19th Annual
European AML/CTF
& Financial Crime Conference
A Global Outlook
10/11 November 2025
Held hybrid - Merchant Taylor's Hall, City of London
Programme
Day 1 – Main Conference
| Monday 11 Nov 24, 13.30 – 18.00 GMT | |
| 12:30 | Registration & Lunch |
| 13:30 | Chair’s Welcome Address |
| Adriana van der Goes-Juric, Chair, AMLP Forum | |
| Main Hall – Opening Keynote Addresses | |
| 13:45 | FATF on emerging ML/TF threats, strategic priorities, Rec. updates, and ensuing Guidance |
| T. Raja Kumar, FATF President 2022-2024 | |
| 14:15 | Decoding the EU’s most threatening criminal networks – the new financial & economic crime threats |
| Burkhard Mühl, Head of Department European Financial and Economic Crime Centre, Europol | |
| 14:45 | EU sanctions priorities: strategic focus for maximum impact, strengthened enforcement, and compliance |
| Alina Nedea, Head of Unit, Sanctions, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, European Commission | |
| 15:15 | Networking Coffee/Tea |
| 15:30 | Main Hall – Addressing the most pressing financial crime and geopolitical risks while balancing local and international regulatory obligations – eliminating inefficiencies, and advancing an effective risk-based enterprise-wide governance and compliance programme |
| Karim Tadjer, Global Head of Financial Crime and Fraud Prevention, ING Group | |
| Ralph Nash, Global Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, CMB, HSBC | |
| Rob DeCampos, Chief Compliance Officer, Western Union | |
| Lead: Vesna McCreery, Managing Director, AML RightSource & previously Global Head of Financial Crime at NatWest & Barclays | |
| 15:30 | Parlour Room – TCSPs and shell companies – calls for enhanced transparency in beneficial ownership, and source of wealth/funds |
| Matthew Scicluna, Head Financial Crime Compliance, Malta Financial Services Authority | |
| Malin Nilsson, MD, Financial Services Compliance & Regulation Practice, Kroll | |
| Marisol Lopez Mellado, Senior Director, Industry Practice Lead Financial Crime Compliance & Third-Party Risk Management, Moody’s |
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| Lead: Rob Kuiper, Global Head of SPS within Transaction Monitoring, ING Group Netherlands | |
| 15:30 | Drawing Room – Trade based-ML – leading risk mitigation strategies to tackling evolving ML, fraud, and sanctions risks |
| Dr. Damien Romestant, Global Lead Trade Compliance Counsel, CEVA Logistics France | |
| Kevin Newe, Illicit Finances Threat lead, Economic Crime Strategy Unit, HMRC Co-author of a Joint FATF/Egmont Report on TBML |
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| Nadja Long, Legal Officer, European Space Agency (ESA), previously Team Leader EFECC Europol | |
| Moderator: Richard Gould, Director, Illicit Finance Consulting, previously NCA Assessor Senior Responsible Office, and FATF | |
| 16:30 | Main Hall – Tackling wildlife crimes through intelligence sharing, and public/private partnership |
| Kevin Lacks-Kelly, Chair of the Interpol Wildlife Crime Working Group, and Head of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit | |
| Moderator: Anu Ratan, Director, EMEA Head of Regulatory Change and Global Programmes, BNY | |
| 17:00 | Main Hall – Revolutionising the fight against financial crime – unlocking the full potential of AI, automation, and data innovation |
| Michael Shearer, Chief Solution Officer, Hawk, and previously Managing Director, Group Head of Compliance Product Management HSBC | |
| Dr. Michelle Frasher, Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Strategy, Silent Eight | |
| Matthew Neill, Co-founder and Partner, BeyondFS | |
| Vera Akiotu, Director, Financial Crime Compliance Proposition, Dow Jones | |
| Moderator: Bernd Traexler , Director, Compliance Networks & previously Chief Compliance Officer at EBRD & Erste Group Bank | |
| 17:50 | Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 18:00 | Cocktail Reception |
| 19:00 | Banquet Dinner – Honorary Guest Speaker: David Fein, Chair of the United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce, Royal Foundation of the Prince & Princess of Wales – Courtesy of Lead Sponsor AML RightSource |
