Board of Advisors

Archana Bae

Founder & CEO, Porta Strategies LLC

Archana is a national security and financial crime executive with nearly 25 years of experience spanning the U.S. government and the private sector. Her career began in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, shaping a sustained focus on protecting people, institutions, and financial systems from complex security and economic threats.

She has held senior roles across the U.S. Intelligence Community and national security enterprise, including with the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Counterterrorism Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Following her government service, Archana served as Vice President and U.S. Regional Head of Sanctions Investigations at HSBC, supporting regulatory remediation and compliance initiatives. She later advised global financial institutions, fintechs, and governments on sanctions, anti-money laundering, and financial-crime risk management as a Senior Director at a leading consulting firm, and then served as a Managing Director at a technology startup focused on behavioral analytics and machine learning before founding Porta Strategies LLC in Washington, DC.

Porta Strategies serves U.S. government agencies, foreign governments, financial institutions, and technology companies, providing high-impact insights on anti-money laundering, sanctions compliance, export controls, cybersecurity, and broader national and global security issues. Archana holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and a Graduate Certificate in Intelligence and Analysis from Mercyhurst University.