European Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2025

BRUNA Szego was appointed Chair of the EU's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) by the European Council in January 2025.

She has been tasked with leading out Europe's mission to combat dirty money in the Union and beyond. Ms Szego was previously AML chief at Banca d'Italia.

AMLA based in Frankfurt will lead direct supervision of the Union's riskiest banks and oversee the operations of regulators and FIUs.

Originally from Savona on the outskirts of Genoa in northern Italy, Chair Szego studied law at the University of Rome.

She has served in a variety of prominent supervisory positions in the Bank of Italy, including in 2022 being appointed Head of the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision and Regulation Unit, reporting directly to the Governing Board.

In addition, Ms Szego has published articles and papers on her areas of interests, spoken at numerous conferences and appeared on behalf of the Bank at parliamentary hearings.

Ms Szego has been a member and President of Banca d'Italia's recruitment boards for new graduates.

Catherine De Bolle has been the Executive Director of Europol, the European Union agency responsible for coordinating law enforcement and combating cross-border crime, since 2018. In her role, she leads Europol in its mission to ensure the safety of EU citizens by promoting information exchange and cooperation between police forces in Member States.

Before taking up her position as Director of Europol in May 2018, Catherine De Bolle was Commissioner General of the Belgian Federal Police from 2012 to 2018. Before her appointment as Commissioner General, Mrs. De Bolle was Chief of Police of the local police zone Ninove. In January 2015 she received the title of Public Manager of the Year. From November 2015 to November 2018, she was a member of the Interpol Executive Committee.

Mrs. De Bolle studied law at Ghent University and subsequently graduated from the Royal Gendarmerie Academy in Belgium.

Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico began her two-year term as President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 1 July 2024. She succeeded Mr. T. Raja Kumar of Singapore.

Ms. De Anda has over a decade of experience in leadership positions in the anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) sector.

Within the FATF, Ms. De Anda has been extensively involved in substantive work and has held most leadership positions, which grants her a deep knowledge of the FATF. Until June 2023, she held the position of Vice-President for three years. Previously she served as head of the Mexican delegation and co-led Mexico’s efforts for its Mutual Evaluation in 2016-2017. She was also Co-Chair of the Global Network and Co-ordination Group, which oversees the collaboration with and within the nine FATF-Style Regional Bodies, as well as with the observers of the FATF. Additionally, she has been a member of the Steering Group and chaired the Contact Group on Malaysia’s Membership Process.

Ms. De Anda currently serves as Director General in Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. Elisa joined the Ministry in 2015. During her time there, she worked as a Senior Advisor for two Ministers of Finance, providing her with continuous involvement in high-level engagements and topics. She also served in the Financial Intelligence Unit, including a role as Head Attaché to the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C. In her current capacity, Elisa supports the advancement and development of AML/CFT policies and fosters collaboration among AML authorities in Mexico.

Before joining the Mexican government, Elisa worked for the private sector as an associate at a law firm for over six years. She received her law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and has a Master degree in Law (LLM, 2011) from Harvard Law School and a Master in Public Administration (MPA, 2015) from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Paschal Donohoe is President of the Eurogroup and Minister for Finance, Ireland.

President Donohoe is one of the most-respected figures in global finance and is serving his second term as Minister for Finance in Ireland, being appointed on the formation of Ireland's new government earlier this year.

He was first elected President of the Eurogroup on 9 July 2020 and his two and a half year term was renewed in December 2022. It is reported he is seeking a third term as President of the group of Eurozone finance and economy ministers.

Up until January 2025, he served as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, responsible for delivering well-managed and well-targeted public spending, through modernised, effective and accountable public services.

His last term as Minister for Finance was June 2017 - December 2022.

From May 2016 - June 2020, he served as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and from July 2014 - May 2016, as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. He also held the position of Minister for European Affairs at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs from July 2013 - July 2014.