| 21:00 | Close of Day 1 |
Day 2 – Main Conference
| Tuesday 12 Nov 24, 09.00 – 16.30 GMT | |
| 08:15 | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 09:00 | Chair’s Welcome Address |
| Adriana van der Goes-Juric, Chair, AMLP Forum | |
| 09:15 | Main Hall – Preparing for the implementation of the EU AML Package & establishing the new EU AML Authority for success |
| Opening Address: Raluca Pruna, Head of Financial Crime Unit, DG FISMA , European Commission | |
| Carolin Gardner, Head of Unit AML/CFT, European Banking Authority (EBA) | |
| Marcus Pleyer, DD General, German Federal Ministry of Finance & former FATF President 2020-2022 |
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| Cedric Perruchot, Head of AML Regulatory affairs & advocacy, BNP Paribas |
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| 10:15 | Main Hall – Evolving CDD/KYC trends through an effective RBA, leveraging of real time data, perpetual KYC monitoring, GDPR compliance & AI |
| Marcus Wogart, Group Head of financial Crime Risks, NatWest | |
| Vaughn Swartz, Global Head of FEC Wholesale & Rural, Rabobank | |
| Ferko Spits, Managing Director of Managed Services in EMEA, AML RightSource |
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| Neil Isherwood, Compliance SME & Strategy Leader, Dun & Bradstreet | |
| Ronya Naim, MLRO/Head of Financial Crime Compliance, ClearBank | |
| 10:15 | Parlour Room – Next-generation of AI-driven transaction monitoring, investigations, and SARs reporting – top innovative ways to detect and disrupt ML/TF |
| Dr. Martina Gogova, Head Global Transaction Monitoring Governance, Strategy & Controls, UBS | |
| Dario Moncalvo, Head of Models, Analytics and Special investigations, Intesa Sanpaolo & Co-Chair of the Innovation Working Group of Europol Financial Intelligence PPP |
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| Mark McDavitt, Director of FCO & FCRC, Metro Bank | |
| Lead: Lee Hale, Senior MD – Risk, Forensics & Compliance, Ankura & previously Global Head of AML, Deutsche Bank |
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| 10:15 | Drawing Room – ESG and slavery/human trafficking: the increasing role of ML monitoring – latest best practices for navigating this dynamic landscape |
| Gareth Murray, Financial Crime Senior Director, Monzo Bank | |
| Jean-Marc Guiteau, Chief Compliance Officer, Société Générale Investment Solutions (Europe) | |
| John Elsmore Dodsworth, Environmental Crime Drivers Iniative Lead, WWF | |
| Lead: Shahanaz Müller, Partner, Forensic – AML & Sanctions Compliance, Deloitte Austria | |
| 11:00 | Networking Coffee/Tea |
| 11:30 | Main Hall – Regulatory & policy roundtable: current activities and priority areas – taking an effective risk-based approach |
| Andrea Bowe, Director, Specialist Directorate Supervision, Policy & Competition – Markets, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) UK | |
| Erik Blommé, Director, Head of AML Supervision, Finansinspektionen Sweden | |
| Stewart McGlynn, Head, Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Risk, Hong Kong Monetary Authority | |
| Willem Schudel, Head of Financial Crime (AML/CFT) Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank | |
| Moderator: Martin Nordh, Board Director, Acuminor & previously at Ministry of Justice Sweden |
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| 12:30 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:30 | Main Hall – Unlocking AML collaboration, and PPP information sharing under Article 75 of the EU AML Regulation |
| Detective Superintendent Mike Johansen, Operational Danish Intelligence Network, Danish National Special Crime Unit | |
| Nick Maxwell, Head of the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) Research Programme, FFIS |
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| Stéphane Mahieu, Head of AML/CFT policy, cooperation and analysis, ACPR France | |
| Lead: Sajjad Khan, Technology Executive, SWIFT | |
| 14:15 |
Main Hall – Addressing financial fraud ML – emerging vulnerabilities, regulatory requirements, and how to strengthen your defences |
| Ryan Caruana, Group Chief AFC Officer & MLRO, BOV | |
