

Why should you attend?
Join us in London on September 20-21 for our anticipated 6th Annual Summit.
New for 2023, the Summit will split into two individual work streams, with a focus on Fraud and Financial Crime topics addressed separately. Featuring presentations, panel discussions and insights from more than 30 industry professionals, this is the forum for like-minded professionals to network, exchange ideas and advance their knowledge.
Keynotes and plenary sessions
- REGULATION:
Reviewing the regulatory landscape and changes on the horizon to prepare for
- SANCTIONS:
Reviewing the sanctions landscape and keeping up with continued and upcoming change
- METAVERSE
Understanding uses of the metaverse as a risk and opportunity
- IDENTIFICATION & VERIFICATION:
Developing controls to enhance identification and verification with increased digitalization
Plus two individual work streams
Financial Crime
Trade Based Money Laundering | Technology |
Ransomware | Financial Crime Models
Fraud
APP Fraud | Collaboration | KYC & Due Diligence |
Legislation
Hear from subject matter experts and industry front-runners

An engaging and interactive agenda spread across 2-days
Participate in a comprehensive exploration of the topics at hand via presentations, panel discussions, and live Q&As to facilitate learning and engagement.

Listen in as subject matter experts share their knowledge
Our line-up of 30+ knowledgeable and experienced practitioners speakers bring the highest standard within the industry, offering fresh perspectives and insights for you to return to your department with.

7+ hours of available networking opportunities
Continue conversations from inside the auditorium over coffee, lunch, and at our complimentary drinks reception. Make meaningful career-long industry connections to use to your professional advantage.
Key speakers

Paul Cain
Global Head of Research Analytics, Financial Crime
HSBC

Raj Shah
Head of Financial Crime Screening, Transaction Monitoring, Risk Assessment Model and Analytics
Santander UK

Dr Liliya Gelemerova
Head of UK Financial Security
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB)

Karl-Johan Karlsson
Head of Frameworks – Group Financial Crime Compliance
Nordea

Chloe Cina
Head of Global Sanctions Advisory
Deutsche Bank

Igor Sumkovski
Head of Financial Crime Advisory and DMLRO
China Construction Bank Corporation London Branch