Minister Donohoe was first elected as a TD in February 2011 for the Dublin Central constituency. Prior to this he was a member of Seanad Éireann, from 2007 - 2011. He also served as member of Dublin City Council from 2004 - 2007.

He was formerly the Chair of Ireland’s Future in Europe Oireachtas Sub-Committee, as well as a member of the Public Accounts Committee. He has also served as the Vice-Chair of the European Affairs Committee and, as a Senator, he served as a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport.

During his time as member of Dublin City Council, he served as Chair of the Environment & Engineering Strategic Policy Committee, as a member of the Corporate Policy Group and also as Chairman of the Central Area Committee.

Minister Donohoe is a graduate of the Trinity College Dublin, with a degree in Politics and Economics and he attended St. Declan’s CBS.

Avalon leads the APAC and MENA Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Initiatives team at SWIFT, rejoining the organization in 2019.

With 12 years of experience in FCC, Avalon began her career at Dow Jones and now focuses on driving adoption of SWIFT’s value-added shared services in areas such as AML, CTF, and fraud prevention. She also facilitates community engagements and consultations designed to protect the financial system’s integrity against evolving financial crime threats.

During her time away from SWIFT, Avalon contributed to a RegTech startup specializing in AI and natural language processing, delivering a multi-source KYC platform for the banking sector. She also served on the board of the RegTech sub-committee of the Singapore FinTech Association (2020–2021) and is a frequent commentator at FCC industry events across the region.

Jaap is current the Head of the Detecting Financial Crime (DFC)  unit, which is ABN AMRO Bank’s 1LOD centre of excellence for financial crime risk management.

The DFC unit maintains and executes the standards, systems and operations for all financial crime risk management processes. Jaap joined ABN AMRO Bank as their Global Head, AML & Sanctions in April 2021.

Prior to that he was with Standard Chartered Bank for a over seven years where he worked in the Financial Crime Surveillance (screening & monitoring) unit based out of London, and prior to that as Head of Retail Financial Crime Compliance based in Singapore.

Prior to Standard Chartered, Jaap worked at ING Bank in various financial crime compliance capacities. All in all, Jaap has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, of which over 15 years in the AML / CTF domain.

Jenna is a policy officer at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, specializing in the prevention and combating of terrorist financing.

Most recently, she led Germany’s national risk analysis on terrorist financing in close cooperation with ministries, security and supervisory authorities, intelligence services, and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

As part of this work, she developed proposals to improve the legal framework and strengthen the national defence system. Jenna shares her expertise as a speaker at specialist conferences and industry events.

She is also trained as an assessor for country evaluations by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and was in charge of Germany's follow-up procedure as part of Germany’s mutual evaluations.

Jenna is a trained journalist and a fully qualified lawyer with a focus on criminal law.

Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis has thirty years of policing experience having served in a variety of operational roles including frontline and specialist policing in Dublin and the Northwestern Region throughout her career.

Angela has held specialist roles as superintendent and detective superintendent at Operational Support Services, the Garda National Immigration Bureau, and Serious Crime Review Team prior to being promoted to Chief Superintendent where she held the role of detective chief superintendent and head bureau at the Garda National Technical Bureau, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, prior to taking up her current role in the Dublin Region.

Angela represented Ireland on the Executive Board of the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre – Narcotics (MACO-N), Lisbon and was awarded the MAOC-N Medal in recognition of her professionalism, expertise, dedication and collaboration in tackling international drug trafficking in the Atlantic and Mediterranean maritime domain.

Aamir is the Regional Vice President, AML Compliance for EU / CIS / Africa for Western Union. He has held multiple positions in the anti-financial crime space in the public and private sectors including as the Head of Financial Crimes for EMEA / UK MLRO for Stripe, the Regional Head for the US Law Compliance Program for ASEAN and South Asia for Standard Chartered Bank, and the Head of Financial Crimes for the Middle East and North Africa (excluding the UAE) for Standard Chartered Bank. Aamir has also led financial management teams for Expedia and Boeing; and spent nine years working in the U.S. government focusing on geopolitical, intelligence and global financial crime issues.

