Our Professionals

KC Gingras, Director at Ankura (previously Chartwell), brings over 20 years of experience in accounting, compliance, and company operations to Chartwell. Throughout her career, KC has gained extensive knowledge in state and federal financial services compliance, risk management, fraud detection, prevention, remediation strategies, and license maintenance for Money Service Businesses. Additionally, KC conducts transaction monitoring activities for key clients of the Company.

In her previous experience, as a consumer compliance manager with one of the nation’s leading cash advance lenders and check cashers, Advance America, KC monitored state and federal regulations to ensure company compliance with its product offerings, such as payday, installment, and title lending for several states. She reviewed state examination results and provided guidance for the response courses of action. KC also managed the written complaint response process and developed a complaint reporting database to help the company identify customer concerns in keeping with best practices.

KC was also a director of operations for a third-party accounts receivable financing company, a director of finance and administration for a not-for-profit arts organization, and controller for a national importer and distributor of energy efficient hot water heaters.

KC obtained her MS in economic crime management from Utica College with her dissertation focused on the financial exploitation of the elderly.