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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Amanda Parmenter, Director, First Line Financial Crime Prevention, Lloyds Banking |
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Carol Smit, Executive Secretary, JMLSG |
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Jason Holt, Global Head Financial Crimes Compliance, M&G |
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Kurt Rowe, Group Head of Financial Crime & UK & International Head of Data Protection, Intact |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Julian Broxup, MD & MLRO/SMF17, Head of FCC EMEA, Goldman Sachs |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Dominique Azid, Principal Policy Adviser, Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) | |
Shahmeem Purdasy, Head of 1LOD FC Hub Advisory Team, Virgin Money |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Alex Brenig-Jones, Head of Insights, Financial Crime & Non-Financial Risk, NatWest Group |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Certificate of Attendance
For easy registration, simply email Diane at fc@amlpforum.com
Sponsors Prizes
Discount Offers
- Book both the Seminar & Masterclass – receive a 10% discount
- Bring 2 or more delegates – receive a 10% discount
- AAT, ABI, ACCA, BAMF, EMA, ICA, ICAEW, ICM, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, PIMFA, WMBA members receive a 10% discount
- Member fee applies to academics, government, law enforcement & charity
Certificates
A Certificate of Attendance will be provided to claim your CPD Points.
- Eligibility: Sign-in required
- Records: Retained for 5 years
- CPD Points: 7 for Main Seminar and 3.5 for each Masterclass Stream