Aamir has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Johns Hopkins University and a Masters in International Policy and Practice from George Washington University.

Suzanne Gunn is the Head of Economic, Transnational, and Organised Crime Policy at the Department of Justice, Ireland where she leads the development and implementation of criminal justice policies and strategies to combat all forms of economic and organised crime that threaten the public interest and the rule of law.

Suzanne is a a member of Ireland’s Advisory Council Against Economic Crime and Corruption and Anti Money Laundering Steering Committee, and Irish Head of Delegation for the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), the OECD Working Group on Bribery, the EU Network Against Corruption, and the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).

Suzanne has over 15 years of experience in criminal justice, as a practising barrister and subsequently as Director of Criminal Enforcement at the Corporate Enforcement Authority heading up a multi-disciplinary team incorporating national police detectives and forensic accountants investigating complex cases of corporate and economic crime.

J. Edward 'Ned' Conway is the Executive Secretary of the Wolfsberg Group, an association of 12 global banks which aims to develop frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks.

Prior to his appointment at Wolfsberg, Mr. Conway was the Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance Framework and Policies at Banco Santander, based in Madrid. Mr. Conway is on the advisory board of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and he chairs the UN’s Private Sector Dialogue on the disruption of financial crimes related to environmental crime.

He collaborates regularly with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, training financial intelligence units and related government agencies in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. He is the co-editor of the volume Counterterrorism and Threat Finance Analysis During Wartime (2015), and prior to working in the private sector, he was a threat finance analyst for the US Department of Defense.

He has a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews (Scotland) and a degree in Psychology from Davidson College (North Carolina, USA).

Andrea is a highly accomplished C-level leader and former commercial litigator with a rewarding career spanning over 25 years. She has spent the last 18 years in the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), including 14 years in FCA Enforcement, advancing to influential positions, including Chief of Staff to the CEO, Nikhil Rathi, and more recently, Director of Specialist Directorate, Supervision, Policy and Competition, which includes Financial Crime Market Intervention, Fraud & Financial Crime Policy and Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS).  She co-leads the FCA’s current three-year strategy commitment to reducing and preventing financial crime, contributing to the UK’s national Economic Crime Plan and Fraud Strategy.

As a change enabler, Andrea co-lead the FCA’s ambitious transformation programme, revolutionising how the regulator operates and strengthening its ability to achieve its core objectives.

She is Chair of the International Organisation of Securities Commission’s (E)MMoU Monitoring Group and Monitoring Steering Committee, responsible for monitoring the operation of, and compliance with, the (E)MMoU, including decision making on disputes and matters of non-compliance.

A respected mentor, coach and sponsor, Andrea actively supports multiple Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives and co-sponsors the FCA’s Elevate Network, empowering multi-ethnic women across the business.

Sarah Beth Felix has over 20 years of experience in anti-financial crimes with operational, audit and consulting roles, working with banks, payment firms, and global Fintechs. Operationalizing AML/sanctions threats is one of her most well-known attributes, providing actionable solutions. Beyond traditional banking, she has specialized years of work in Fintechs, Lendtechs, cannabis banking, crypto, correspondent banking, and trade finance.

While managing a thriving AML/sanctions advisory firm for over 12 years, Palmera Consulting, she is also co-founder and CAMLO for a de novo digital correspondent bank – Acceleron Bank, in formation – based in Vermont, U.S. She has a 360-degree view of banking and how money flows throughout the world. Sarah Beth and her team are building a highly compliant digital bank focused on providing cost-effective solutions to US banks.

With global speaking engagements and her years spent on the operational AFC front, she focuses on impactful takeaways that move listeners to ‘take action’ in improving their AML/sanctions programs. Sarah Beth is also a guest lecturer at the National War College in Washington, D.C. and is frequently asked to train various US federal law enforcement agencies on private sector data availability that impacts subpoenas and unregulated payment ecosystems.

