Jonathan Winer

Jonathan Winer, senior vice president in APCO Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, is the former United States deputy assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement. Mr. Winer provides strategic advice to clients regarding a range of issues from financial services regulation to foreign investment and trade, consumer regulations, congressional investigations, data protection, foreign corrupt practices, information security, money laundering, national security and sanctions.

At the State Department, Mr. Winer was one of the architects of United States international policies and strategies in financial services regulation and enforcement, as well as cross-border law enforcement issues. He led negotiations on these and related issues with the European Union and the Organization of American States, as well as bilaterally with China, Cyprus, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Thailand, and numerous other countries in Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.

Mr. Winer previously served for 10 years as chief counsel and principal legislative assistant to United States Senator John F. Kerry, handling and drafting legislation pertaining to financial regulation and working with the Senate committees on foreign relations and banking. He conducted a series of congressional investigations, including the investigation of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International from 1989-1992.

Mr. Winer serves on the Steering Committee of the Transnational Threats Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and as a contributing expert on the counterterrorism blog. He previously served on the Council on Foreign Relations Terrorist Finance Task Force and the Council on Foreign Relations Andean Commission.

In November 1999, Mr. Winer received a distinguished honor award from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for his service at the State Department. The award stated that “he created the capacity of the Department and the United States government to deal with international crime and criminal justice as important foreign policy functions,” and that “the scope and significance of his achievements are virtually unprecedented for any single official.”