17th Annual

UK AML & Financial Crime

Seminar

17/18 MAY 2021

Held virtually over two afternoons

Day One

Monday, 17 May 2021

1:00 PM	Registration

1:20 PM	Chair’s Welcome Address

1:30 PM	UK’s Economic Crime Plan & Brexit – the strategic priorities 2021
	Owen Rowland, Deputy Director & Head of the Economic Crime Unit, Home Office

2:00 PM	NCA on the new threats, SARs reform programme & tech advances
	Vince O’Brien, Head of Strategy & Change UK FIU & Head of Proceeds of Crime Centre, NCA

2:30 PM	HMT AML/CTF update – direction of travel for UK’s legislative development
	Emily Bayley, Deputy Director, Sanctions and Illicit Finance, HM Treasury

3:00 PM	Tea/Coffee

3:15 PM	Breakout session: New financial crime challenges and key areas of focus 2021 – building up an efficient and effective compliance programme
	Carol Smit, Executive Secretary, JMLSG
	Julie Copeland, Partner, StoneTurn
	Moderator: Peter Green, AMLP Advisor and previously BNP Paribas Group Head of AML

3:15 PM	Breakout session: HMRC supervision and enforcement agenda 2021
	Pete Maydon, Assistant Director, Strategy AML Supervision, HMRC
	Lisa Chitty, Director Compliance & Risk, Travelex
	Mark Hayward, Chief Policy Advisor, NAEA Moderator: Mark Ashdown, Head of Risk and Compliance, MFS Africa & previously at MoneyGram

3:15 PM	Breakout session: Gambling hotspot: Rising to the challenges of new regulation – a focus on the Gambling Act review, player protection and AML
	Paul Buck, Chief Executive Officer at EPIC Risk Management
	Jason Chess, Founding partner & Co-Head of Betting & Gaming at Wiggin LLP
	Neil Tyson, Director Rightway Compliance, Fraud Management Resource Centre

4:00 PM	The evolving role of machine learning in financial crime – an inside track
	James Siswick, Partner, Financial Services Advisory & Compliance, Guidehouse
	Jocelyn Norval, Global Screening Pillar Lead, ING Bank Alison Clew, until recently Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Citigroup Daniel Bastin, Chief Revenue Officer, Ayasdi

4:55 PM	Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:00 PM	Close of Seminar Day 1

Day Two

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

1:00 PM Registration

1:20 PM Chair’s Welcome Address

1:30 PM FCDO, OFSI & ECJU on UK financial & trade sanctions strategies 2021 – main changes
Freya Page, OFSI Head of Guidance & Communication, HM Treasury
Jenping Myron Chiu, Head of EU Transition & Sanctions Policy, Export Control Joint Unit, DIT
Stuart Connick, Head Sanctions Operations and Outreach Team, FCDO
Moderator: Susannah Cogman, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

2:15 PM Breakout session: CDD/KYC evolution – a focus on digital onboarding, perpetual KYC & higher risks
James Holian, Director, Financial Crime and Controls Commercial and Private Banking, NatWest
Lee Hale, Global Head of AML, KYC, Sanctions & CIB AFC, Deutsche Bank
Moderator: Vesna McCreery, Founder and CEO of Ansev Solutions, and former Group Head of Financial Crime at Barclays & RBS

2:15 PM Breakout session: The three line of defence and data governance for effective risk management & controls
Emma Hardaker, Head of Financial Crime and Compliance, Lloyd’s of London
Dr. Anna Slodka-Turner, Global Leader, Risk and Compliance Practice, Evalueserve
Moderator: Peter Green, AMLP Advisor and previously BNP Paribas Group Head of AML

2:15 PM Breakout session: New UK AML guidance for the legal sector – rising compliance standards
Nicola Kirby, Senior Compliance & Ethics Attorney, Latham & Watkins
Mark Boyle, Policy Lead, Anti-Money Laundering, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Declan Brown, AML Regulatory Manager, AML Directorate, Solicitors Regulation Authority Moderator: Che Odlum, Senior In-house Counsel, International Operations, Eversheds Sutherland