| Dave Laramy, Head of 1st Line Fraud, ABC & Tax Evasion, Danske Bank | |
| Howard Rawstron, Head of Economic Crime Risk Management Framework Team, Lloyds Banking Group | |
| Mat Wynne, Senior Solutions Advisor, Mitek | |
| Lead: Rachel Sexton, until recently Partner and Head of UK Risk Advisory practice, Ashurst & previously at EY | |
| 14:15 | Drawing Room – Navigating novel crypto & payments challenges – managing nested ML/TF exposure with MiCA, Travel Rule & ISO 20022 implementation |
| Dee Murphy, VP & Head of Group Financial Crimes Compliance, Bitpanda | |
| Gregory Dellas, Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer, Ecommbx | |
| Dr. Hartwig Gerhartinger, SVP Global Regulatory, Compliance and Enterprise Risk, Paysafe | |
| Matthias Bauer-Langgartner, Head of Policy Europe, Chainalysis | |
| Lead: Valerie-Leila Jaber, Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Coinbase & previously MD, FCC Credit Suisse & MD JP Morgan | |
| 14:15 | Parlour Room – Evolving role of DNFBPs in mitigating emerging ML, and financial crime risks – rising standard |
| Thomas McDavid, Director, Head of Financial Crime, Sotheby’s | |
| Dr. Ekaterina Hartmann, Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) |
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| Tommas Kaplan, Chief Compliance Officer and MLRO, Von Poll Real Estate Germany, & Member of the AML Working Group within CEPI, the European Association of Real Estate | |
| Alberto Colombo, Deputy General Secretary, European Football Leagues | |
| Moderator: Bernd Träxler , Director, Compliance Networks & previously Chief Compliance Officer at EBRD & Erste Group Bank | |
| 15:15 | Main Hall – Law Enforcement on the changing nature of transnational criminality, the impact of technology, the future of international intelligence sharing & asset freezing |
| Daniel Marius Staicu, Head of FIU Moldova & previously Head of FIU Romania |
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| Maria Kyrmizi Antoniou, Senior Counsel of the Republic, Head of Cyprus Financial Intelligence Unit | |
| His Honour Judge Michael Hopmeier, Southwark Crown Court | |
| Philippe de Koster, Advocate General, Supreme Court & Director CTIF-CFI, FIU Belgium | |
| Lead: David Lewis, Managing Director and Global Head of AML Advisory, Kroll & previously FATF Executive Secretary | |
| 16:15 | Chair’s Closing Remarks |
| 16:30 | End of Financial Crime Conference |
| Day 3 | Join us also for AMLP’s13th Annual European Anti-Corruption Forum – A Global Outlook,13th November 2024, 09:00 – 17:00, City of London (Receive a 13% discount on both events – can be shared with a colleague). |
Pre-Conference Masterclass
| Monday 11 Nov 2024, 09.00 – 12.30 GMT | |
| STREAM A – Drawing Room |
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| 08:30 | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 09:00 | Welcome Address |
| 09:10 | The shifting ML and FinCrime typologies – key learning points for your compliance programmes |
| • Insight into latest typologies including the interlink between ML and sanctions, abuse of complex legal structures, and human trafficking, among others • Integrating new risks into your compliance programme – evolving best practice • How to develop data to understand risks • Case studies on the new FinCrime threats & developing compliance strategies |
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| Celine Bernhardt, Global Financial Crime Intelligence Unit, Deutsche Bank | |
| Kaswar Hameed, European Head of Financial Crime Compliance & UK MLRO, Bank ABC | |
| Rob Kuiper Global Head of SPS within Transaction Monitoring, ING Group Netherlands | |
| Moderator: Anu Ratan, EMEA Head of FCC Regulatory Change and Global Programmes, BNY | |
| 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:00 | Dynamic risk assessment – aligning with current geopolitical landscape, grey listings, fraud, ESG, and other financial crime risks |
| • New techniques for conducting risk assessment for both top-down and bottom-up strategies • 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 practice compliance |
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| Anu Ratan, EMEA Head of FCC Regulatory Change and Global Programmes, BNY | |
