
Michael Tiedemann
Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Global General Counsel
New York
Colleen’s career as an entrepreneur and legal advisor spans more than 30 years. She was previously the Founder and CEO of NextGen Compliance LLC and, prior to that, Co-Founder of Signac LLC, a joint venture between Credit Suisse and Palantir Technologies. Most recently, she served as General Counsel at Boston Private Financial Holdings and its successor, SVB Private.
Earlier in her career, Colleen spent 20 years at Credit Suisse, where her roles included Managing Director, Senior Lawyer, and Head of Business Risk Management Private Bank Americas. Her first professional roles were in the corporate law practices at Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Thacher Proffitt & Wood.
Colleen holds a B.A. in finance and marketing from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. She earned a juris doctorate at St. John’s University School of Law, where she was a St. Thomas More Scholar.