Alicja Hellak
Group Compliance Officer/ Compliance Reviews
Commerzbank AG

Patrick Killeen
Unit Chief – International Corruption Unit
FBI

Kevin Newe
Assistant Director – Illicit Finance Strategy
HMRC

Nick Lewis
Managing Director, High Risk Client Unit, Conduct, Financial Crime & Compliance
Standard Chartered Bank
It was an honour to be one amongst such an illustrious field of speakers and experts sharing knowledge about emerging technology uniques for fighting financial crime.
An excellent event, very informative; a great mix of speakers, insights and perspectives!
Insightful and thought provoking presentations at [Fraud & Financial Crime Europe]. It was great to meet such a talented and varied network of financial crime compliance professionals.
Session previews and related insights
Get an insight of what to expect from the Summit with our past and present speaker session previews.
Setting the scene: Reviewing the fraud and financial crime landscape and evolution of risks in a post pandemic environment
Setting the scene: Reviewing the fraud and financial crime landscape and evolution of risks in a post pandemic environment Daniel J. Fortune, Partner, Bradley Below is an insight into what can be expected from Daniel's session at Fraud & Financial Crime USA 2023. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+more+about+Fraud+%26amp%3B+Financial+Crime+USA&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_background=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Ffraud-and-financial-crime-usa%252F }} The views and opinions expressed in this article
Developing effective authentication strategies leveraging biometrics and staying ahead of advancing technology
Developing effective authentication strategies leveraging biometrics and staying ahead of advancing technology Rick Swenson, Managing Director Fraud Strategy and Governance, TIAA Below is an insight into what can be expected from Rick’s session at Fraud & Financial Crime USA 2023. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+more+about+Fraud+%26amp%3B+Financial+Crime+USA&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_background=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Ffraud-and-financial-crime-usa%252F }} The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of
Managing the global geopolitical environment and techniques to stay ahead of fast moving sanctions regimes
Managing the global geopolitical environment and techniques to stay ahead of fast moving sanctions regimes Andrew Jensen, Managing Director and Global Head, Global Sanctions & Screening (GSS), Scotiabank Below is an insight into what can be expected from Andrew’s session at Fraud & Financial Crime USA 2023. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+more+about+Fraud+%26amp%3B+Financial+Crime+USA&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_background=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Ffraud-and-financial-crime-usa%252F }} The views and opinions
Approaches and techniques to ensure a consistent compliance program and managing changes globally
Approaches and techniques to ensure a consistent compliance program and managing changes globally Victor Cardona, Senior Vice President, BSA Officer, Golden State Bank Below is an insight into what can be expected from Victor’s session at Fraud & Financial Crime USA 2023. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+more+about+Fraud+%26amp%3B+Financial+Crime+USA&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_background=%23d51224&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Ffraud-and-financial-crime-usa%252F }} The views and opinions expressed in this article are
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Agenda
8:00 – 8:50
Registration and breakfast
8:50 – 9:00
Chair’s opening remarks
9:00 – 9:45
SANCTIONS – PANEL DISCUSSION
Reviewing the sanctions landscape and keeping up with continued and upcoming change
- Managing unprecedented sanctions activity
- Limited talent pool with sudden rise in demand
- Driving efficiency and upskilling teams
- Interaction with financial crime controls in place
- Understanding and implementing sanctions
- Data collection requirements for regulators across jurisdictions
- Provision of services changes
- Managing regulatory divergence post Brexit between UK and EU sanctions
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Raj Shah, Head of Financial Crime Screening, Transaction Monitoring, Risk Assessment Models and Analytics, Santander UK |
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Arjun Ahluwalia, Trade and ESG Compliance Lead – Senior Advisor, Regulation, Shell |
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Adam Oyebanji, Managing Director, EMEA Head of Sanctions, BNY Mellon |
9:45 – 10:20
REGULATION
Reviewing the regulatory landscape and changes on the horizon to prepare for
- Minimizing impact to customers
- Implementing ambiguous requirements
- Reimbursement model impact on managing fraud
- Reviewing the regulatory environment
- Reviewing changes under the Economic Crime and Corporate
- Transparency bill
- Future of SARs under SARs reform
- Reviewing the role of AML Authority in Europe
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Robertson Park, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
10:20-10:50
Morning refreshment break and networking
10:50-11:25
FBI – CASE STUDY
FBI: Foreign bribery, kleptocracy and high level money laundering
- Tracing illicit funds across certain jurisdictions
- Expansion of collaborating amongst law enforcement agencies globally
- Collaboration to trace illicit funds
- Awareness and training regarding foreign bribery and theft
- Capabilities to investigate and prosecute