3:00 PM Tea/Coffee

3:15 PM The Modern Slavery Act, human right sanctions & interaction with POCA – risks & opportunities
Dr. Liliya Gelemerova, Head of Financial Security, Crédit Agricole CIB, UK
Nick Mays, UK Head of Law Enforcement Outreach & Investigations, Western Union
Michael Thorne, Senior Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Richard Ferrell, Labour Exploitation & Illicit Finances, Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Unit, NCA
Ted Datta, Director, Compliance Solutions, Bureau van Dijk
Moderator: John Binns, Partner, BCL Solicitors

4:00 PM Law enforcement update – combating the new threats including fraud, art market, and cryptos
Emma Luxton, Head of Proceeds of Crime and International Assistance, SFO
Ryan Adams, Head of Financial Crime Intelligence Unit, Aviva Group
Gareth Dunn, Regional Head AML Investigations & Reporting Europe & UK Nominated Officer, HSBC
Martin Cox, Head of Engagement and Risk, UKFIU NCA
Moderator: Peter Burrell, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

4:55 PM Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:00 PM Close of Seminar

Pre-Seminar Masterclass Stream A

Monday,10 May 2021

1:00 PM Registration

1:30 PM Chair’s Welcome Address

1:40 PM Mapping your exposure against the new ML & financial crime risks – key learning points for your compliance programme

Incorporating latest UK National Risk Assessment of ML/TF – the new vulnerabilities
HMT Advisory Notice on high-risk 3rd countries & controls
EBA final guidelines on ML/TF risk factors
Lessons from recent enforcement cases
New ML typologies including for art markets
Tying your risk assessment to controls & MI
Improving control efficiency & effectiveness
Case studies on assessing, prioritising risks, and mitigating risks

Jason Holt, Managing Director, EMEA Regional Lead, Exiger
Caitlin Brooks, Director, Financial Crime Advisory, NatWest Markets
Celine Bernhardt, Global Financial Crime Intelligence Unit, Deutsche Bank
Rakhi Talwar, Senior Compliance Specialist & previously Global Head of Compliance at Christie’s

3:00 PM Tea/ Coffee

3:30 PM Assessing and onboarding higher risk account transactions – evolving best practice

High risk factors – latest regulatory focus
The drive for transparency of beneficial ownership, and controllers
Spotlight on source of wealth/fund
CDD/EDD and digital onboarding trends
Building a crypto compliance CDD ‘ecosystem’
From ‘unusual’ to ‘suspicious’ – red flags
A review of current business undertaken through offshore & onshore jurisdictions
Case studies on EDD best practices, and analysis of ownership patterns to reveal powerful, “hidden” controlling individuals

Arun Srivastava, Partner, Paul Hastings (Europe)
Malcolm Wright, Chief Compliance Officer, 100x Group & Chair of Global Digital Finance
Richard Snookes, Chief Compliance Officer, Sberbank CIB (UK)

4:55 PM Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:00 PM Close of Masterclass A

Pre-Seminar Masterclass Stream B

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

1:00 PM Registration

1:30 PM Chair’s Welcome Address

1:40 PM Sanctions: UK/EU post Brexit, US post-Trump, China – addressing the new dynamic challenges

Balancing US, EU, UK, and China sanctions
Implementing the new global human right sanctions – overcoming the compliance implications
Ensuring humanitarian and permissible payments
Managing effectively the blocking regulation & secondary sanctions
Evolving risk assessment & due diligence standards
Takeaways from latest enforcement actions
Case studies on common industry issues & solutions

Owen Kennedy, MD, Regional Head of Financial Crimes & MLRO, Bank of America
Sarah Paul, Partner at Eversheds Sutherland, former Federal Prosecutor, SDNY
Zia Ullah, Partner, Head of Corporate Crime and Investigations, Eversheds Sutherland LLP

3:00 PM Tea/ Coffee

3:30 PM Efficacy of sanctions screening and ISO 20022 implementation – compliance best practice

Latest developments and regulatory expectations
Meeting ISO 20022 adoption deadline 2021
Overcoming the complexity of necessary changes
Harnessing the new data model and efficiencies
Improving sanctions screening & systems calibration
Effective management of real-time payments
How technology can serve as a tool in this area
Case studies on common industry challenges, useful approaches & solutions

James Siswick, Partner, Financial Services Advisory & Compliance, Guidehouse
Nicolas Stuckens, Head of sanctions compliance initiatives, SWIFT
Veronica Gomez Martin, Global Head of Financial Crime Payment Screening, Barclays, previously Global Head of Sanctions at Barclays Wealth

4:55 PM Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:00 PM Close of Masterclass B