Rory is currently the Directorate Coordinator for INTERPOL’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC), where he performs a supporting role to the current Director.

Previously he was seconded from the Irish Police (An Garda Sìochàna) to INTERPOL from 2018 to 2023, where he held a number of senior management positions including, Director of INTERPOL’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre and Assistant Director of INTERPOL’s Organized and Emerging Crime Directorate, where he led INTERPOL’s Environmental Security and Global Health Crime Programme’s. He has also held the lead role for INTERPOL’s Global Financial Crime Task Force (IGFCTF).

With over 35 years’ experience in Law Enforcement, he served the majority of his career in the Garda Counter Terrorism Unit and most recently as a Detective Inspector in charge of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution and a Post Graduate Degree in Legal Studies. He also holds academic qualifications in Cyber Crime, Financial Crime Investigations, Environmental Law and Corporate Risk and Governance, from University College Dublin, Ireland.

Stephen is Co Founder and Chair at AML Intelligence based between our Brussels and Dublin offices. Stephen is former Group Editor-in-Chief at INM, Ireland’s largest media group, where he ran the newspaper and online operations, driving digital audiences to 15 million per month.

A member of the Supervisory Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), he has also served on the board of the World Editors Forum (WEF) and on the European Commission's High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Disinformation.

Stephen is Principal at Kobn, a specialist European leadership advisory, with an emphasis on strategic risk and cybersecurity.

Brian is the Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO for AIB.

Prior to re-joining AIB in the summer of 2022, he was Head of Financial Crime and MLRO for Barclays Europe, based in Frankfurt. Before that he held a number of senior Risk & Compliance roles.

He originally trained as an  Aviation Finance lawyer in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and subsequently developed a wide legal practice which encompassed Banking Law, Structured Finance, Litigation (both Criminal and Commercial), Regulatory Compliance, Data Protection and Commercial law. Brian spent 8 years practicing as a criminal defence lawyer before courts of all jurisdiction in Ireland and is an experienced courtroom advocate.

James is the Managing Director at AMLi. James is also CEO at StubbsGazette, one of the oldest continuous credit bureaus in the world. He is one of the founders of the International Fraud Prevention Conference (IFPC).

James acquired the Stubbs brand from Dun & Bradstreet in 2008 and built the company’s reach. He was founder and chairman of the Irish Fraud Bureau.

Ilze Znotiņa is the former Director of FIU Latvia. Prior to joining FIU Latvia she has had a career as a sworn attorney-at-law specializing in dispute resolution. Her main areas of expertise included regulatory issues, insolvency, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering, fraud and white-collar crime.

A former Partner of law firm Deloitte Legal, Ms. Znotina has represented a wide range of local and international clients in courts as well as performed an anti-fraud reviews at many international and local companies where she led investigation of corruption, false accounting, fraud, theft, asset recovery, tax evasion, money laundering and obstruction of justice cases.

Her recent activities before the appointment related to leading the preparation of Latvian National AML/CFT Risk assessment and several sectoral assessments.

Ms. Znotina has submitted her doctoral thesis in the Faculty of Law, University of Latvia. She holds a Master degree in International and European Law from Riga Graduate School of Law and a Bachelor degree in Law from the University of Latvia. She is an author of a number of publications related to law, fraud and corruption as well as a frequent speaker on these topics.

Karen Bissett is a senior Financial Crime Compliance and risk leader with over 20 years of legal and banking experience. After 12 years in private practice, Karen spent 7 years with the Bank of Ireland Group. Starting as a senior legal adviser in consumer banking she began to specialise in financial services regulatory projects and acted for a time as chairperson of the Bank’s Mortgage Appeals Board. Karen then took on the role of the Head of Sanctions and Counter-Terrorist Financing and Deputy Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

To gain a deeper knowledge of Financial Crime Compliance and risk from an international banking perspective, Karen spent 3 years as a Global Financial Crimes Director and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer for Bank of America’s EU headquartered entity, Bank of America Europe. Karen returned to the Bank of Ireland as Head of Financial Crime and Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer in late 2022. Karen is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and maintains a current practising certificate.