- Approaches to expedite bank to bank request for information
- Internationally and domestically
- Reviewing Fincen top priorities
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Patrick Killeen, Unit Chief-International Corruption Unit, FBI |
11:25-12:00
METAVERSE
Understanding uses of the metaverse as a risk and opportunity
- Introduction of the metaverse and proliferation of crypto assets
- Identifying real tools with fake news
- Managing ecosystem misinformation
- Increased business case in the metaverse
- Impact to proliferation of scams
- Crypto and NFT scams in the metaverse
- Law enforcement challenges to get ahead of technology
12:00-12:35
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Identifying financial crime and fraudulent activity with increased use of cryptocurrency and crypto assets
- Identifying verifiable customer and asset information
- Changes to investment strategies with crypto derivatives
- Advancing education programs on crypto risks and scams
- Identifying suspicious transactions and red flags
- Processing transaction in a transparent and seamless way
- Managing disparate crypto regulations
- Identifying good governance in crypto
- Finding a balance with crypto asset development with risk of exploitation
- Implementation of SARs for crypto transactions
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Sam Bawtree, Technology Enabled Money Laundering Subject Matter Expert, HMRC |
12:35-1:35
Lunch break and networking
Fraud
1:45-2:20
FRAUD – PANEL DISCUSSION
Reviewing the fraud landscape and evolution of techniques and tactics to stay ahead
- Managing increased tactics of criminals
- Use of technology in fraud attempts
- Use of remote access devices
- Financial implications as techniques evolve
- Impact to customer experience and reputation
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Gareth Davies, Head of Fraud, Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality (AGCS) |
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Shyam Prasad Pratihari, Director – Fraud Risk – Financial Markets & Treasury, Standard Chartered Bank |
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Carlos Alberto D’Aiuto, Financial Crime Investigations Manager (2LoD), Shawbrook Bank |
2:20-2:55
APP FRAUD
Monitoring techniques to identify authorized push payment fraud and protect customers
- Protecting vulnerable customers
- Tracking transactions to recover money
- Increased use of bitcoin to reduce recoverability
- Technology to detect APP fraud
- Behavioral biometrics to monitor activity
- Identifying and educating vulnerable customers
- Updates and changes in APP fraud landscape
2:55-3:30
INVESTMENT FRAUD
Educating customers on investment fraud and identifying red flags to look out for
- Advertisements of crypto as an investment
- Social factors impacting investment decisions
- Fast movement of criminals across products
- Implementing internal controls to mitigate risk to customers
- Gaining visibility across channels of communication
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Gareth Dothie, Interim Head of Fraud Operations – Economic Crime Directorate (Acting Detective Chief Inspector), City of London Police |
Financial Crime
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Day 1 Moderator: Zandi J. Marinzel, Counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
1:45-2:20
SANCTIONS – PANEL DISCUSSION
Monitoring and detection methods for sanctions evasion and breaches
- Identifying methodologies for sanctions evasion
- Red flags to identify sanctions evasion
- Beneficial ownership changes to avoid sanctions
- Tactics of sanctioned entity to bypass sanctions
- Tracking behavior patterns of sanctioned individuals
- Monitoring for sanctions breaches
- Capabilities of general due diligence
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Chloe China, Head of Global Sanctions Advisory, Deutsche Bank |
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Anu Mathar Boyd, Head of FCC and MLRO, WBNL, ING |
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Svetlana Zarubina-Thomas, Head of Sanctions Compliance, Nordea |
2:20-2:55
SANCTIONS
Reviewing geopolitical tensions and impact on future sanction environment
- Preparation for potential China sanctions
- Lessons learned from Russia
- China readiness working group
- Political implications and decisioning
- Circumvention, investigation and enforcement
- EU whistleblowing tool on evasion
- Emerging typologies
- Divergence across sanctioning authorities
- Assessments on ownership and control with different sanctioning authorities
- Managing different definitions across jurisdictions
- Managing guidance on aggregated ownership
- Impact of oil price cap
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Riley Peterson, EMEA Head of Strategy and Governance, Global Financial Crimes Division, MUFG |
2:55-3:30
AML
Reviewing the evolution of money laundering techniques and advances in risk mitigation
- Managing outdated AML models
- Reviewing potential of AI and machine learning within AML
- Reliance on rules based transaction monitoring
- Increasing efficiencies in response to alerts
- Delivering efficiencies and cost reductions
- Leveraging data for behavioral monitoring
- Harmonization of AML legislation
- Meeting AML and anti-bribery expectations whilst managing a business
3:30-4:00
Afternoon refreshment break and networking
4:00-4:35
COLLABORATION
Approaches to enhance public private collaboration in the fight against fraud and financial crime
- Role of the serious fraud office
- Benefits and crossovers of collaboration
- Utilizing partnerships to mitigate fraud and financial crime
- Leveraging private sector knowledge and expertise
- Advancing technology utilization
