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REGULATION & COMPLIANCE AGENDA
Day 1:
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks - Hosts, Graham Barrow & Ray Blake
Graham Barrow and Ray Blake, hosts of the hugely popular ‘Dark Money Files’ podcast, are two gentlemen with considerable experience in helping banks, regulators, tech providers, NGOs and other organisations grapple with criminal abuse of the financial system.
Panel - Future of Compliance: Anticipating the next wave of regulation
Gain valuable insights into the next wave of regulatory changes, exploring emerging trends, potential disruptions, Hear from this cross sector panel of experts on how their industries are managing and preparing for current and upcoming regulatory changes,
Don't just react to regulation – anticipate it, to proactively prepare your organisation to navigate the complexities of upcoming regulations.
- (Moderator) Jon Charles - Director, Financial Services Advisory - Grant Thornton
- Oliver Hamner - Head of Supervision & Compliance Monitoring - PSR
- Alicja Hellak - Group Compliance Officer - BNP Paribas
- Lisa Lee Lewis - Partner - Addleshaw Goddard LLP
- Dane Pedro - Head of UK Compliance & MLRO - Mollie
Leadership Panel - Shaping a Stronger Culture: Leadership, Empowerment & Authenticity
This session is a fascinating peak behind the curtain into the way some of our industry’s most impressive leaders go about developing culture within their teams and their organisations.
As everybody at the FRC Leaders’ Convention knows, it’s not easy to be a successful leader, so we have hand picked a few of our highly impressive leaders and asked them to share with us which ingredients make them excel at what they do, and the strategies they’ve found most successful in developing a culture that the entire organisation will buy into.
- Jennifer Beattie - Head of Compliance & Conduct Risk, Consumer Credit - Lloyds Banking Group
- Sisieta Owen - Senior Director - Global Compliance Risk Management - UBS
- Emma Williams - Director of Risk & Compliance MLRO | Solicitor | Office of General Counsel - Simpson Thacher LLP
- (Moderator) Katarina Helde - MLRO, Head of Financial Crime Compliance - Handelsbanken Wealth & Asset Management
Tea & Coffee Refreshment & Networking Break
Mid-Morning Session
RAW Compliance Meet the FRC Audience
Join Oonagh Van Den Berg for her Raw Compliance Podcast (see Oonagh on the day or book via link in your event joining instructions)
Roundtable Workshop - Implementing AI: Overcoming Challenges in Regulatory Adherence.
This is a Chatham House Rule deep dive discussion, hosted by Jason Shane, Head of Strategy & Innovation, SymphonyAI Financial Services. With plenty of peer to peer learning and discussion in a small group setting. It promises to be an educational, and lively discussion, so please make sure you’re in the Lapwing room (just behind the main stage room) a few minutes before it starts.
Regulatory Expert Informal 1-2-1 Drop In Session
Meet our experts:
- Jon Charles, Regulatory Expert, Director, Grant Thornton
- Rebecca Craig - Solicitor Tenet / Fraud Advisory Panel
-Oliver Hanmer - Head of Supervision and Compliance Monitoring, Payment Systems Regulator
- Matthew Field - Head of The Fraud Advisory Panel
*please note that at some points in the day, one of our experts may be onstage
Lunch (provided)
Afternoon Session:
Keynote: Behavioural Science in Compliance - Christian Hunt - Author and Founder of Human Risk
Christian is a fascinating, engaging speaker and author, who really understands the Compliance and Fincrime community. We are honoured that he’ll be the opening keynote address at the FRC Leaders’ Convention.
He was formerly MD at UBS where he was Head of Behavioural Science. Christian joined the Firm in Compliance & Operational Risk Control, leading the function globally for UBS Asset Management. Prior to joining UBS, he was COO of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority, a subsidiary of the Bank of England responsible for regulating financial services.
Roundtable Workshop - Cost vs Compliance vs Deregulation
This is a Chatham House Rule deep dive discussion, hosted by Arun Banerjee Chief Revenue Officer AML Rightsource , with plenty of peer to peer learning and discussion in a small group setting. It promises to be an educational, and lively discussion, so please make sure you’re in the Lapwing room (just behind the main stage room) a few minutes before it starts.
Guest Panel - The executive track, strategies for compliance & risk leaders to step up to senior board level
We welcome Andrew Greening who has compiled a panel of experts who will share their experiences, and offer actionable strategies for taking the skillset that is innate to risk leaders, and how that can be utilised to take the next step to senior board level.
The panel will also explore the most successful strategies to communicate with CEO’s and the board to ensure the most valuable outcomes.
