Christopher Leonard serves as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for Velocity Solutions. He is responsible for many of the day-to-day operations of the company, including oversight of human resources, contract negotiations, insurance, finance, real estate, nationwide fulfillment and distribution, and the company’s intellectual property portfolio. He also serves as a resource for clients on regulatory and tax issues affecting the financial and insurance industries, including Regulation E (Electronic Fund Transfers; Requirements for Overdraft Services), Regulation Q (Premiums on Deposits), Regulation DD (Truth in Savings), Gramm-Leach-Bliley (Financial Privacy Rule), W-2 issues in employee incentive programs, HIPAA nondiscrimination rules for wellness programs, and 1099 issues for deposit accounts.

Prior to joining the company in 2005, Christopher was a corporate and tax partner with Wilmington, North Carolina's largest law firm, where he worked with privately and publicly held corporations in various transactional, compliance and advisory capacities. He also served as counsel to Velocity Solutions advising on, among other things, regulatory and tax issues affecting the banking and health insurance industries.

Christopher received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Wake Forest University. He has served in leadership roles in various nonprofit organizations, including serving as president of the Community Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington, NC, chairman of the Foundation for the Community Boys & Girls Club, a founding director and vice president of the St. James Parish Foundation, and a member of the Board of Visitors of the Wake Forest University Divinity School.

Christopher lives in Wilmington with his wife, Laura, their two children, a vocal Shetland Sheepdog and an ever-changing number of saltwater and freshwater fish. In his limited free time, he builds furniture, plays piano, enjoys Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, goes boating with his family, and flies his Cessna Skylane, although not necessarily all at the same time.