- Utilizing public sector knowledge and experience
- Increased appetite to adopt UK model
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Nick Lewis, Managing Director, High Risk Client Unit, Conduct, Financial Crime & Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank |
4:35-5:20
SOCIAL MEDIA
Understanding interlinkages of social media and wider ecosystem’s role in enabling fraud
- Increased visibility into personal data
- Ofcom empowerment to police websites
- Increased focus on social media predators
- APP fraud within social media markets
- Online Safety Bill in minimizing investment fraud online
- Role of telecommunication, Bigtech and social media in enabling fraud
- Enhancing controls to identify fraud
- Implementing a financial imperative across the ecosystem
- Use of deep fakes in celebrity endorsements
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Ionela Emmett, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Controls, Risks and Policy & Advisory, ICBC Standard Bank |
4:00-4:35
TRADE BASED MONEY LAUNDERING
Monitoring trade-based money laundering and approaches to identify criminal activity
- Trade controls in different typologies
- Approaches to check shipments
- Identifying under and over invoicing
- Impact of volatility of prices and exchange rates
- Identifying product pricing in volatile environment
- Approaches for price modification for trade money laundering
- Alignment with sanctions, terrorist financing and other regulations
- Developing good KYC data
4:35-5:20
TECHNOLOGY
Reviewing advances in approaches and technology capabilities in the management of financial crime
- New technology to move funds and obscure from law enforcement
- Proactive management of risks
- Staying ahead of advancing technology evolution
- Information sharing to track trends
- Adapting to new technologies
- Implementation and testing capabilities
- Managing risks with limited legacy systems
- Reviewing fintech capabilities
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Deeptha Haturusinghe, AVP – Compliance Product Management, HSBC |
5:20-5:30
Chair’s closing remarks
5:30
End of day 1 and networking drinks reception
8:00 – 8:50
Registration and breakfast
8:50 – 9:00
Chair’s opening remarks
9:00 – 9:35
TRANSACTION MONITORING
Leveraging advanced technologies to improve transaction monitoring capabilities
- Approaches to develop scenarios
- Regulatory approaches to scenarios
- Leveraging data to generate alerts
- Uses across all types of fraud and financial crime
- Transaction monitoring and sanctions
- Enabling a balance monitoring capability within firms
- Developing sustainable resources for transaction monitoring
- Extended use of AI and machine learning
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Paul Cain, Global Head of Research Analytics – Financial Crime (Group Function), HSBC |
9:35 – 10:10
IDENTIFICATION & VERIFICATION
Developing controls to enhance identification and verification with increased digitalization
- Ensuring security with automated checks
- Accountability of suppliers and banks
- Testing to deliver data to suppliers
- Increased use of digital 3D masks in verification videos
- Capturing coercion and coaching on calls
- Industry collaboration and insight sharing
- Identifying trends
- Leveraging available data to make informed and targeted decisions
- Proliferation of uses of deep fakes in identification techniques
- Developing stringent controls around access to services
- Rise of audio chat bots
10:10-10:45
CYBERSECURITY
Driving continued cybersecurity awareness as risks continue to advance on companies and customers
- Developing cyber resilience
- Response plans in the event of a cyber attack
- Cyber insurance and business continuity plans
- GDPR risks and potential fines if data is not protected
- Developing authentication practices
- Biometric identification and geographic location
- Identification metrics with increased work from home
- Access to information with social media presence
10:45-11:15
Morning refreshment break and networking
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Day 2 Moderator: Mona Vaswani, Partner, Milbank LLP |
11:15-12:00
KYC & DUE DILIGENCE – PANEL DISCUSSION
Enhancing KYC and due diligence capabilities
- Managing different jurisdictional requirements
- Pattern analysis to identify suspicious activity
- Gathering and sharing data
- Limitations with data sharing across legal entities
- Reviewing uses of utility companies to share resources
- Resources to manage ultimate beneficial owners
- Building risk profiles for clients to identify risk levels
- Assigning appropriate due diligence
- Segmenting population between risk categories
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Jeff Smith, Assistant Vice President – Governance, Risk and Controls – Financial Crime Compliance, Crown Agents Bank |
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Divija Munot, Senior Due Diligence Officer, BNP Paribas |
12:00-12:35
INTERNAL FRAUD
Managing increased internal fraud risk as economic volatility causes heightened risk
- Reviewing access of individuals and teams
- Implementing the right controls to limit reliance on one individual
- Independent review
- Developing independent checks and balances
- Oversight and review practices beyond audit
- Higher risk of internal fraud in volatility
- Reputation risks of embezzlement
- Processes and reviews for employee access
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Alicja Hellak, Group Compliance Officer/ Compliance Reviews, Commerzbank AG |
Financial Crime
11:15-12:00
FINANCIAL CRIME – PANEL DISCUSSION
Managing increased financial crime risk and opportunity in an adverse economic environment
- Increased risk in negative economic environment
