Before joining Waystone in 2019 as a Managing Director, Angela held senior compliance positions at CME Group, Citadel, KCG, and Loop Capital. Across these roles, she gained experience managing regulatory enquiries and exams, performing trading surveillance, handling control room responsibilities, and overseeing onboarding and compliance training programmes.
Angela holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and previously maintained FINRA Series 7, 24, and 52 licenses.
