19th Annual

European AML/CTF
& Financial Crime Conference
A Global Outlook


10/11 November 2025

Held hybrid - Merchant Taylor's Hall, City of London

 

We are pleased to share the high-level keynote line-up in progress:

🗓️ Day 1: We are honoured to confirm Elisa de Anda Madrazo, FATF President 2024-2026, for Special Opening Keynote Address – setting the stage for two days of high-level strategic insight, dialogue, and collaboration.

We’re also delighted to welcome Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewic, Chair of the Egmont Group, who will give a keynote as the network marks its 30th anniversary.

🗓️ Day 2: We are proud to also host Ugo Bassi, Director of Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime, FISMA, European Commission as a Special Keynote speaker.

We are equally thrilled to have Bruna Szego, Chair of the EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) to deliver a high-level keynote address, where she will outline AMLA’s strategic priorities and share her vision for the Authority’s pivotal role in shaping the future of the EU’s AML/CFT framework.

 

 

 

 

Elisa de Anda Madrazo
President
2024-2026

FATF

 

 

 

 

Ugo Bassi
Director of Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime, FISMA
European Commission

 

 

 

 

Bruna Szego
Chair, EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority
(AMLA)

 

 

 

 

Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz
Chair of the
Egmont Group

Government & Enforcement

 

 

 

 

Adrian Foster
Head of Proceeds of Crime Division,UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) & Co-Chair of Carin

 

 

 

 

Alice Boulton
Illicit Finance Lead National Economic Crime Centre
ML
UK National Crime Agency

 

 

 

 

Andrea Bowe
Director, Specialist Directorate Supervision, Policy, Competition & Markets FCA

 

 

 

 

Burkhard Mühl
Head of Department European Financial & Economic Crime Centre
Europol 

 

 

 

 

David Hotte 
Team Leader

EU AML/CTF
Global Facility

 

 

 

 

Daniel-Marius Staicu
AML/CFT/SAN
Director

CEC Bank SA

 

 

 

 

Daniel Vazquez
Head of the Asset
Tracing Office
National Police
Spain

 

 

 

 

Dr. Dax Basdeo
Chief Officer, Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce
Cayman Islands

 

 

 

 

Hennie Verbeek‑Kusters
Head of the
Financial Intelligence
Unit (FIU)
Netherlands

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Haslett
Head of FATF and International Engagement
HM Treasury UK

 

 

 

 

John Ringguth
Scientific
Expert to
MONEYVAL

 

 

 

 

Kristaps Markovskis
Director of AML & Sanctions Department
Bank of Latvia

 

 

 

 

Lora von Ploetz
Head of Division AML Supervision of Payment Institutions BaFin Germany

 

 

 

 

Mary Butler
Chief, International ML & Asset Recovery Section
US. Department of Justice

 

 

 

 

Mohamed Al Katheeri
Head National Coordination & Follow-Up Department
UAE AML Executive Office

 

 

 

 

Nicola Muccioli
Chairperson of Moneyval
& Director of
San Marino’s FIU

 

 

 

 

Philippe de Koster
Advocate General, Supreme Court & Director CTIF-CFI
FIU Belgium

 

 

 

 

Rachel Bezzina
Head of AML
Malta Gaming
Authority

 

 

 

 

Raffaele Cosimo
Group Head of Anti-Financial Crime & MLRO
Intesa Sanpaolo

 

 

 

 

Tarana Baghirova
Lead, Human Trafficking Financial Investigations
OSCE

 

 

 

 

T. Raja Kumar
former President FATF 22-24 & Senior Advisor Ministry of Home Affairs Singapore

 

 

 

 

Vanessa Perree
Director General
AGRASC France

Cross-Industry Expert Speakers

 

 

 

 

Bernd Träxler
until recently CCO EBRD & previously Chief Compliance Officer at Erste Group Bank

 

 

 

 

CJ Rinaldi
Chief Compliance
Officer
Kraken

 

 

 

 

Clay Roberts
Group MLRO &
BSA Officer
Western Union

 

 

 

 

Chloe Cina
Senior Associate RUSI & previously Deutsche Bank Head of Global Sanctions Advisory

 

 

 

 

Cynthia Stone 
Group Head of
Financial Crime
Investigations
HSBC

 

 

 

 

Dafydd Davies
Group Head of
Financial Crime
Compliance
Barclays

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ekaterina Hartmann
Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs
EGBA

 

 

 

 

Dr. Firas Nadim Habach
Central Europe MLRO & Swiss Head of FCC
Revolut

 

