FinCrime World Forum 2021

On June 22-23 2021, Małgorzata Kiełtyka and Jakub Gładkowski from KG LEGAL Kiełtyka are taking part in an event “FINCRIME WORLD FORUM 2021” dedicated to the Financial crime phenomenon. This event is organised by GRC World Forum. Financial Crime is a complex, multi-faceted and ever evolving global issue which has become increasingly sophisticated in nature. All around the world countries are facing rising economic and social costs due to human trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, drug smuggling, tax evasion, and other illegal activities which ultimately threaten our prosperity and collective security. As the financial crime landscape evolves, the growing threat to firms and their customers is undeniable. FinCrime World Forum brings together a globally engaged audience to discuss, challenge debate and address how we can make the world a safer place. FinCrime World Forum will foster engaging and informative conversation on the following topics:

• Focusing Effectiveness on Tackling FinCrime
• Aligning RegTech to FinCrime Realities
• Building Next Generation FinCrime Partnerships
• Virtual Assets in the FinCrime Mainstream
• Wildlife Trafficking

On Tuesday 22nd June the event will be devoted to the following topics:

• A Talk on the Wild Side – A conversation on the Wildlife-FinCrime nexus with John Scanlon;
• Complying with Diversity Building an inclusive Compliance profession; 
• Putting Corruption on Notice Bill Browder in conversation with Oliver Bullough;
• Moving the Needle – Defining, measuring, and improving FinCrime effectiveness;
• Cultural Capital – Can we achieve a positive FinCrime ‘compliance culture’? ;
• The Last Lines of Defence – Strengthening the professions’ fight against FinCrime;
• Above the Law? The challenge of bringing financial criminals to justice;
• United We Stand The potential for integrated FinCrime teams and controls;
• Beyond the Banking Bubble Leveraging technology lessons from other industries
• Pushing for the RegTech Revolution Removing the barriers to adoption in FinCrime
• The Next Step with RegTech A panel interview with the Napier team
• Biden’s Radical Agenda? Jim Richards on the Implications for the Fight Against FinCrime

On Wednesday 23rd June the event will be devoted to the following topics:

• A Gulf to Cross The Middle East’s Race to Comply
• FinCrime’s Pivotal Moment – A conversation with Burkhard Mühl, Head of the European Financial & Economic Crime Centre, Europol
• Tackling the Dark Underbelly of the Illegal Wildlife Trade A presentation by Araluen Schunmann, Director, Pangolin Crisis Fund
• Fighting Kleptopia – A conversation with Tom Burgis, author of ‘Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World’.
• From Siloes to Systemic Solutions: FinCrime Utilities – Long term solutions?
• The Key to FinCrime? Encryption, Privacy Enhancing Technologies and the data-sharing challenge
• From Regulator … to Crisis Manager A conversation with James H. Freis, Jr., former CEO of Wirecard AG.
• The Real Ingredients of Virtual Compliance ‘Baking-in’ FinCrime good practice from the start
• Crypto 2.0 – New ways of performing old tricks? Exploring Crypto Typologies with Nick Furneaux
• Off the Crypto Rollercoaster Are stable coins and centralised digital currencies ‘safe’ alternatives?
• Scanning the Virtual Horizon The next steps for global Virtual Asset regulation
• Scams: Fuelling the Crypto Fire A presentation by Scott Johnson, Chainalysis
• The Strength of the Pack – Partnerships to Tackle Illegal Wildlife A conversation with David Fein, Chair, United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce

The following people will speak at the event:

