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21st Annual

UK AML/CTF & Financial Crime

Seminar - SOLD OUT


23 - 24 April 2025

Held hybrid – Hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills, City of London 

 

Programme

Main Seminar
 
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 09:00 – 17:00 BST
   
08:15 Registration & Breakfast
   
09:00 Chair’s Welcome Address
  Adriana van der Goes-Juric, Chair, AMLP Forum
   
  Main Hall – Opening Keynote Addresses
   
09:05 Main Hall: The evolution of economic crime – how we are responding today and could respond in the future
  Adrian Searle, Director, National Economic Crime Centre (NECC)
   
09:45 Main Hall: Home office’s 2025 FinCrime & asset freezing strategy – key priorities and strategic measures
  Tom Bell, Head of Financial Crime & Asset Recovery, Home Office
   
  Regulatory hotspot: FCA, Gambling Commission & HMRC 
   
10.15 Main Hall: The Regulatory year ahead – key strategies & priorities for the FCA
 
  • FCA’s Financial Crime Strategy 2025-2030 – Key supervision priorities for 2025
  • Emerging Risks amid increased criminal threats, geo risks, economic sanctions & uncertainties
  • Bridging ML and fraud – expectations of the industry
  • Balancing consumer duty, business growth, and FinCrime prevention
  • Advancing Data-Driven Solutions & RegTech tools to align with evolving regulatory expectations
  Andrew Wigston, Head of Financial Crime Market Intervention, FCA
  Lead: Shahmeem Purdasy, Head of 1LOD FC Hub Advisory Team, Virgin Money & previously Senior Advisor to the UK Chancellor
   
 10:15 Breakout: Room C3/C4 – Gambling hotspot: Meeting increasing regulatory demand in AML/CTF and fraud – step up in oversight
 
  • UKGC’s 2025 Enforcement Focus – Strengthening oversight, including across the supply chain
  • Debunking Compliance Myths – Uncovering major compliance failures within the sector
  • Enhanced Due Diligence Misconceptions – Implementing a truly risk-based approach
  • Strengthening Consumer Protection in 2025 – promoting compliance through safer gambling
  • Addressing Fraud & Payment Security Challenges – Enhancing safeguards against FinCrime
  Ed Maguire, Group MLRO & Global Head of Anti-Financial Crime, Entain
  John Pierce, Director of Enforcement and Intelligence, Gambling Commission 
  Laura Kolens-Matley, Head of AML, Flutter UK&I 
  Lead: Chris Elliott, Partner, Betting & Gaming Practice, Wiggin LLP
   
10:15 Breakout: Room C1/C2 – HMRC hotspot: Intensifying efforts on ML, fraud, and financial crime – key points for the industry
  Pete Maydon, Assistant Director, Strategy Economic Crime Supervision, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC
  Lead: Alan Ward, Regulatory & Litigation Partner, Stephenson Harwood
   
10:45 Networking Tea/Coffee
   
11:15 Main Hall – Tackling the biggest FinCrime challenges in 2025: the new drivers – advancing a modern financial crime compliance programme in the face of geopolitical risks, regulatory shifts, and supporting business growth initiatives
 
  • The evolving drivers – key factors shaping the current FinCrime landscape
  • JMLSG on the key areas of focus, and planned Guidance
  • How can we pivot more quickly to respond to current dynamic risks & emerging FinCrime threats
  • Striking a balance between consumer duty, vulnerable customers, and FinCrime controls
  • Enhancing defences with data & AI – aligning with growth strategies & regulatory expectations
  Amanda Parmenter, Director, First Line Financial Crime Prevention, Lloyds Banking
  Carol Smit, Executive Secretary, JMLSG
  Jason Holt, Global Head Financial Crimes Compliance, M&G
  Kurt Rowe, Group Head of Financial Crime & UK & International Head of Data Protection, Intact
   
12:00 Main Hall – FCDO, OFSI & OTSI economic sanctions & trade controls update – protecting UK’s interest
  Anna Deibel-Jung, Deputy Director, OTSI
  Beth Davies, Head of Enforcement, Engagement, Policy & Strategy, OFSI
  Nicholas Waddell, Head of Sanctions Regimes and Litigation, FCDO
  Lead: Chloe Cina, International Sanctions Expert and Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI, & previously Global Head of Deutsche Bank
   