- Resources to tackle financial crime
- Cost reductions impacting compliance programs and risk mitigation
- Doing more with less
- Tactical transformation measures to leverage analytics
- Impact of geopolitical tensions on financial crime
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Hee Jung, Vice President, Financial Crime Advisory, Nomura |
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Karl-Johan Karlsson, Head of Frameworks – Group Financial Crime Compliance, Nordea |
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Igor Sumkovski |
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Kevin Newe, Assistant Director – Illicit Finance Strategy, HMRC |
12:00-12:35
RANSOMWARE
Understanding implications of ransomware and financial crime view on payment as criminal financing
- Risks of payment in event of ransomware attack
- Terrorist and criminal financing
- UK Treasury letter on ransomware
- Information sharing in the event of an attack
- Reporting to authorities and customers
- Demonstrating to customers not exposed
- Disclosing level of exposure
12:35-1:35
Lunch break and networking
1:35-2:10
LEGISLATION
Reviewing implications of Failure to Prevent Fraud and Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bills
- Penalizing regulated and non-regulated companies for failure to prevent fraud
- Overcoming failings of the Serious Fraud Office in fraud prosecution
- Companies House verification and validation checks
- Regulation of fake and cloned businesses
- Monitoring companies with offshore beneficial ownership
- Empowering Companies House to manage suspicious companies
- Building a comprehensive approach to company registration
2:10-2:45
WHISTLEBLOWING
Whistleblowing: An alternative method of fraud detection to traditional fraud controls
- Existing research on whistleblowing as a fraud detection method
- Why whistleblowing is a better alternative to traditional fraud detection techniques
- How whistleblowing currently operates as a method of fraud detection globally
- Steps organisations should take when using whistleblowing as a fraud detection tool
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Natalie Sookhoo, Vice President – CCO Investigations, Credit Suisse |
2:45-3:20
PAYMENT FRAUD
Reviewing payment fraud approaches and educating customers on potential risks
- Managing business email compromise
- Supporting customers in event of a breach
- Increased use of social engineering techniques
- Best practice in detection methods
- Impact of changes to reimbursement model
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Vineet Saxena, Global Head of Fraud and Credit Control Services, HSBC tbc |
1:35-2:10
SOCIAL
Monitoring for modern slavery and human trafficking and identifying risks
- Increased focus from regulators and law enforcement
- Inclusion of the human element of financial crime
- Developing legal structures and frameworks
- The role of banks in fighting modern slavery and human trafficking
- Educating companies
- Incorporating human elements into culture and conduct
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Dr Liliya Gelemerova, Head of UK Financial Security, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB) |
2:10-2:45
RISK ASSESSMENT
Advancing capabilities for anti-financial crime risk assessment
- Reviewing full scope of risks
- Trickle down effects
- Developing data sets and system capabilities
- Developing risk appetite and controls for products and customers
- Investment in technology for risk assessments
- Maintaining a compliance culture
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Lordine Appiah-Huggins, Head of Quality Assurance, Commerzbank AG |
2:45-3:20
FINANCIAL CRIME MODELS
Developing financial crime modeling approaches to more advanced capabilities
- Advancing model documentation
- Challenges with rules-based models
- Moving to more advanced modeling techniques
- Connecting the dots from rules based to advanced modeling
- Maintaining explainability of models
- Setting thresholds based on expert judgement
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Yuan Li, Senior Model Validator, ING |
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Behrouz Raftari Tangabi, Senior Model Validator, ING |
3:20-3:50
Afternoon refreshment break and networking
3:50-4:25
The multilateral finance institutions current trends in combating fraud and AML
- Combating Fraud and Prohibited Conducts at international level:
- definitions and instruments
- MDBs Debarment procedures
- MDBs AML/TF policies and implementation techniques
- Sanctions: coverage, transposal and implementation
- Proactive integrity reviews for early detection of fraud
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Luigi Lu Marca, Deputy Group Chief Compliance Officer – Director, EIB |
4:25-5:10
AI & MACHINE LEARNING – PANEL DISCUSSION
Implementing AI and machine learning and reviewing criminal approaches and use cases to mitigate risk
- Implementing deep learning capabilities
- Leveraging unstructured data and pattern analysis
- How AI can change the dynamic of the fraud landscape
- Leveraging behavioral analytics and improving biometric data
- ChatGPT opportunities to manage and create risk
- Leveraging technology as a tool and protecting against external uses
- Deepfake, voice biometrics etc…
- Filtering hype from real change opportunities
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Andrew Fleming, MI and Reporting EMEA Lead, Deutsche Bank |
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Jim Hales, Head of Assurance for Financial Crime Prevention, UBS |
5:10-5:20
Chair’s closing remarks
5:20
End of Summit
Speakers
Hear from subject matter experts and industry front-runners

