Earlier in her career, Ms. Hughes was a principal with the forensic practice at a "Big Four" accounting firm where she specialized in anti-money laundering compliance and investigations. Ms. Hughes had an extensive government career as a federal prosecutor and at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve where she served as Special Counsel for Enforcement and Special Investigations and had primary responsibility for anti-money laundering policy. Ms. Hughes has significant expertise in the financial services sector where she works with compliance, audit and legal groups to perform anti-money laundering assessments, training, risk assessments and investigations. She also performed corporate governance reviews and pre-acquisition due diligence compliance assessments.