Tiana Whitehouse is based in Berlin, Germany. She is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in international law, financial services regulation, risk management advisory, policy development and business consulting.

As the Founder and Managing Director of SWOT Team Consulting GmbH, Tiana provides governance, risk, and compliance expertise to a global client base of financial services and technology businesses.  She is also currently serving as the Board Chair for a European blockchain impact investment platform and a Regional Ambassador (Germany) for the Association for Women in Cryptocurrency. 

Prior to founding SWOT Team Consulting GmbH, Tiana held significant roles such as Global Head of Compliance for a crypto services provider in hypergrowth stage, various roles with the Financial Markets Authority in Auckland, New Zealand, and a Manager in the Risk Advisory section at KPMG.

Tiana frequently contributes to working groups in the EU and UK on blockchain policy topics and speaks about regulatory change management, FinTech compliance, cross-border risk management, and corporate governance. In April, Tiana will be a speaker at the thinkBLOCKtank MiCA Roundtable event in Berlin, Germany, where she will discuss the policy implications for crypto-assets businesses under ESMA’s latest Reverse Solicitation Guidelines alongside a representative from the European Commission. 

Tiana holds a J.D. from Loyola New Orleans College of Law and a B.A. in Political Economy from Tulane University.