19th Annual
UK AML & Financial Crime
Seminar
24 - 25 April 2023
Held hybrid – Hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills, City of London
| Thursday 28 April 2022 | |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Chair’s Welcome Address |
| 09:15 | Home Office on the new UK’s Economic Crime Act and Plan 2022 Post-Brexit – key national priorities |
| Owen Rowland, Deputy Director & Head of the Economic Crime Unit, Home Office | |
| Moderator: Adriana van der Goes-Juric, Chair, AMLP Forum | |
| 09:45 | The FCA’s supervisory priorities 2022 – a commitment to a more proactive approach |
| Clive Gordon, Head of Financial Crime Specialist Supervision Department, FCA | |
| Moderator: Shahmeem Purdasy, Head of the Financial Crime, Bank of China (UK) Ltd & previously Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and HMT |
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| 09:45 | Breakout session B: HMRC supervision and enforcement agenda 2022 |
| Matthew Touzel, MSB & HVD Strategic Lead, Economic Crime Supervision, HMRC | |
| Moderator: Denisse Rudich, Senior Policy Advisor, The Sentry and previously at RUSI | |
| 09:45 | Breakout session C: Gambling hotspot: Meeting rising regulatory standards – expectation of the industry |
| Claire Wilson, Lead AML/CTF Strategy, Gambling Commission | |
| Moderator: Neil Tyson, Director, Rightway Compliance | |
| 10:15 | Tea/ Coffee |
| 10:45 | The greatest challenges in 2022 – taking forward an effective compliance programme with a holistic approach to financial crime |
| Carol Smit, Executive Secretary, JMLSG | |
| Marcus Wogart, Group Head Financial Crime Risk, NatWest Group | |
| Steve Hyndman, Global Director of Financial Crime and IT Risk, Aviva Investors | |
| Moderator: Vesna McCreery, Managing Director, AML Rightsource & previously Global Head of Financial Crime at RBS and Barclays | |
| 11:45 | Post-Brexit economic sanctions priorities update – key points for the industry |
| Mike Green, Senior Guidance & Sanctions Advisor, OFSI | |
| Katherine Wilde, Head of Wider Sanctions Policy , Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) | |
| Tristan Breslin, Senior Policy Advisor, Department for International Trade (DIT) | |
| Moderator: Susannah Cogman, Partner & MLRO, Herbert & Smith Freehills | |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Chair’s Welcome Back |
| 13:30 | Improving the integrity of the Public Register and the new Register of Overseas Entities |
| Martin Swain, Director of Policy, Strategy and Planning, Companies House | |
| Moderator: Samar Pratt, EMEA Regional Leader on Financial Crime, Exiger & previously Barclays Head of Compliance Assurance |
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| 14:00 | CDD/KYC & client lifecycle management – driving effective processes & operational efficiency through a RBA, data, digitalisation & automation |
| Luke Fothergill, EMEA Head of AML, Citigroup | |
| Marta Lia Requeijo, Head of Financial Crime & MLRO, ClearBank | |
| Matt Allen, Head of Financial Crime Policy, Complex Advisory and External Engagement, Santander UK |
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| Hugo Veazey, Financial Crime Compliance Industry Practice Lead, Moody’s Analytics | |
| Lead: Richard Grint, Senior MD and Head of anti-financial crime EMEA, FTI Consulting | |
| 14:00 | Breakout session B: Building up an effective 1st & 2nd line of defence in effective risk management |
| Dhar Solanki, Global Anti-Financial Crime Officer & MLRO, Europe Arab Bank | |
| Linda Baskett, Global Head of Financial Crime, Computershare, until recently Aon UK Financial Crime Director |
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| Lead: James Siswick, Chief Commercial Officer, Efficient Frontiers International (EFI) | |
| 14:00 | Breakout session C: Virtual currencies & e-payments: now in scope – regulatory integration & ML mitigation |
| Joanna Jenkins, SVP Compliance EMEA, Crypto.com | |
| Paul Munson, Head of Compliance & MLRO, Solidi Crypto Currency Exchange & previously at FCA | |
| Perpetua Gitungo, MLRO & Financial Crime Lead, Wise Ltd | |
| Lead: Ellen Zimiles, Global Head of Financial Services Advisory Practice, Guidehouse | |
| 15:00 | Tea/ Coffee |
| 15:30 | Environmental & wildlife crimes – latest highlights & expectations of the industry |
| Alexandria Reid, Lead of RUSI report on ‘Illegal Wildlife Trade and Illicit Finance in the UK | |
| Kevin Kelly, Chief Inspector & Head of UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit | |
| Rob Wishart, Regional Coordinator AML – Global Investigations Unit EMEA, Citibank & previously CoLP DS and Head of Economic Crime Directorate | |
| Lead: Stephen Gentle, Partner Contentious Regulatory, Crime & Competition, Simmons & Simmons LLP | |
| 16:00 | Law enforcement on combating ML & FC threats |
| Debbie Price, Deputy Head of Division, Proceeds of Crime, CPS & until recently Head of the UK FIU, NCA |
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| Tim D. Wright, Deputy Lead Economic Crime, Metropolitan Police | |
| Nick Sharp, Deputy Director Economic Crime, HM Revenue & Customs | |
| Moderator: Martin Woods, Chair of Advisory Board, Global Compliance Institute & previously MLRO at ABN AMRO Bank and Wachovia Bank |
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| 16:55 | Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 17:00 | Close of Main Seminar |
Pre-Seminar Masterclass Stream A