Frances Fitzgerald is a Fine Gael MEP for Dublin City and County. She is a member of the ECON (Economic & Monetary Affairs) Committee, FEMM (Women’s Rights & Gender Equality) Committee and DEVE (Development) Committee. Frances also serves as the lead coordinator for the European People’s Party on FEMM.

Prior to her election to the European Parliament in the 2019 European Elections, Frances served as a Fine Gael Parliamentarian for over 20 years. She served as a Senator and T.D. in Dublin Mid-West (2007-2019) and has previously served as a Fine Gael T.D. in Dublin South East (1992-2002).

She most recently served as Tánaiste (2016-17), one of only four women to have ever held this position. She has also served as Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation (2017); Minister for Justice & Equality (2014-17) and was the State’s first Minister for Children & Youth Affairs (2011-14).

Frances has a clear record of delivering change and reform in Ireland stemming back to her education and early career.

Raised in Stillorgan, she was educated in Dominican College Sion Hill, Blackrock and the London School of Economics.  She worked as a social worker and family therapist for ten years in Ballymun Child & Family Centre and in St. Ultan’s Children’s Hospital, St. James’ Hospital and the Mater Hospital. She has also worked in inner city communities in both Dublin and London.

​Prior to her election to the Dáil, Frances served as Chair of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (1988-92) and Vice President of the European Women’s Lobby. She was also a founding member of the Women’s Environment Network – as it was known then.

Before Fine Gael entered Government in 2011, she served as Leader of the Opposition in Seanad Éireann (2007-11).

Aaron leads Wise’s first line risk and compliance teams responsible for supporting the launch and growth of Wise products in a safe, risk-managed and customer-centric way. Prior to Wise Aaron was Head of Financial Crime and Fraud at Revolut, leading product, data science and operations teams to better detect and prevent illicit activity. Aaron has also previously specialised in financial crime and compliance technology matters for financial services and fintech clients at Ernst & Young and led KYC and AML product development at UK regtech vendor Quantexa.

Mary Kirwan is Irish and a lawyer on three continents. She is an ex-Canadian Federal money laundering/narcotics prosecutor & obtained one of the only convictions in Canada for conspiracy to commit money laundering.

She also has extensive experience as an MD in charge of Anti- Financial Crime/’AFC’ in blue chip financial institutions with special emphasis on large scale/cross border remediation exercises.

She has a strong cyber security & encryption background, having worked in early-days implementations (and policy/legal debates (including tech standards setting) in Europe/US/Canada in Public Key Encryption/’PKI’, which underpins blockchain & crypto-currency architecture. Mary has multiple degrees & qualifications in Law, Business/MIS (Management Information Systems). cyber-security, data protection and Ethics.

Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon) CMgr CCMI AIGP

Vivienne is the CEO of the FTSE Women Leaders Review, the UK’s business-led voluntary framework, supported by Government to improve the representation of women on the Boards and Leadership teams of the FTSE 350 and 50 of the UK’s largest private companies.

Vivienne is also a NED and holds a number of expert advisory roles supporting businesses in their data, privacy and digital strategies, with a focus on AI and new technologies, anti-financial crime and equality & diversity. Vivienne has over twenty five years experience in global financial and professional services sectors, including at the London Stock Exchange Group, Refinitiv, Thomson Reuters and Citibank. Vivienne is the AI and Data Lead at the International Business & Diplomatic Exchange, was co-chair of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime Data Privacy expert working group, chapter co-lead of the City of London “Vision for Economic Growth” report, and has advised UK government on international data transfer strategies.

Vivienne is an exceptional advocate for gender balance in business, is a Patron of Women in Finance Rwanda, and is the former CEO of Women in Banking and Finance. She was awarded an OBE for services to Financial Services and Gender Diversity in 2021.

