William Jannace is an Associate Professor at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University where he teaches courses on economics and finance and national security. The finance program focuses on sourcing capital for the defense industrial base and enhancing US national security. It explores the role of venture capital and defense tech innovation, scaling start ups, state industrial policy, and the role of the digital finance ecosystem and hybrid gray-zone warfare and its impact on U.S. national security.
He has also served as an expert witness for The Bates Group on securities litigation matters. He is also an adjunct professor/lecturer at Fordham School of Law, Global Financial Markets Institute, and Metropolitan College, where he teaches courses covering Capital Markets/Digital Assets/Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance; State Capitalism, AML/Cybersecurity; Geopolitics/Geo-Economics, and U.S. Foreign Policy/International Relations, and Grand Strategy.
Mr. Jannace had previously worked at the American and New York Stock Exchanges, FINRA and several investment banking firms. While at the NYSE he was responsible for coordinating its response to 9/11 by helping to implement the USA PATRIOT Act, and business continuity and contingency planning requirements for the industry. He also worked with the US SEC and OFAC to assist the NYSE in suppressing terrorist financing post 9/11.
He was also an account executive at Georgeson and D.F. King where he worked on proxy fights and tender offers. He has also served as a consultant for The World Bank, the United States Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance, and the Asian Corporate Governance Association. He has also lectured at the U.S. Army War College on financial and economic statecraft. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees and a lecturer for The Securities Industry Institute/Wharton Business School.
Mr. Jannace has also conducted overseas training programs for the: Russian Securities Commission/Stock Exchange; The Capital Markets Authorities in: Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya; Saudi Arabian Capital Markets Authority; Securities and Exchange Board of India; Ukrainian Securities Commission/Stock Market; Romanian Securities Commission; Jordanian Securities Commission; Capital Markets Authority of Turkey; Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority; New York Institute of Finance- Beijing/China, the Taiwan Stock Exchange and for IOSCO in Spain.
He is also a CIArb Fellow, a member of the Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists, International Institute for Strategic Studies, New York International Arbitration Center, and Bretton Woods Committee. Mr. Jannace was also appointed to the Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance (P.R.I.M.E. Finance), a panel of over one hundred internationally recognized experts in derivatives and financial arbitration.
He is also a supporter of the National World War II Museum, American Battle Monuments Foundation, National D-Day Memorial, Battle of the Bulge Association, and Second Infantry Division Association. Mr. Jannace received his JD from New York Law School, and his LL.M. in Corporate, Banking, and Finance Law from Fordham Law School.
PUBLICATIONS
“The Three Lines of Defense: The Financial Services Industry Role in Supporting National Security in an Era of Global Financial Crime,” Alma Angotti and William Jannace, Global Financial Markets Institute, March 2026, https://www.gfmi.com/articles/the-three-lines-of-defense-the-financial-services-industry-role-in-supporting-national-security-in-an-era-of-global-financial-crime/
“AML Compliance: A Matter of National Security," Alma Angotti and William Jannace, Global Financial Markets Institute, August 2025, https://www.gfmi.com/articles/anti-money-laundering-compliance-a-matter-of-national-security/
“Bankrupting the Business of Human Trafficking: Summary & Recommendations,” The NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons, October 2021.
“COVID-19 – A Year Later: The Evolution of Compliance in an Expanding Universe of Know Your Know Yours!” William Jannace, Global Financial Markets Institute, May 2021, https://www.gfmi.com/articles/covid-19-a-year-later-the-evolution-of-compliance-in-an-expanding-universe-of-know-your-know-yours/
“Bretton Woods 4.0 Finding New Relevance in a New World Order,” By Dr. Paul Tiffany and William Jannace, Bretton Woods@75 Blog and Compendium, February 2019.