| Helene Dewing-Kapur, Europe Head of Financial Crime & Sanctions, HSBC | |
| Marta Piosik, EMEA Head of Financial Crime Prevention Assurance, UBS | |
| Paul Laffan, Head of Financial Crime EMEA & Global Head of Fraud, State Street | |
| Moderator: Miriam Ratkovicova, MD, Forensic & Financial Crime, Deloitte | |
| 12:30 | End of Masterclass |
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| Monday 11 Nov 2024, 09.00 – 12.30 GMT | |
| STREAM B – Parlour Room | |
| 08:30 | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 09:00 | Welcome Address |
| 09:10 | Navigating evolving sanctions and trade controls – confronting fresh dynamic challenges |
| • Weighing up the unfolding geopolitical risks and sanctions including Russia, the Middle East & China • Contrasting EU, UK & US extraterritorial reach • Developing an effective response to neutral countries e.g. India, Turkey & UAE, among others • Practical considerations for your risk assessments, controls, and due diligence • Case studies on the new vulnerabilities, risk appetite and mitigation strategies |
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| Arun Srivastava, Partner, Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP | |
| Dr. Gregory Pustovit, Senior Sanctions Advisor, Global Sanctions Advisory, Deutsche Bank | |
| Konstantin Bureiko, International Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton |
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| Marcus Woodcock, Head of Economic Sanction Europe,Standard Chartered Bank | |
| Michaela Arndt, Head CFCC, Sanctions Compliance, Europe & Americas, Standard Chartered Bank | |
| Oliver Chapman, UK Head of Embargoes and Sanctions, Société Générale | |
| 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:00 | Trade and proliferation finance: addressing emerging ML/TF & sanctions risks – evolving compliance best practices |
| • Latest highlights and regulatory expectations • Emerging risk indicators and innovative techniques • Dual use of goods – what may be hidden in plain sight? • Use of shell companies and complex structures • Developing an effective risk assessment, and controls • Best practices in managing red flags and case scenarios • Overcoming the challenges in detection • Harnessing data and technology – innovative solutions • Case studies on strengthening your defences |
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| Arjun Ahluwalia, Global Head of Sanctions and Geopolitical Risk, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking | |
| Dr. Damien Romestant, Global Lead Trade Compliance Counsel, CEVA Logistics France | |
| Nadja Long, Legal Officer, European Space Agency (ESA) & previously Team Leader EFECC Europol | |
| 12:30 | End of Masterclass B |
Day 3 – Don’t miss AMLP’s 13th Annual European Anti-Corruption Forum – A Global Outlook on 13th November 2024, 09:00 – 17:00, in the City of London.
(Enjoy a 10% discount on both events, which can be shared with a colleague).
To view the full programme and register, please click here.
Registration
Please complete the registration form to confirm your place. For enquiries, including PO. numbers and multiple bookings, contact us at fc@amlpforum.com
This event is held in hybrid format – delegates are able to attend in person or virtually.
Special Offer
Book both Main European Conference & 13th ABC Forum (Day 3) and receive a 13% discount – can be shared with a colleague
Discounts
- Member discount applies to academics, charities, law enforcement & government.
- 10% discount applies to members of Banking Associations in Central & Eastern Europe including Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Serbia & Slovakia (please contact us if your country is not listed).
- Bring 3 or more delegates – please contact us for enterprise discounts.
- Book both the Conference and Masterclass – receive a 10% discount
- *Discount offers cannot be combined.
CPD Points
A Certificate of Attendance will be provided to claim your CPD Points.
- Eligibility: Sign-in required
- Records: Retained for 5 years
- CPD Points: 9.5 for Main Conference and 3.5 for each Masterclass Stream