Arjun Ahluwalia
Trade and ESG Compliance Lead – Senior Advisor, Regulation
Shell

Arjun Ahluwalia
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Lordine Appiah-Huggins
Head of Quality Assurance
Commerzbank AG

Lordine Appiah-Huggins
Biography Coming Soon

Carlos Alberto D’Aiuto
Financial Crime Investigations Manager (2LoD)
Shawbrook Bank

Carlos Alberto D’Aiuto
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Sam Bawtree
Technology Enabled Money Laundering Subject Matter Expert
HMRC

Sam Bawtree
Sam Bawtree is a Technology Enabled Money Laundering subject matter expert, working for HM Revenue & Customs’ Fraud Investigation Service. He has spent the last three years working to enhance knowledge and awareness of the threat of technology enabled money laundering and building capability not only within HMRC but across UK Law Enforcement, other Government Departments, and the private sector.Sam works collaboratively with National and International partners, sharing best practices, assisting in the development of the UK’s response to this threat and ensuring operational readiness to investigate and recover assets where exploitation has been identified.More recently Sam has been focussed on developing HMRC’s strategic and tactical response to this threat, promoting awareness, strengthening capability, and responding to its utilisation in fiscal fraud, to defend the UK against economic crime.

Anu Mathar Boyd
Head of FCC and MLRO, WBNL
ING

Anu Mathar Boyd
Biography Coming Soon

Chloe Cina
Head of Global Sanctions Advisory
Deutsche Bank

Chloe China
Chloe Cina is a Director at Deutsche Bank and Head of the Global Sanctions Advisory Team. She is a barrister of 17 years Call, an international lawyer and financial sanctions expert. She was the former UK Head of Sanctions at HSBC. She worked for the United Nations, practiced at the Criminal Bar and joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a legal adviser in 2014, advising on financial sanctions and security policy in the EU and UN. She led the Iran nuclear legal team for the UK and continues to practice in the field of international financial sanctions.

Paul Cain
Global Head of Research Analytics – Financial Crime (Group Function)
HSBC

Paul Cain
Biography Coming Soon

Gareth Dothie
Interim Head of Fraud Operations – Economic Crime Directorate (Acting Detective Chief Inspector)
City of London Police

Gareth Dothie
Gareth Dothie is Interim Head of Fraud Operations for the City of London Police. He has a national lead role for major fraud investigation as well as collaboration and peer review across policing and partner agencies. Gareth has been in policing and investigation since 2006. He has experience that includes murder investigations, counter terrorism, and vulnerability crime before moving to the Economic Crime Directorate and specialising in investment fraud, romance fraud and money laundering investigations.

Gareth Davies
Head of Fraud
Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality (AGCS)

Gareth Davies
Biography Coming Soon

Ionela Emmett
Senior Manager, Financial Crime Controls, Risks and Policy & Advisory
ICBC Standard Bank

Ionela Emmett
Ela Emmett has recently been appointed as a Senior Manager, Financial Crime Controls, Risks and Policy & Advisory within the Compliance function at ICBC Standard Bank.
In her previous role with Commerzbank AG London, she led the AML Monitoring and Investigation team and acted as Fraud Officer for the London Branch, leading the Anti-Fraud Programme and ensuring oversight and implementation of the respective local and global governance. She was responsible for managing complex investigations across different business platforms and critical input in developing anti-financial crime policies, procedures, measures, and controls. While at Commerzbank, Ela closely interacted with the Joint Money Laundering Task Force (JMLIT), enabling the Bank to contribute to live investigations.
Before joining Commerzbank in 2018, Ela served in a similar investigative role at Citibank NA for over ten years, gaining experience in financial crime, including fraud investigations and AML.
Ela holds a Master`s degree in Criminal Studies from the University of Portsmouth, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies and achieved several other financial crime-related certifications, i.e., ACAMS, ACFE and ECCP.
At the beginning of her career, Ela had the opportunity to train with the Analysis Training Unit at Greater Manchester Police and attended several training courses with the City of London Police to develop knowledge on a comprehensive range of financial crime topics across the spectrum from foundation level to industry experts.

Andrew Fleming
MI and Reporting EMEA Lead
Deutsche Bank

Andrew Fleming
Biography Coming Soon

Dr Liliya Gelemerova
Head of UK Financial Security
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB)

Dr Liliya Gelemerova
With over 20 years of experience, Liliya has worked across the financial crime space in different roles and capacity and across different business segments. She has managed teams, due diligence projects in challenging environments, and led major investigations and litigation support cases. In the late 1990s she joined Bulgaria’s Financial Intelligence Unit where she headed the International Contacts and Legal Coordination department. Her experience also includes Transparency International in Berlin, several London-based investigative consultancy firms and the Royal Bank of Canada in London. In 2016 she joined Commerzbank London where she managed the AML Advisory and EDD Team until her appointment as head of Transactions Monitoring and Investigations/UK FIU and deputy MLRO. In 2020 she joined Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as Head of UK Financial Security; she is also the MLRO. She holds a doctorate in AML policies from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and gives lectures at the University of Manchester. A speaker at industry events, Liliya has delivered presentations on behalf of Stop the Traffik, a London-based non-profit organisation that fights human trafficking and slavery.

