Christina McNamara is an Executive Director, Global Head of Due Diligence with S&P Global Market Intelligence Tax Solutions and Commercial Lead of Investor Onboarding within the firm's Networks & Regulatory Solutions business based out of New York. She has extensive experience working with global, regional and local financial institutions on their client onboarding, client lifecycle management and operations across various global regulatory regimes.

Specifically, Christina has spent her career focusing on U.S. tax, including FATCA and QI regimes, and OECD CRS compliance initiatives, specialising in implementations and technology to drive automation. She was previously based in Singapore with S&P Global Market Intelligence from 2014 - 2020 leading our tax consulting practice and client due diligence solutions for APAC. She is a regular speaker at various industry events globally, including U.S., Canada, U.K, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. She has also engaged in regional consultations held by regulators and industry bodies on regulations and guidance material relating to AEOI.

Prior to joining S&P Global, Christina was a consultant and subject matter expert with PricewaterhouseCoopers