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| Wednesday 27 April 2022 | |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Chair’s Welcome Address |
| 09:10 | Mapping your exposure against new ML & financial crime threats – a focus on KYC and determining beneficial ownership |
| • Emerging ML & financial crime threats including Covid-related risks – the new vulnerabilities • Lessons learnt from recent enforcement actions & latest leaks including the Pandora Papers • Incorporating new UK government & regulatory advisory notices & lists • New EBA guidance on acquisition & verification of information – rising compliance standards • Driving an effective RBA to verifying beneficial ownership home & offshore – when & how much • Case studies on prioritising, verifying & mitigating your higher risks – evolving best practice |
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| Alexandra Will, Director, Global Investigations & Compliance, Guidehouse | |
| Christopher Edwards, Partner, Mourant Ozanne Guernsey | |
| Roland Guennou, Director, Policy Implementation, Standard Chartered Bank | |
| Iqbal Azad, Director Intelligence & Investigations, Coinbase & previously at the Metropolitan Police | |
| 10:30 | Coffee/Tea break |
| 11:00 | Tax evasion, avoidance & ML – best compliance and integrity risk management |
| • UK & international measures to curb tax evasion • HMRC – increasing use of their powers at home & abroad • The ‘Pandora Papers’ – shining a light on the offshore • Risk factors – e.g., Pillar 2 & substance requirements • The reputational risks of tax evasion vs avoidance – where is the line? • Understanding the motive of cross-border & offshore business – the good and the bad • Effectively integrating tax compliance into your AML programme – evolving best practice • Case studies – a look at key common industry compliance and integrity challenges & solutions |
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| Andy Caines, MLRO, CEMEA, DNB Bank ASA UK | |
| Jason Collins, Head, Tax Audits & Controversy, DLA Piper | |
| Jayne Newton, Director, Regulatory Expertise & Tax Evasion, Efficient Frontiers International and previously Head of Operational and Employee Taxes at Lloyds Banking Group |
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| 12:30 | Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Stream A |
Pre-Seminar Sanctions Masterclass Stream B
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| Wednesday 27 April 2022 | |
| 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:30 | Chair’s Welcome Address |
| 13:40 | Economic sanctions post-Brexit – tackling the new geopolitical challenges on both sides of the Atlantic |
| • Current economic & trade sanctions highlights • Executing heightened sanctions against Russia & Belarus – overcoming the compliance complexities • New ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ – key considerations • Balancing EU blocking regulation with UK protection of trading interest • New Chinese sanctions & countermeasures • Building up your policies, risk assessment, due diligence & screening – evolving best practices • Sanctions, export control & enforcement trends • Case studies on useful approaches to overcoming current sanctions compliance challenges |
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| Chris Po-Ba, Senior Manager, Financial Crime (Sanctions), Lloyd’s | |
| Mike Casey, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | |
| Susannah Cogman, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills | |
| 15:00 | Coffee/Tea break |
| 15:30 | Mitigating the ML & sanctions risks in trade & proliferation finance – raising the bar |
| • Latest developments and international coordinated efforts to combat TBML & proliferation finance • Assessing your trade & proliferation finance risks – the regulatory expectations • EDD/KYCC evolving best compliance practice • Current risk indicators and red flags to watch for • Digitalising trade finance through blockchain & information sharing – the new trends • Crypto in the context of trade – mitigating the ML risks • Case studies – contrast and compare |
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| Clare Wilson, Head of Financial Crime Risk and MLRO, BACB and previously Director, Group MLRO Office, HSBC Group |
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| Leanard Phillip, Head of Financial Crime Europe & UK MLRO, Bank ABC | |
| Kaushika Ruwangalla, Global Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Trade & Receivables Finance, HSBC Group |
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| Zia Ullah, Partner, Head of Corporate Crime and Investigations, Eversheds Sutherland | |
| 16:55 | Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Stream B |
Registration
Please complete the registration form to confirm your place. For enquiries, including PO. numbers and multiple bookings, contact us at events@amlpforum.com
Discount offers
- Member fee applies to those who have a paid membership and to academics, government, law enforcement & charity delegates
- Bring 2 or more delegates – receive a 10% discount
- Book both the seminar & masterclass – receive a 10% discount
- ICA, ICM, ACCA, WMBA members receive a 10% discount (non-members only)
*Discount offers cannot be combined e.g. if you are eligible for a member discounted fee, you cannot claim additional discounts.
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