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Michael Cherkasky

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Exiger

Bio Current as of April 28, 2017

Michael Cherkasky is the Executive Chairman of Exiger and the Monitor of HSBC. A pioneering figure in the world of financial crime, fraud, corruption and money laundering enforcement and compliance, Mr. Cherkasky has held senior leadership roles with some of the most esteemed law enforcement agencies and multinational corporations in the world. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the HSBC monitorship and the company’s ongoing engagement with financial institutions and multinational corporations to implement sustainable, global compliance programs. He co-founded Exiger with its President & CEO Michael Beber.

Widely regarded as an innovator for his ability to build sustainable bridges between the public and private sectors when implementing law enforcement actions, Mr. Cherkasky led the development of the independent monitorship as a prosecutorial tool.Prior to co-founding Exiger, Mr. Cherkasky was the Chairman of the New York State Commission on Public Integrity and CEO of Altegrity, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and Kroll. In his tenure at Kroll, Mr. Cherkasky was appointed by various U.S. federal courts to oversee federal consent decrees with organizations like the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and those in the Long Island carting industry. Mr. Cherkasky also served as the independent Monitor for the Los Angeles Police Department.Mr. Cherkasky’s career began as an Assistant District Attorney in New York County, where he then subsequently served as Trial Bureau Chief, Chief of the Rackets Bureau, and Chief of the Investigations division. Mr. Cherkasky led the division’s investigations on fraud, corruption, and money laundering, which included overseeing the BCCI investigation, and the trial of organized crime figures including John Gotti. Mr. Cherkasky also led the state investigation of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

Mr. Cherkasky earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Case Western Reserve University, and his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University.