• Jim Richards – Founder & Principal, RegTech Consulting LLC
• Dr. Cindy Gordon – CEO and Founder, SalesChoice Inc
• Antonio Alvarez Lorenzo – Chief Compliance Officer, Crypto.com
• John E Scanlon AO – Chair, Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime
• Burkhard Mühl – Head of European Financial & Economic Crime Centre
• Tom Burgis – Investigations Correspondent, Financial Times
• Araulen Schunmann – Director of the Pangolin Crisis Fund, Wildlife Conservation Network
• Francesca Hopwood Road – Head of RegTech & Advanced Analytics, FCA
• Nick Lewis OBE – Managing Director, Conduct, Financial Crime & Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank
• Michael Rasmussen – GRC Analyst & Pundit, GRC 20/20 Research
• Geraldine Lawlor – Global Lead Partner for Financial Crime, KPMG LLP
• John Cusack – Chair, Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime
• Dr Janet Bastiman – Chief Data Scientist, Napier
• Marc Fungard – Global Head of Analytics, HSBC
• Oliver Bullough – Author of Moneyland, freelance journalist
• Christopher Woolard, CBE – Partner, EMEIA Financial Services Consulting & Chair, EY Global Regulatory Network, EY LLP
• Kristin Boggiano – Co – Founder and President, CrossTower
• Nick Furneaux – MD at CSITech and CTO at Asset Reality\
• Helene Erftemeijer – KYC Lead, ING
• Bill Browder – CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign
• Lora von Ploetz – Director of Global Financial Crime Unit, Commerzbank AG
• Patrick Craig – EMEIA Financial Crime Technology Lead, EY
• Delia Coggan – Head of Professional Services, Napier
• David Fein – Chair, United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce
• Dr Ronald Pol – Director and Principal, TeamFactors.ocm and AMLassuracne.com
• Gemma Rogers – Co – founder, FINTRAIL
• Daniel Thelesklaf – Director, Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking, UN University – Centre for Policy Research
• Sean Doyle – Lead Cybersecurity and Anti – Financial Crime, World Economic Forum
• Rina Shainski – Co – founder and Chairwoman, Duality Technologies
• Oonagh van den Berg – CEO &B Founder and Managing Director, RAW Compliance and Virtual Risk Solutions
• Che Siadnius – Global Head of Financial Crime and Industry Affairs, Refinitiv
• Dr Sian Lewin – Co – founder and Head of Client Delivery, RegTech Associates
• Nick Maxwell – Head of the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing research programme, FFIS Research
• Air Redbord – Head of Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs
• Greg Watson – Chierf operating Officer, Napier
• Sarah Hargreaves – ACI, ACE, Director of Training – International, Exterro
• Matthew Redhead – Managing Director – Policy & Campaigns, Fintrail
• Denisse RUdich – Director, Rudich Advisory, CCI & Co -founder, ElementaryB
• Dr Anna Bradshaw – Partner, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP
• Aidan Larkin – CEO & Co – founder, Asset Reality
• Scott Johnston – Head of Public Sector Operations, EMEA, Chainalysis
• Caitlin Barnett – Director of Regulations and Compliance, Chainalysis
• Benedicte Nolens – Head of BIS Innovation Hub, Hong Kong Centre
• Carmel King – Director, Insolvency and Asset Recovery, Grant Thornton UK LLP
• Ararab Eshun – Head of Compliance & MLRO, UK, Gemini Europe Limited
• Dr Katie Benson – Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University
• Maya Braine – Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, FINTRAIL
• Vishal Marria  – CEO, Quantexa
• Dr. Tolga Kurt – Managing Partner, H3M
• Aamir Hanif – UK Money Laundering Reporting Officer and EMEA Financial Crimes, Stripe
• Tamara Kahn – Executive Director, International Compliance Association and Wilmington Pic
• GK – CEO, Lucinity
• Ben Cowdock – Investigations Lead, Transparency International UK
• Eric Young – CEO – Young Enterprises LLC
• Dante Disparte – Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy, Circle
• Gary Cathcart – NCA Head of Financial Investigation, National Crime Agency
• Anna Romberg  – EVP Legal, Compliance & Governance and Co – Founder Nordic Business Ethics, Getinge AB
• Richard Pugh – Chief Data Scientist, Mango Solution (an Ascent Company)
• Samantha Sheen – Subject Matter Expert, Strategy Operations Advisor, Co – Host  Captivated Audience” Podcast, Ex Ante Advisory Limited
• Amy Davine Kim – Chief Policy Officer, Chamber of Digital Commerce
• Mark Hayward – Chief Policy Advisor, Propertymark
• Garient Evans – SVP, Identity Solutions, Trulioo
• Sopnendu Mohanty – Chief FinTech officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Ibtissem Lassoued – Partner, Head of Advisory, Regional Financial Crime Practice
• Natasha Vernier – Co – founder and CEO, Cable
• James Freis – Founder, Market Integrity Solutions LLC
• Vivien Khoo – CEO and Founder, Digital Boutique Ltd.
• Julian Dixon – CEO, Napier
• Adrienne Muir – Chief Operating Officer, VoxSmart
• Julian Sevillano – Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets Practice, Promontory Financial Group
• Janet Adams – Chief Operating Officer, SingularityNET
• Peyman Mestchian – chairman, Al Forum
• Collin Lobo – Chief Compliance officer MENAT, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
• Pauu Asare – Archer – Director of Compliance, Telefonica UK Limited
• Bukola Adisa – Founder, Career Masterclass
• Odia Kagan – Partner and Chair of GDPR Compliance and International Privacy Fox Rothschild LLP
• Nadine Ghosn Eid – Director – Head of Compliance, areeba
• Sian Jones – Senior Partner, XReg.Consulting
• David Carlisle – Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Elliptic
• Alex Sangers – Project Manager PET, TNO
• Wies Wagenaar – Head of Compliance: Conduct & Ethics, ABN Amro Bank N.V
• Kayla Izenman – Research Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute
• Jo Ann Barefoot – CEO & Co – founder, Alliance for Innovative Regulation
• Charles Brown – Head of Community, Blackdot Solutions