20th Annual

European AML/CTF
& Financial Crime Conference

A Global Outlook


9/10 November 2026

Held hybrid - Merchant Taylor's Hall, City of London

We are pleased to share the high-level keynote line-up in progress:

🗓️ Day 1: We are honoured to confirm Giles Thomson, FATF President 2026-2028, for Special Opening Keynote Address – setting the stage for two days of high-level strategic insight, dialogue, and collaboration.

We’re also delighted to welcome Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State, Home Office, who will give a keynote.

🗓️ Day 2: We are proud to also host Ugo Bassi, Director of Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime, FISMA, European Commission as a Special Keynote speaker.

We are equally thrilled to have Bruna Szego, Chair of the EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) to deliver a high-level keynote address, where she will outline AMLA’s strategic priorities and share her vision for the Authority’s pivotal role in shaping the future of the EU’s AML/CFT framework.

 

 

 

 

Giles Thomson
President
2026-2028
FATF

 

 

 

 

Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State
Home Office

 

 

 

 

 

Ugo Bassi
Director of Banking, Insurance and Financial Crime, FISMA
European Commission

 

 

 

 

Scott Rembrandt
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Policy, Office of ML/TF & Financial Crime
U.S. DoT 

 

 

 

 

Bruna Szego
Chair, EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority
(AMLA)

 

 

 

 

Stephen Smart
Executive Director of Enforcement & Market Oversight
FCA 

Government & Enforcement

 

 

 

 

Adrian Foster
Chief Crown Prosecutor CPS Proceeds of Crime
CPS

 

 

 

 

 

Anton Brönnimann
Head of Financial Intelligence Unit 
FIU Switzerland

 

 

 

 

 

Caroline Gardner
Head of Unit
Supervision
AMLA

 

 

 

 

 

David Hotte 
Team
Leader
EU AML/CTF Global
Facility

 

 

 

 

John Ringguth
Scientific Expert
MONEYVAL

 

 

 

 

 

Lora Von Ploetz
Head of AML Supervision of Payment Institutions, Agents and Crypto-Asset Service Providers,
BaFin

 

 

 

 

Philippe de Koster
Advocate General,
Supreme Court & Director CTIF-CFI
FIU Belgium

 

 

 

 

T. Raja Kumar
former President FATF 22-24 & Senior Advisor Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore

 

 

 

 

Rachel Bezzina
Head of AML
Malta Gaming
Authority

Cross-Industry Expert Speakers

 

 

 

 

David Howes
Group Head, Compliance, Financial Crime, and Conduct Risk
Standard Chartered Bank

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ekaterina Hartmann
Director of Legal
and Regulatory Affairs
EGBA

 

 

 

 

Dr. Liliya Gelemerova
Head of UK Financial Security & MLRO
Credit Agricole CIB

 

 

 

 

Elan Faidel
Group Head of FinCrime Compliance
Revolut

 

 

 

 

 

Gregory Dellas
Group Chief Compliance
and
Risk Officer
Ecommbx 

 

 

 

 

Howard Rawstron
Group Head Functions Economic Crime Oversight, EC Prevention
Lloyds Banking

 

 

 

 

Ignacio Hagelstrom
Associate Managing Director Kroll & previously Member of the FATF Secretariat

 

 

 

 

James Clark
EMEA & MENA Regional Director
Kodex

 

 

 

 

Jean-Marc Guiteau
Compliance Officer
Societe Generale Investment Solutions Europe

 

 

 

 

Jocelyn Tait Norval
Global Transaction Monitoring Lead
ING

 

 

 

 

 

Jonny Coleman 
UK Country Manager
First AML

 

 

 

 

 

Linda Haslam
EMEA GFC Program Framework (ED)
Morgan Stanley

 

 

 

 

Matt Brown
Managing Director, Group Head of Financial Crime Detection
HSBC

 

 

 

 

Matthew Scicluna
Head Financial Crime
Compliance
Malta FSA

 

 

 

 

Michael Sew Hoy
Director & Associate General Counsel
Meta

 

 

 

 

Miriam Ratkovicova
Forensic & Financial
Crime
Deloitte

 

 

 

 

Nadine Kari
Director AFC & Group
MLRO
N26

 

 

 

 

Neil Isherwood
Compliance SME
& Strategy Leader
Dun & Bradstreet

 

 

 

 

 

Nick Maxwell
Head of the Future
FFIS Research
Programme

 

 

 

 

 

Ralph Nash
Global Head of Anti-Financial Crime, Group Anti-Money Laundering Officer
Deutsche Bank

 

 

 

 

Ryan Caruana
Group Chief AFC Officer
& MLRO
Bank of Valletta

 

 

 

 

 

Sébastien de Brouwer
Deputy CEO
European Banking Federation

 

 

 

 

 

Valerie-Leila Jaber
until recently Global Head of AML Coinbase
& previously at Credit Suisse & JP Morgan

 

 

 

 

 

Vesna McCreery
Chair, International Advisory Board, AML RightSource & previously Global Head of FinCrime at NatWest & Barclays

Registration

Register now and join us this November in City of London!

Register by 1 July 2026 to benefit from a 13% early discount.

For registration assistance, enquiries, PO numbers and multiple bookings, please contact Diane 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 & 15th ABC Forum (Day 3) and receive a 13% discount – can be shared with a colleague

Discounts

Early Bird Discount

  • 13% Discount – 1st July 2026
  • 10% Discount – 1st Aug 2026

Multiple Bookings

  • Bring 3 or more delegates and benefit from enterprise discounts
  • Book both the Conference and Masterclass receive a 10% discount
  • Book both the Conference and ABC Forum receive a 13% discount

Other

  • 10% discount available for members of selected partnering Associations – contact us to check eligibility.
  • Member discount applies to academics, charities, law enforcement & Government

 *Discount offers cannot be combined.

CPD Points

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