NEW YORK (November 3, 2025) – Secura/Isaac Group, the preeminent global advisory firm serving financial institutions, is pleased to announce that Lisa Arquette will join the firm as Strategic Regulatory Advisor. Lisa spent over 35 years at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), specializing in operational risk, cybersecurity, anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance, information technology, and financial institution critical infrastructure resilience.
Secura/Isaac Group (SIG), a global advisory firm led by former FDIC and Fifth Third Bancorp Chairman William Isaac, guides financial services clients through today’s complex regulatory environment. The team of highly experienced former bankers, regulators and finance executives helps clients address the unprecedented challenges posed by rapid technological advances, growing cybercrime activity and a shifting regulatory landscape.
Lisa will bring valuable experience managing crises and operational risk. Throughout her career at the FDIC’s Division of Risk Management Supervision, Lisa navigated three major crises: the savings and loan crisis of the 1990s, the Great Recession (2008-2013), and the pandemic of 2020.
As Deputy Director for Operational Risk at the FDIC, Lisa led critical initiatives across information technology, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure resilience, AML/CFT and, sanctions compliance, and financial fraud. She provided oversight for the interagency significant service provider examination program and oversaw policy development, rulemaking, examination programs, enforcement consultation, and training—with particular focus on emerging technologies and digital banking innovation.
Lisa served as a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) Operational Resilience and AML/CFT Expert Groups and as the inaugural chairperson of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s AML/CFT Subcommittee, where she helped developed the FFIEC Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual. Lisa also served on the U.S. Treasury’s Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group and its Executive Steering Committee.
William Isaac, Chairman of Secura/Isaac Group said, “Lisa brings an impressive depth of crisis management experience to our firm. Having former senior regulators on our team ensures that we offer our clients comprehensive compliance and risk management recommendations.”
“I am impressed with the team Bill has brought together,” said Lisa. “I look forward to helping guide Secura/Isaac’s clients through these uncertain times.”
Lisa graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. from New Mexico State University and earned an M.B.A. at the University of Houston. She is a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
About Secura/Isaac Group
Secura/Isaac Group, a global advisory firm led by former FDIC and Fifth Third Bancorp Chairman William Isaac, is the preeminent strategic advisor and partner of choice for financial institutions, non-banks, FinTech firms, central banks, and domestic and international regulatory agencies. Our team of highly experienced former regulators and finance executives helps the financial services sector anticipate and navigate challenges brought about by a global pandemic, rapid advances in technology, cybercrime, and a shifting regulatory landscape. To that end, we draw on our extensive banking industry experience, regulatory knowledge, and senior executive and regulatory relationships.
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