Deeptha Haturusinghe
AVP – Compliance Product Management
HSBC

Deeptha Haturusinghe
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Alicja Hellak
Group Compliance Officer/ Compliance Reviews
Commerzbank AG

Alicja Hellak
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Lordine Huggins
Head of Quality Assurance
Commerzbank AG

Lordine Huggins
Biography Coming soon

Karl-Johan Karlsson
Head of Frameworks – Group Financial Crime Compliance
Nordea

Karl-Johan Karlsson
Biography Coming soon

Patrick Killeen
Unit Chief – International Corruption Unit
FBI

Patrick Killeen

Hee Jung
Vice President, Financial Crime Advisory
Nomura

Hee Jung
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Nick Lewis
Managing Director, High Risk Client Unit, Conduct, Financial Crime & Compliance
Standard Chartered Bank

Nick Lewis
Nick worked in UK law enforcement for over 30 years and led several significant operations with partner agencies around the world into organised crime threats against the UK. He has significant experience in leading complex multi-national investigations and working with public and private bodies to develop effective strategies to reduce and tackle the harm caused by organised crime activity – in particular building effective public-private partnerships and taskforce models.In 2008, Nick was posted to the British Embassy, Washington DC. As well as leading the UK’s strategic engagement on organised crime with the US government, Nick led an extensive team of embedded UK liaison officers across the US and the Caribbean, tackling organised crime groups operating at a global level.In March 2013, Nick was awarded the National Intelligence Medallion by the US Government, and in 2014 was awarded an OBE for “services to international law and order” by Her Majesty the Queen.Nick joined Standard Chartered in 2016. He is an adviser to the RUSI “Future of Financial Information Sharing” Programme, a member of the UK Finance Information and Intelligence Committee, represents industry on a number of UK Economic Crime reform programmes and is a board member of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.

Luigi Lu Marca
Deputy Group Chief Compliance Officer – Director
EIB

Luigi Lu Marca
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Yuan Li
Senior Model Validator
ING

Yuan Li
Yuan Li is a senior model validator at Data Science Model Validation of ING Bank, where he leads the validation of models being used in KYC domain, from traditional rule basedmodels to advanced analytic models.
Before model validation, Yuan has worked over ten years in credit risk model development for major Dutch banks such as ABN AMRO and ING. The focus was developing AIRB models (PD, LGD, EAD) for obtaining and maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements from EBA/ECB. Yuan lives in the Netherlands with his wife and two daughters.

Divija Munot
Senior Due Diligence Officer
BNP Paribas

Divija Munot
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Alexandra (Zandi) J.Marinzel
Counsel
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Zandi J. Marinzel
Alexandra “Zandi” is a counsel in the Washington, DC office of Davis Wright Tremaine. She focuses her practice on the defense of corporations and individuals in white-collar criminal matters, including the FCPA, tax, accounting and securities fraud, healthcare fraud and market manipulation. She also represents clients in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions initiated by the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FTC, and state regulators. Zandi uses her twelve years of experience to help clients reach the most favorable outcome possible in what can often be very challenging circumstances.

Kevin Newe
Assistant Director – Illicit Finance Strategy
HMRC

Kevin Newe
Kevin has more than 13 years’ experience in various illicit finance roles, including both operational and strategy positions. He has led financial teams delivering multi-million pound confiscations, cash forfeitures and developing HMRC’s award winning Offender Management Enforcement Team.Kevin’s recent role is overseeing HMRC’s response to priority threats, such as tech-enabled, cash-based and trade-based money laundering. He is also a FATF assessor. Kevin has been awarded for his IF work, including the 2022 Keith Hughes Award for Outstanding Contribution to Excellence and Innovation in Financial Investigation.

Adam Oyebanji
Managing Director, EMEA Head of Sanctions
BNY Mellon

Adam Oyebanji
Adam has over 30 years’ experience in Legal and Compliance. His journey into banking is atypical in that he has spent most of his career as a trial lawyer and has, by his estimate, more than 1,000 trials under his belt. From 1987 until 1999 he practised as a barrister in what was then the Midland and Oxford Circuit, specialising in commercial and chancery matters. He then moved to the US and requalified as an attorney. In the US, he had a national practice with an increasing focus on white collar crime and financial services. He joined BNY Mellon’s Legal Department in 2015 and, after a brief return to private practice in 2019, joined EMEA Compliance in 2020.
Adam holds an LLB from the University of Birmingham, an LLM from the University of Bristol, and a JD from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the English Bar and admitted to practice in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. |
Since April 2020, Adam has been responsible for BNY Mellon’s sanctions compliance in EMEA. |

