Ayelet is a senior leader with over 20 years of experience in the technology and information security industry, with a diverse background in Product management, R&D, marketing, and professional services. She holds the role of VP of Market Strategy at BioCatch, focused on helping financial institutions provide seamless and secure digital transactions, by leveraging the power of behavioral biometrics. Prior to joining BioCatch, Ayelet has spent over 10 years at RSA Security in various roles in both the Fraud Intelligence and Enterprise Authentication solution areas. Ayelet also held various roles at IBM, focused on innovation.

Dana will be speaking at Fraud & Financial Crime 2021

Mark Elkommos will be speaking at Fraud & Financial Crime USA 2021

Julian oversees Berenberg Capital Markets’ risk management program as the Head of Risk Controlling. Berenberg is a multinational full-service investment bank founded in 1590 with a significant presence in New York. Prior to returning to the industry, he consulted large financial institutions around the globe with a focus on Western Europe and North America. His financial and tech skills made him a trusted advisor across treasury, finance, ALM, and risk departments and a frequent speaker at industry events.

Lester Joseph is the Head of the Global Financial Crimes Intelligence Group at Wells Fargo & Company.  The primary mission of this Group is to provide intelligence on money laundering activity and financial crime trends to all parts of the enterprise.  He joined Wells Fargo in March 2010. Mr. Joseph worked for the United States Department of Justice from 1984 to February 2010.  From 2002-2010, he was the Principal Deputy Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (AFMLS).  During his tenure in AFMLS, the Section played a major role in several noteworthy money laundering investigations and prosecutions involving major financial institutions.

Supervisory Special Agent Patrick Killeen.

• Employed as Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent since 2003
• Investigated cases involving International Transnational Organized Criminal Enterprises, Money Laundering, International Corruption
• Staffed in multiple FBI divisions, including Detroit, New York, and FBI Headquarters (Washington DC)
• Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Supervisory Special Agent Milan R Kosanovich has worked for the FBI for over thirteen (13) years specializing in white collar criminal investigations. He is a graduate of Syracuse University (BS) and Georgetown University (JD). He has worked in the New Haven and Cleveland field offices. He served as a detaileé to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission while working as a supervisor in the Economic Crimes Unit at FBIHQ. Kosanovich has lectured and taught on behalf of the FBI in 11 different countries across four continents. He currently supervises the White Collar Crime squad in Cleveland along with the Midwestern Cryptocurrency Task Force, and serves in multiple collateral duties as a member of the nationwide Financial Crimes Response Team and is certified as a Hostage Negotiator.

Max Lerner is a Managing Director at State Street, a leading global bank focused in custodial, asset management and advisory, transfer agency, and administrative services based in Boston. In his role, Max serves as the Global Head of Sanctions Compliance and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance. Max is accountable for the design, management, and execution of State Street’s global sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption programs, including the screening systems and resulting alert risk analysis and resolution, policy and business unit advisory functions, regulatory engagement and remediation activities, and personnel management of teams based across the globe.

Prior to his tenure at State Street, Max served as Legal Regulatory Counsel at Standard Chartered Bank, a major global bank focused on retail, trade finance, commercial, and correspondent banking, based at its New York office. Max’s practice focused on AML & sanctions advisory, dispute resolution management, and regulatory engagement, investigations, and remediation.

Max also currently serves as Chair of the Association of Global Custodians’ AML & Sanctions Committee.

Victor Lessoff is the Head of Internal Investigations for TIAA, a fortune 100 financial service company providing pension, banking, brokerage, asset management and life insurance services to the non-profit sector. Prior to his present position, Mr. Lessoff was the Director of Technology at Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Mr. Lessoff also held a number of other positions in IRS-CI including Special Agent in Charge and Financial Crime Director. Mr. Lessoff is a CPA, CFE and CAMS.  He holds bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Delaware as well as a MBA from the University of Buffalo.

Brandon Reddington is a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Government Sanctions Group, where he leads the Sanctions Advisory function. In that role, Brandon provides guidance to the firm’s business lines globally on compliance with economic sanctions laws. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2018, Brandon served as the Global Head of Sanctions Advisory at Credit Suisse. Previously, Brandon was a Senior Sanctions Advisor at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control from 2009-2014, specializing in matters involving the securities industry. He led multiple major OFAC investigations into U.S. sanctions violations by financial institutions in the banking and securities industries that resulted in enforcement actions totaling over $280 million.

Dr. Boris Richard leads the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Litigations & Investigations segment of the Dispute Advisory Services. Dr. Richard has nearly 25 years of market strategy and trading experience in institutional fixed income and derivatives markets, as well as consulting and expert work in complex litigations, arbitrations, and investigations.

He focuses on cryptocurrencies, token offerings, blockchain economics, and token valuation, as well as cryptocurrency-related expert work, virtual asset tracing investigations, and responses to regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions related to digital assets. His clients include major law firms, cryptocurrency exchanges, digital asset issuers, Decentralized Finance platforms, and blockchain foundations.

Seth Ruden is a certified fraud examiner and anti-money laundering specialist, having consulted globally for top national banks and financial institutions for two decades. He is a author for trade publications, has been a featured speaker for the Federal Reserve and been the principal SME for fraud prevention solutions.  Presently, he is the head of Fraud Operations for one the nation’s top Credit Unions.

Rebecca “Becky” Schauer Robertson is a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry with extensive experience in risk strategy and mitigation. In her role as Director of the Financial Investigations Unit at Atlantic Union Bank, Robertson serves as the Bank’s BSA and OFAC Officers and is responsible for ensuring the Bank’s compliance with all facets of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control and fraud investigations, while monitoring all other related anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud laws and regulations.

Robertson received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Milligan University.

She holds the advanced designation of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist – Audit, and designations of Certified AML and Fraud Professional as well as Certified Fraud Examiner. As an industry thought leader, she frequently participates as a subject matter expert panelist and speaker on the topic of BSA/AML. Currently she serves as chair of the ABA’s CAFP Advisory Board, is a member of the ACAMS Virginia Chapter Board, and a past board member of the ACAMS Carolinas Chapter, past president of both the South Carolina InfraGard and FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association and past treasurer of the Crimestoppers of the Midlands SC Board.

James Short is speaking at Fraud & Financial Crime USA