18th Annual

UK AML & Financial Crime

Seminar

27/28 April 2022

Held hybrid – Hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills


Thursday 28 April 2022

8:30 AM	Registration

9:00 AM	Chair’s Welcome Address

9:15 AM	New UK’s Economic Crime Plan – key national priorities including private sector information sharing, fraud action plan & stepping up oversight of virtual assets
	Owen Rowland, Deputy Director & Head of the Economic Crime Unit, Home Office

9:45 AM	FCA on its supervision agenda 2022 & commitment to a more proactive approach
	Clive Gordon, Head of Financial Crime Specialist Supervision Department, FCA

9:45 AM	Breakout session B: HMRC supervision and enforcement agenda 2022
	Pete Maydon, Assistant Director, Strategy AML Supervision, HMRC


9:45 AM	Breakout session C: Gambling hotspot: Rising to the challenges of new regulation – a focus on the Gambling Act review, player protection and AML
	Tim Miller, Executive Director, UK Gambling Commission
	Paul Buck, CEO, EPIC Risk Management
	Jason Chess, Partner, Betting & Gaming Wiggin LLP
	Neil Tyson, Director, Rightway Compliance

10:15 AM	Tea/Coffee

11:15 AM	New AML & financial crime challenges and key areas of focus 2022 – building up an efficient & effective programme
	Carol Smit, Executive Secretary, JMLSG
	Marcus Wogart, Group Head Financial Crime Risk, Natwest Group
	Julie Copeland, Partner, StoneTurn

12:00 PM	OFSI economic sanctions update & proliferation financing focus

12:30 PM	Lunch

1:30 PM	Chair’s Welcome Back

1:30 PM	Companies House on improving the integrity of the Public Register

2:00 PM	Emerging CDD/KYC strategies – driving effective processes and operational efficiency through a targeted risk-based approach, big data, digitalisation and automation

2:00 PM	Breakout session B: Spotlight on building up an effective 1st & 2nd line of defence in effective risk management – rising compliance standards

2:00 PM	Breakout session C: UK payments & e-money firms: now under ML scrutiny – rising to the challenges of meeting current regulations

3:00 PM	Tea/ Coffee

3:30 PM	Combating environmental crime – latest developments & expectations of the industry

4:00 PM	Law enforcement on filing meaningful SARs, automation and combating the new ML, fraud & financial crime threats


4:55 PM	Chair’s Closing Remarks

5:00 PM	Close of Main Seminar



Pre-Seminar Masterclass Stream A

Wednesday 27 April 2022

9:30 – 10:30	Economic sanctions – addressing the new dynamic challenges on both sides of the Atlantic

11:00 – 12:30	Mitigating the sanctions and ML/TF risks in trade finance – evolving compliance standards



Pre-Seminar Masterclass Stream B

Wednesday 27 April 2022

13:30 – 15:00	Mapping your exposure against the new ML, fraud & financial crime risks

15:00 – 17:00	Tax evasion, avoidance & ML – best compliance and integrity risk management

Registration

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

REGISTRATION FORM

MAIN SEMINAR PROGRAMME