12:45 Networking Lunch – In the magnificent Glass PLR
   
13:45 Main Hall – Companies House reform in action – from extra powers to tackling discrepancy
 
  • Expanding powers and closing gaps – strengthening oversight and addressing discrepancies
  • ECCTA 2023 final position – key priorities shaping 2025 workstreams
  • Massive identity verification rollout – over 7 million individuals to undergo checks
  • Big changes ahead for ACSPs & TCSPs – new verification rules coming 25 February 2025
  • Overseas entities under scrutiny – addressing new reporting challenges
  • Protecting the public register – enhancing enforcement and integrity measures
  Charlie Boundy, Chief Data Officer, Companies House
  Nis Bandara, DD, Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency, Department for Business and Trade
  Lead: Matt Allen, Head of Policy and Complex Advisory, Economic Crime, Santander
   
14:15 Main Hall – Advancements in dynamic risk assessment, pKYC, and behavioural transaction analysis powered by data & advanced tech solutions – real-life examples of successes, challenges and opportunities
 
  • DRAs, pKYC & behavioural transaction analysis – their successes, challenges and opportunities
  • Adapting to increasing regulatory pressures, geopolitical uncertainties & data privacy laws 
  • Modernising compliance with real-time data enrichment, digitalization & RegTech integration
  • Leveraging AI & behavioral analytics to detect FinCrime and strengthen fraud prevention
  • Strengthening your RBA for smarter compliance management & operational efficiency
  Julian Broxup, MD & MLRO/SMF17, Head of FCC EMEA, Goldman Sachs
  Phale McMillan-To Van, Head FC Risk Management & Deputy Group Head FC Risk, NatWest
  Richard May, Head of FC for CIB and Europe MLRO, HSBC
  Lead: Vesna McCreery, Managing Director, AML RightSource, and previously Global Head of Financial Crime at Barclays
   
14:15 Breakout: Room C3/C4 – Bridging fraud & financial crime: addressing converging threats with unified strategies – aligning with the FCA’s Focus for 2025 
 
  • The evolving threat of fraud – latest government and regulatory responses
  • Strengthening consumer protections – implications for the financial industry
  • Shifting from detection to prevention – modern compliance practices & robust risk assessments
  • How fraud and money laundering fuel each other and what regulators expect
  • Leveraging AI and technology for greater effectiveness and efficiency
  Aaron Elliott-Gross, Global Director of Product Risk & Compliance, Wise
  Adrian Quigley, Director Economic Crime Risk & MLRO, Santander
  Iggy Azad, Director, Global Intelligence, Coinbase
  Maximilian Riege, Chief Risk Officer, Hawk
  Lead: Susannah Cogman, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
   
14:15
 Breakout: Room C33/C34 – The growing role of DNFBPs in AML/CTF & safeguarding the integrity of the financial system
  Nicholas Lord, Professor of Criminology, The University of Manchester & Co-Author of ‘English Football Premier League & Illicit Finance Risk’ Study
  Thomas McDavid, Director, Head of Financial Crime, Sotheby’s
  Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns, Propertymark  
  Lead: David Lewis, Managing Director, Global Head of AML, Kroll and previously FATF Executive Secretary
   
15:00 Networking Tea/Coffee
   
15:30 Main Hall – Unlocking AML cross-sector collaboration & PPP information sharing
  Alan Ward, Regulatory & Litigation Partner, Stephenson Harwood
  Dominique Azid, Principal Policy Adviser, Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
  Shahmeem Purdasy, Head of 1LOD FC Hub Advisory Team, Virgin Money
  Lead: Simran Bharaj, Senior Financial Crime Prevention Advisor GKSB & previously at the FCA
   
16:00 Main Hall – Law enforcement’s evolving approach to tackling ML, fraud, corruption, and FinCrime — new initiatives, countermeasures, enhanced intelligence sharing, and stronger asset freezing measures
  Adrian Foster, Head of CPS Proceeds of Crime Division, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
  Dave Magrath, Director of Investigation & Corporate Enforcement (Cleaning up the Companies House Register), DBT
  Jess Sommerlad, Head of Public Private Partnerships & Acting Head of Illicit Finance, NCA
  Jim Halkett, Detective Superintendent & Lead of the new UK Domestic Corruption Unit, City of London Police
  Lead: John Binns, Partner, BCL Solicitors
   
