Biography
Mark Cluse is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Arete Advisors, LLC, a global end-to-end cybersecurity services firm serving Fortune 500 companies, major insurers, and government entities worldwide. With over 20 years of legal leadership across insurance, financial services, and cybersecurity, Mark directs legal and regulatory strategy for high-stakes cyber incident response practices, including ransomware negotiations, cryptocurrency tracking investigations, dark web monitoring, and digital forensics. Mark also oversees AI/ML governance frameworks, multi-jurisdictional Money Services Business obligations, and Arete’s risk-based OFAC sanctions compliance program.
Previously Managing General Counsel for a $5B insurance and bank holding company, Mark holds a J.D. from the University of Akron and is licensed in Ohio and Florida.
