Brendan Purcell is Senior Director, Enterprise Fraud Detection at TIAA, a leading provider of secure retirements and outcome-focused investment solutions to millions of people and thousands of institutions. Brendan has worked in Financial Services fraud management for more than 20 years and currently leads Fraud Detection Operations for TIAA, covering retirement plans, self-directed Brokerage, and IRA accounts along with Trust and Private Asset Management relationships. Prior to joining TIAA in 2012, Brendan held various leadership roles within fraud management at Wells Fargo/Wachovia, including leading both the digital fraud operations and the loss trending & analysis teams.

Currently, Brendan is leading collaboration efforts to combat fraud within the Retirement industry as the Chair of SPARK Institute’s Fraud Prevention Committee.