- (Hosted and compiled by) Andrew Greening, Managing Partner, Board & NED Practice, Greenings international
- Simon Haslam – Chairman Cashflows, formerly FTSE 250 CEO at Network International, Elavon, Citigroup, HSBC
- Ian Belsham – CRO Planet, formerly WorldPay, First Data, RBS
- Roland Maessen – CRO Kushki, formerly Worldline, Digital River, Global Collect
Workshop - From policy to presence: Elevating your personal impact and effectiveness
This session hosted by John-Paul Eaton and RIcky Virdee is designed to help Compliance Leaders strengthen their personal impact and effectiveness by projecting confidence and credibility whilst standing out as a trusted authority in a highly competitive and fast moving industry. Participants will learn how to leverage their skills and unique qualities to inspire confidence in stakeholders, clients and colleagues.
Tea & Coffee Refreshment & Networking Break
Late Afternoon Session
Panel - The next stage of leveraging technology to drive innovation and efficiency
Technology is rapidly advancing, but there's always debate around how it should be used to best effect. We have pulled together some of the best minds in the industry who really understand technology and it’s application within financial risk and compliance teams - they will explore the most exciting advances as well as debate the most important questions around where and how it should be deployed for maximum benefit.
- (Moderator) Olivia Shaw - Head of Compliance - Tribe Impact Capital
- Ashley Clarke - Senior Vice President of Compliance - Citi
- Leven Li - Chief Compliance Officer - at ANNA
- Adrianna Fabijanska - Global Head of Fincrime Compliance – Investment Banking at ING
- Meredith Beeston - Fincrime Compliance Director, at ClearBank
Keynote Panel - Global Threats, Local Impact: Tackling Changes on the World Stage
This high powered panel is packed with leaders with vast experience of leading international agencies, think tanks, and global collaborations. Their viewpoints, observations and insights into the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape, the developing criminal operations around the world and the initiatives that are being put in place to crack down on them will make this session absolutely unmissable.
- Tim Tyler - Vice President, International Compliance Association, (Former Head of UK international Crime Bureau)
- Linda Hamilton - Executive Director, Financial Crime Operations, JP Morgan Chase (Former Deputy Director Organised Crime HMRC)
- Chloe Cina, Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI (Former Head of Global Sanctions at Deutsche Bank)
- Kevin Newe - Assistant Director-Illicit Finance Threat Lead, HMRC
Closing remarks
Check-in
Networking Drinks Reception Foyer Area Outside Mallard Suite
Kindly Sponsored by Needl
The Leaders’ Dinner (and quiz)
Kindly sponsored by AML Rightsource, Symphony AI, & KYC Portal.
Official end to day 1
Day 2:
Optional Extras
Morning Session
Welcome remarks by Graham Barrow & Ray Blake and Update from City of London Police
Gareth Dothie, Head of Bribery & Corruption Investigations at City of London Police on the new Domestic Corruption Unit department commissioned by the Home Office.
Workshop - Complex client file remediations: what works?
This is a Chatham House Rule deep dive discussion, hosted by Tom Devlin , Co-Founder, Chief Commercial Officer, KYC360 with plenty of peer to peer learning and discussion in a small group setting. It promises to be an educational, and lively discussion, so please make sure you’re in the Lapwing room (just behind the main stage room) a few minutes before it starts.
A live tour of The Dark Web
Join us on a fascinating live tour of the dark web. Something that impacts most of our daily roles directly, but not something that all of us are willing to visit. Our thanks to Nisha Aubeeluck, our experienced guide from Decoded, who has kindly agreed to come to the FRC this year, and offer us an intriguing hour behind the curtain. This is NOT to be missed!
Networking Break with Tea & Coffee Refreshments
20/20 session: 20 Tables, 20 Topics, 20 Minutes
Topic led, open discussion with like minded peers. Join the table with the topic you’d most like to discuss or ask your peers how they’re approaching things. So whether you’re desperate to share your knowledge on transaction reporting enhancements or ask others how they’re dealing with Consumer Duty - this is THE place to find your most wanted conversation among the array topics. The sessions will rotate on 20 mins. It could be noisy but we hope it will be fun and valuable.
Lunch (provided)
Afternoon Session
Regulatory Changes Ahead and Common Practice That Will Be Affected
This session highlights key upcoming regulatory changes impacting banking risk and compliance. Senior leaders will explore how common practices must evolve to meet new requirements and safeguard their institutions against emerging risks. Stay ahead with insights to navigate the shifting regulatory landscape effectively.
Closing remarks
Final networking, card swap and coffee for the road
*Please note all timings and talks are correct at the time of publication but are all subject to change and winding one, but we're proud of what we've accomplished so far.