Jérôme Beaumont is an internationally respected leader in the financial sector, with over 20 years of experience in both management and executive roles across Europe, North America and beyond. He joined the Board of the Basel Institute on Governance in January 2026.

Jérôme currently serves as the Executive Secretary of the Egmont Group, a global organisation uniting 182 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) around the world.

Jérôme’s career has centred on growth, innovation and cross-border collaboration. He brings deep expertise in anti-financial crime operations and regulations, international relations and the evolving landscape of finance, including digitalisation, cybersecurity, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, public-private partnerships (PPPs), FinTech and RegTech.

Prior to joining the Egmont Group, Jérôme held several roles supporting European Union and United Nations missions. He joined Tracfin, the French FIU, in 2011, where he led major operational anti-money laundering cases, coordinated international information exchange following terrorist attacks in France, and managed Tracfin’s international relations and policy development. He also worked closely with reporting entities and supervisory authorities.

Jérôme has contributed to the review of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, the Egmont Group’s core documents and mutual evaluations by the FATF and FATF-Style Regional Bodies. A participant in FATF plenaries since 2011, he also regularly speaks at global forums, including the US Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum, the Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, the Wolfsberg Group Forum and events of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Business Administration, and is certified in Cybersecurity & Fintech (Harvard) and Board Governance (Wharton).