Robertson Park
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Robertson Park
Rob’s practice emphasizes white-collar criminal matters, enforcement investigations, internal corporate investigations, and tailored compliance counseling. He has particular experience in foreign bribery statutes (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and U.K. Bribery Act), in addition to areas including financial services fraud, securities fraud, and commodities fraud. Rob re-entered private practice in 2012 after 20 years of service in the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, where he led several significant prosecutions, investigations, and initiatives. At the DOJ, Rob also served as the Criminal Division liaison to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and had coordination responsibilities with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. One of the signature results of his work at the DOJ resulted in the Fraud Section’s lead role in the Libor investigation, in partnership with the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, the CFTC, and other international enforcement authorities. Rob was a shareholder and founding member of the White-Collar Defense, Investigations, and Compliance Counseling practice at McGonigle, P.C., before it combined with Davis Wright Tremaine.

Shyam Prasad Pratihari
Director – Fraud Risk – Financial Markets & Treasury
Standard Chartered Bank

Shyam Prasad Pratihari
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Riley Peterson
EMEA Head of Strategy and Governance, Global Financial Crimes Division
MUFG

Riley Peterson
Riley Peterson is the regional head of Strategy and Governance, reporting directly to the MLRO. Mr Peterson leads a number of teams which provide oversight and support to the offices across the EMEA region. These teams provide policy guidance, regulatory change, audit and regulatory exam support and all MI reported to Group. Additionally, he oversees the global roll out of financial crime policies and procedures a key transformation project across the Group.
Prior to joining MUFG Bank in 2017, Mr Peterson worked for KPMG for 11 years specializing in financial crime compliance. He is a 2001 graduate of the University of Nebraska (Bachelor of Arts) and a 2005 graduate of the Vermont Law School (Juris Doctorate).

Behrouz Raftari Tangabi
Senior Model Validator
ING

Behrouz Raftari Tangabi
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Raj Shah
Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer
Santander UK

Raj Shah
Raj currently is the Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Santander UK, and is also responsible for the oversight of Financial Crime Controls, Models and the use of Analytics. He previously held roles within Financial Crime Compliance having built and run compliance programmes at a number of banks and insurers including prior leadership roles in investigations, assurance, risk assessments and transformation.

Natalie Sookhoo
Vice President – CCO Investigations
Credit Suisse

Natalie Sookhoo
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Jeff Smith
Assistant Vice President – Governance, Risk and Controls – Financial Crime Compliance
Crown Agents Bank

Jeff Smith
Biography Coming Soon

Igor Sumkovski
Head of Financial Crime
China Construction Bank Corporation London Branch

Igor Sumkovski
As a Head of Financial Crime Advisory and DMLRO for CCB London Branch, Igor is responsible for the implementation and delivery of an effective risk management strategy and policy framework. He obtained his Master’s in Financial Regulation, International Corporate Governance and Economic Law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London and is an ICA-qualified financial crime professional with project management experience gained within some of the largest UK and EU banks. Igor also has an interest in AI and machine learning, and is committed to continuously exploring opportunities to use new technologies for greater effectiveness in combating financial crime.

Vineet Saxena,
Global Head of Fraud and Credit Control Services
HSBC tbc

Vineet Saxena
Biography Coming Soon

Mona Vaswani
Partner
Milbank LLP

Mona Vaswani
Mona Vaswani is a partner in the London office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group. Mona advises on a variety of complex, cross-border, disputes and investigations, with an emphasis on banking litigation, fraud and asset tracing claims as well as trust litigation. She has acted for a number of leading international and investment banks on a wide range of large, high-stakes and complex banking and regulatory disputes and investigations in England. She also has substantial experience of advising banks and trustees and in particular offshore trustees, in the conduct of trust litigation in several jurisdictions.
Mona has acted in various claims in the High Court, in the finance sector, including those involving allegations of fraud, constructive trust and breach of fiduciary duty and has also acted in international arbitrations concerning derivatives disputes and has experience of conducting internal inquiries and investigations for a number of corporate and banking clients.

Svetlana Zarubina-Thomas
Head of Sanctions Compliance
Nordea

Svetlana Zarubina-Thomas
Svetlana Zarubina-Thomas is Head of Sanctions Compliance, Nordea. Prior to joining Nordea, Svetlana headed the EMEA Sanctions Compliance function at UBS and worked at Deutsche Bank in their UK&I Sanctions Team. Earlier, Svetlana held a number of financial crime compliance roles within global financial institutions.
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