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OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months
Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.
Updated May 29, 2024, 4:46 p.m. Published Mar 28, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
- OKX's global chief compliance officer, Patrick Donegan, left in January after just six months in post.
- Donegan, whose responsibilities included anti-money laundering, managed a team of 300.
The global chief compliance officer for OKX, Patrick Donegan, left his role at the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange after just six months in the job, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Donegan managed a team of 300 people around the world, joined OKX in August 2023 and left in January 2024, his profile states. He described himself as a regulatory specialist on AML with "skills in creating policies and procedures, meeting regulatory expectations while promoting business initiatives and establishing strong relationships with regulators."
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Donegan was previously chief compliance officer and senior vice president at the once crypto-friendly Signature Bank, where he has served for almost eight years.
Neither OKX nor Donegan responded to requests for comment.
Updated 3/29/2024 23:00 UTC to fix Donegan's official title. Updated 4/2/2024 15:00 UTC to make edits, remove reference to KuCoin, Binance.
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