 

 

 

Dries Cools
Head of AML/CFT Policy & Off-Site Supervision
National Bank of Belgium

 

 

 

 

Dr. Thorsten Güldner-Bervoets
Group Head Financial Sanctions, Executive Director
Raiffeisen Bank International AG

 

 

 

 

Freya Page
Director Global Outreach

Kharon
&
previously at HMT

 

 

 

 

Gregory Dellas
Group Chief Compliance
and
Risk Officer

Ecommbx

 

 

 

 

Guy Valkenborg
Director General European Association of Real Estate Professions (CEPI)

 

 

 

 

Howard Rawstron
Head of Economic Crime Risk Management Framework Team Lloyds Banking

 

 

 

 

Ignacio Hagelstrom
Associate Managing Director, Kroll  & previously at the OECD & FATF Secretariat

 

 

 

 

TBC
Global Head of Monitoring & Screening
Deutsche Bank

 

 

 

 

Johan Sekora
Global Head of Financial Crime Prevention
SEB Bank

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Benton
Chief Executive
Officer

REKTify™

 

 

 

 

Karen Briggs
Non-executive Director, Audit & Risk Chair & Former Big 4 Partner
Chubb European Group SE

 

 

 

 

Lia van Broekhoven
Executive Director, Human Security Collective

Global NPO Coalition

 

 

 

 

Liliya Gelemerova
Head of UK Financial
Security

Credit Agricole

 

 

 

 

Marc Fungard
Global Head of Financial Crime, Compliance and Risk Oversight (FinCRO) Stripe

 

 

 

 

Marcus Wogart
Group Head of
Non-Financial Risk
NatWest

 

 

 

 

Martin Nordh
Board Director, Acuminor
& previously at
Ministry of Justice Sweden

 

 

 

 

Matthew Scicluna
Head Financial Crime Compliance
Malta FSA

 

 

 

 

Michael Shearer
Chief Solution Officer

Hawk

 

 

 

 

James Clark
EMEA & MENA Private Sector Outreach
KodexGlobal

 

 

 

 

Miriam Ratkovicova
Forensic & Financial
Crime
Deloitte

 

 

 

 

Neil Isherwood
Compliance SME & Strategy Leader
Dun & Bradstreet

 

 

 

 

Nick Maxwell
Head of the Future of
FFIS Research
Programme

 

 

 

 

Niclas-Andreas Mueller
Director, Risk
Consulting
KPMG Ireland

 

 

 

 

Philip Bugeja
CEO, AML/CTF, FinCrime Consultant
ArriTech

 

 

 

 

Roberto Garcia Piriz
Chief Compliance Officer
European Investment Bank EIB

 

 

 

 

Shahanaz Müller
Partner, Forensic – AML & Sanctions Compliance
Deloitte Austria

 

 

 

 

Stephen Platt
CEO &
Founder
KYC360

 

 

 

 

Tony Dixon
EMEA Head of Financial Crimes Compliance & MLRO
BNY

 

 

 

 

Valerie-Leila Jaber
Global Head of AML, Coinbase & previously at Credit Suisse & JP Morgan

 

 

 

 

Vesna McCreery
MD, AML RightSource & previously Global Head of Financial Crime at Barclays

 

 

 

 

Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri
Executive Director
Spaces for Change
Nigeria

 

 

 

 

William McDevitt
MLRO & Head of Anti-Money Laundering
Gemini

 

 

 

 

Yaron Hazan
VP of Regulatory
Affairs
ThetaRay

Registration

Register by 15 September to benefit from 10% early bird discount!

Please complete the registration form to confirm your place. For enquiries, including PO. numbers and multiple bookings, contact us at fc@amlpforum.com

This event is held in hybrid format – delegates are able to attend in person or virtually.

Special Offer

Book both Main European Conference & 14th ABC Forum (Day 3) and receive a 13% discount – can be shared with a colleague

Discounts

  • Member discount applies to academics, charities, law enforcement & Government.
  • 10% discount applies to members of Banking Associations in Central & Eastern Europe including Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Slovakia & Sweden (please contact us if your country is not listed).
  • Bring 3 or more delegates – please contact us for enterprise discounts.
  • Book both the Conference and Masterclass – receive a 10% discount
    *Discount offers cannot be combined.

CPD Points

Certificate of Attendance will be provided to claim your CPD Points.

  • Eligibility: Sign-in required
  • Records: Retained for 5 years
  • CPD Points: 9.5 for Main Conference and 3.5 for each Masterclass Stream