Biography

Patrick J. Donegan brings almost thirty years of compliance, legal, banking and capital markets experience to Beneficient.

As an attorney having held various senior compliance positions, Mr. Donegan is an expert in identifying risks and setting policies and procedure to effectively manage those risks. He has a vast understanding of banking and capital markets law and the regulations governing participants in those markets.

Some of his senior compliance positions include serving as Chief Compliance Officer for bank holding companies and broker dealers and as Assistant General Counsel for a securities company. Over the course of his career, Mr. Donegan has attained eleven FINRA licenses and two certifications from the American Bankers Association, including the Certified Regulatory Compliance Mangers designation, and currently holds a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist certification.

Mr. Donegan currently serves as a Senior Adviser at Premier Consulting Partners, Inc., a consulting firm focused on operational risk evaluation and compliance, and previously served as the Global Chief Compliance Officer of OKX Group from August 2023 to January 2024. From 2015 to 2023, Mr. Donegan held various leadership positions at Signature Bank, including Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President and Sanctions Compliance Officer. Mr. Donegan’s professional career has also included positions with a number of prominent investment banks, including Cantor Fitzgerald, RBC, Guggenheim, BNP Paribas and Nat West, and compliance roles at Mitsubishi UFJ and Hudson City Bancorp.

He currently holds FINRA licenses that include: Series 7, 9, 10, 14, 24, 53, 55, 63, 79, 87 and 99

Mr. Donegan received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from St. John’s University and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law.