18th Annual
European AML & Financial Crime
Conference
A Global Outlook
11/12 November 2024
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 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 | |
| Clay Roberts, VP Global AML Compliance, Group MLRO, and BSA Officer, Western Union | |
| 15:30 | Parlour Room – Evolving role of DNFBPs in mitigating emerging ML & financial crime risks – rising standards |
| 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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| (TBC) Tommas Kaplan, Chief Compliance Officer and MLRO, Von Poll Real Estate Germany, & Member of European Association of Real Estate Professions |
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| Alberto Colombo, Deputy General Secretary, European Football Leagues | |
| 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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| Shairon Hill, Executive Director, Group Head, AML and Compliance Group (GTFD), SMBC | |
| 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 | |
| 17:00 | Main Hall – Revolutionising the fight against financial crime – cutting edge advances in data, AI, automation, and GDPR compliant solutions |
| Michael Shearer, Chief Solution Officer, HAWK, and previously Managing Director, Group Head of Compliance Product Management HSBC | |
| Matthew Neill, Partner, BeyondFS, and previously Senior Compliance Officer at Goldman Sachs | |
| 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 |
ay 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, and establishing the new EU Authority for success |
| 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 Financial Economic Crime, Rabobank | |
| Riste Kelepurovski, Head of Managed Services, AML RightSource |
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| 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 |
| Jean-Marc Guiteau, Chief Compliance Officer, Société Générale PWM Luxembourg | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Interviewer: John Ringguth, Appointed Scientific Expert to MONEYVAL & previously its Executive Secretary |
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| 12:30 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:30 | Main Hall – Unlocking AML collaboration and pan EU information sharing under Article 75 of the EU AMLR |
| 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: Johan Bryssinck, Lead for AI Programme, Shared Services and Governance, SWIFT | |
| 14:15 | Main Hall – Addressing financial fraud ML – developing an effective response to this global threat |
| 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 | |
| Lead: Rachel Sexton, Partner, Ashurst Risk Advisory & until recently EY Head of Financial Services Forensic Services |
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| 14:15 | 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 | |
| Rob Kuiper, Global Head of Service Provider Solutions, ING Group | |
| Tristan van der Vijver, Chief Risk and Compliance Office, Convera | |
| 14:15 | Drawing Room – Navigating novel crypto & payments challenges – managing nested ML/TF exposure with MiCA & Travel Rule 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 | |
| Valerie-Leila Jaber, Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Coinbase & previously MD, FCC Credit Suisse & MD JP Morgan |
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| 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 Anti-Bribery & Corruption Forum – A Global Outlook,13th November 2024, 09:00 – 17:00, City of London (Receive a 10% 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 |
| 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 | |
| 10:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:00 | Dynamic risk assessment – aligning with current geopolitical landscape, grey listings, fraud, ESG, and other financial crime risks |
| Helene Dewing-Kapur, Europe Head of Financial Crime & Sanctions, HSBC | |
| Marta Piosik, Global Financial Crime Monitoring Head, UBS | |
| Paul Laffan, Head of Financial Crime EMEA & Global Head of Fraud, State Street | |
| Dirk Findeisen, Managing Partner, msg Rethink Compliance | |
| 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 the latest sanctions and trade controls – confronting fresh dynamic challenges |
| Arun Srivastava, Partner, Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP | |
| Dr. Grygoriy Pustovit, Senior Sanctions Advisor, Global Sanctions Advisory, Deutsche Bank | |
| Konstantin Bureiko, International Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton |
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| 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 | Preventing Russia’s sanctions evasion: staying ahead of shifting risks – strategies for reinforcing controls |
| 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 |
Day 3 – Don’t miss AMLP’s 13th Annual Anti-Bribery & 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
- Early bird discount 10% – 16th Sep 24
*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