ThetaRay Appoints Former TMX and Instinet Executive Laure Richmond as Chief Financial Officer
Former Instinet Global CFO and TMX executive joins to accelerate capital strategy amid surging AI RegTech demand.
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ThetaRay, a global leader in AI-native financial crime compliance (FCC) infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Laure Richmond as Chief Financial Officer. Bringing over two decades of financial leadership across institutional trading, and financial technology, Laure Richmond will lead ThetaRay’s global finance organization, capital allocation, and operational scaling.
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Laure Richmond, CFO at ThetaRay
Laure Richmond joins ThetaRay amidst accelerating global regulatory mandates. In the US, provisions under the GENIUS Act establish strict BSA/AML and real-time transaction screening obligations for digital assets and payment issuers. In Europe, the EU AI Act’s strict rules for high-risk AI in financial services mandate transparent, audit-ready compliance platforms. As financial institutions replace legacy rules-based systems with mission-critical AI, Laure Richmond will oversee the financial strategy supporting ThetaRay’s rapid global growth and market expansion.
Laure Richmond brings extensive experience driving global financial strategy, regulatory compliance, and scaled operations for tech-driven financial platforms. She previously served as CFO at TMX VettaFi and TMX Datalinx, leading financial strategy for the data and analytics division of TMX Group. Prior to TMX, she spent nearly two decades at Instinet (a Nomura subsidiary), where she served as Global CFO.
Based in New York, Laure Richmond works across ThetaRay’s global footprint, bridging financial discipline with product innovation, commercial execution, and client success.
“With regulatory shifts turning explainable AI into core infrastructure, scaling globally requires both discipline and sharp execution,” said Brad Levy, CEO of ThetaRay. “Laure’s proven track record across major financial technology platforms and her hands-on approach make her the partner we need to drive our capital strategy and lead industry innovation and consolidation.”
“ThetaRay is defining the future of financial crime compliance through agentic AI,” said Laure Richmond, CFO of ThetaRay. “Spending time on the ground with our teams in Tel Aviv, London, Madrid, and New York confirmed the immense opportunity ahead. My focus is on pairing capital strategy with product innovation to expand our platform capabilities and capitalize on strategic growth opportunities.”
About ThetaRay
ThetaRay provides the end-to-end financial crime risk decisioning infrastructure for enterprises that refuse to trade compliance for business growth. Powered by advanced machine learning, ThetaRay integrates across the full customer lifecycle, from screening and customer due diligence to transaction monitoring. Its agentic AI investigator, Ray, functions as a universal intelligence layer, cross-checking complex data to turn every alert into audit-ready case files in seconds. Trusted by global banks, fintechs, and PSPs, including Santander, ClearBank, Payoneer and Mashreq Bank, ThetaRay is recognized on CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 list for empowering enterprises to automate compliance, eliminate friction, and scale safely. Learn how ThetaRay is transforming financial crime compliance at thetaray.com.
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