16:55 Chair’s Closing Remarks
   
17:30 Canapés Reception – Courtesy of Lead Sponsor AML Rightsource

 

Masterclass Stream A
 
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 09:00 – 12:30 BST
 
08:15 Registration
   
09:00 Chair’s Welcome Address
   
09:10 Emerging ML, fraud & FinCrime typologies – practical strategies to strengthen controls, leverage collaboration, and improve SARs
 
  • Emerging ML, fraud & FinCrime typologies: key insights and trends & their impact on the industry
  • FCA’s focus on protecting vulnerable individuals: the threats and key mitigation strategies
  • Lessons learned from recent enforcement actions
  • Case studies on emerging financial crime threats: effective risk management and the importance of high-quality of SARs
  Daniel Buckley, Deputy Nominated Officer, Santander
  Liliya Gelemerova, Head of Financial Security & MLRO, Credit Agricole CIB
  Lisa Chitty, Director, Compliance & Risk, Travelex
  Marcus Thompson, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis & previously Senior Legal Advisor at SOCA
  Nigel Iyer, Global Fraud Advisor, B4 Investigate
   
10:30 Tea/ Coffee break
   
11:00 Dynamic risk assessment – strengthening controls to address emerging FinCrime risks, including fraud, with a unified strategy
 
  • Addressing the new FinCrime risks including the FCA’ expectations on bridging fraud & ML
  • Streamlining your risk assessment process across the FinCrime disciplines
  • The benefits of automation and integrating real-time FinCrime data for a current view of risks and enhanced efficiency and resource allocation
  • Controls – identifying synergy and efficiency gains
  • Case studies on evolving best practices
  Alex Brenig-Jones, Head of Insights, Financial Crime & Non-Financial Risk, NatWest Group
  Gareth Murray, Senior Director & Head of Financial Crime Risk Director, Monzo Bank
  Rachel Sexton, Independent consulting expert, BRG & previously at EY
   
12:25 Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Stream A
   
   

 

 

 

Masterclass Stream B

 
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 13:30 – 17:00 BST
 
12:30 Registration
   
13:30 Chair’s Welcome Address
   
13:40 Economic sanctions – anticipating and preparing for fresh challenges on both sides of the Atlantic
 
  • Latest sanctions & compliance challenges including Russia & Iran – updates on EU, U.S., and UK measures, enforcement trends, and secondary sanctions risks
  • Strategising your response and preparing for all eventualities including war preparadeness
  • Detecting circumvention tactics, AI-driven monitoring, and mitigating correspondent banking risks
  • Scenario planning & risk preparedness – assessing escalation and de-escalation scenarios
  Britt Mosman, Co-Chair Global Trade & Investment Washington, Willkie & previously at OFAC
  Kurt Rowe, Group Head of Financial Crime, Intact
  Nathalie von Taaffe, Global Head of Sanctions, Barclays
  Peter Burrell, Chair, Investigations & Enforcement Practice Group London, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
   
15:00 Tea/ Coffee break
   
15:30 Trade based-ML/TF and sanctions – leading risk mitigation strategies to addressing evolving risks
 
  • Overlapping Risks – latest Russia & North Korea sanctions, and the growing intersection of trade, tariff wars, financial sanctions, and export controls.
  • Evasion Tactics in Trade & Supply Chains – a focus on front companies, deceptive shipping & hidden networks
  • Maritime Trade & High-Risk Goods – Expanded priority item lists, dual-use goods, and end-use controls.
  • Advanced Detection & Risk Mitigation – Leveraging AI, blockchain analytics, and enhanced screening
  • Case Studies – Lessons from recent actions, compliance best practices, and adapting to evolving regulations.
  Andrew Caines, Head of Risk and Quality, DNB Bank
  Chris Po-Ba, Head of Sanctions, Lloyd’s of London
  Kevin Newe, Assistant Director, Head of Illicit Finance Threats, HMRC
  Zia Ullah, Partner, Head of Corporate Crime &  Investigations, Eversheds Sutherland
   
17:00 Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Stream B
   
   

 

 

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  • CPD Points: 7 for Main Seminar and 3.5 for each Masterclass Stream
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