TaNeka Ray is a Director at Waystone Compliance Solutions based in the New York office with over eight years of experience providing regulatory compliance services to registered investment advisers, private fund advisers and broker-dealers.
TaNeka began her career as a Regulatory Analyst for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Trading and Financial Compliance Examinations group, where she performed financial and operational examinations of broker-dealers engaged in trading US equities and options trading markets. She was then promoted to Senior Examiner in the FINRA Membership Application Program group, where she analyzed membership filings from current and proposed FINRA broker-dealers in the retail firm group. She was later promoted to Senior Principal Investigator in the FINRA National Cause and Financial Crimes Program, where she conducted investigations and examinations of broker-dealers and gathered intelligence to detect financial crimes.
Before joining Waystone, she worked as a Senior Compliance Manager for Eisner Advisory Group LLC, a tax, accounting, and advisory firm, where she provided regulatory compliance consulting services to private fund advisers such as hedge fund and private equity fund managers. Before Eisner Advisory Group LLC, she worked as a Compliance Manager for Greenlight Investment Advisors LLC, where she managed the compliance department.
TaNeka holds an LL.M. from American University Washington College of Law, a J.D. from Arizona Summit Law School, and an undergraduate degree from California Baptist University. She acquired an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Certification from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