Jackie leads Brussels-based Ibec Global, Europe's leading English-speaking, globally networked business organisation, and the international business division of Ibec - Ireland’s largest and most influential business advocacy and representative organisation.

Ibec Global’s engagement spans across Irish and global stakeholders to shape the conditions for international businesses to thrive, and to advance practical and scalable solutions that economies and societies need to prosper. Her previous roles include Chief Operating Officer at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Ottawa, Canada office of a leading international public affairs and strategic communications consulting firm.

Jackie has over two decades of experience as an international business leader, building high-performing teams and transforming organisations for the future. She is recognised as an expert in managing risk for organizations with international exposure, and has worked with executives, their boards, and public-sector officials in every sector of the global economy to protect and enhance reputation and deliver results for business and communities.

Mark is an experienced law enforcement officer with 17 years of expertise in policing in An Garda Síochána (Irish Police). He joined INTERPOL in 2024 as a Criminal Intelligence Officer in INTERPOL’s Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC) as is attached to the Anti-Corruption Unit.

Mark is a specialist Financial Crime Investigator having trained at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), where he gained an array of experience through investigations that he coordinated as the Incident Room Coordinator (IRC) or that he participated in. Mark now serves as a financial crime expert, focusing on Grand Corruption and Sports Corruption cases and their associated financial crimes at INTERPOL. He also serves on working groups related to Bribery and Corruption with OECD, Council of Europe and International Anti-Corruption Co-ordination Centre (IACCC).

Mark holds a variety of accreditation in Financial Crime investigations such as an Advanced Diploma in Fraud and E Crime Investigations at University College Dublin and an advanced Diploma in Corporate, White Collar and Regulatory Crime at the Honourable Society of Kings Inns. Mark has also received specialised training with advanced training institutes such as the International School of Caserta in Italy, Cepol and with the Guardia di Finanza in Italy where he focused on Fight Against Corruption, Economic and Organised Crime.

Linda started her career as a commercial litigator in an international law firm in Edinburgh.  Since joining the civil service, she has had a range of interesting and challenging roles, including Private Secretary to the First Minister of Scotland; Head of Civil Asset Forfeiture for Scotland; Deputy Director of Defence, Security and Cyber Resilience; and Senior Responsible Officer for EU Exit in the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.

Linda joined the Fraud Investigation Service in HMRC in April 2021 and originally led Offshore, Corporate and Wealthy, managing white collar civil and criminal investigations into wealthy individuals and large corporates.

Since September 2022, Linda has been Head of Organised Crime, leading complex international investigations to disrupt and dismantle Organised Crime Groups. Linda leads a team of 1500 civil and criminal investigators across 15 sites and 3 legal jurisdictions in the UK. She specialises in all elements of economic crime, including money laundering, bribery and corruption and fraud and has concluded a number of Deferred Prosecution Agreements. Linda is committed to  collaborating with domestic and international partners to maximise impact against financial crime.

Pat who is originally from Drimoleague, West Cork, joined An Garda Síochána in 1986 and has served mainly in the Dublin Region but also worked in the South Eastern and Eastern Garda Regions. Pat has worked in Community Policing, Drugs, Prostitution Investigations, Serious Crime Investigations, Fraud and Financial Investigations, Financial Intelligence and Cybercrime. He has held the position of Detective in all ranks and has been at the forefront of the investigation of serious crime for many years. Pat is a Senior Investigating Officer (S.I.O.) and holds a B.Sc in Management Law from Trinity College Dublin.

In 2015, Pat took up his current position as Head of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau is involved in many high profile investigations and is supported by Gardaí throughout the country trained in Fraud Investigation. Pat and his team have developed a Post Graduate Certificate in Fraud and E-Crime Investigation in association with University College Dublin. Pat was also the lead representative from An Garda Síochána in the 2017 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Review of Ireland. Pat sees education and crime prevention as being the most beneficial ways of reducing fraud into the future.

With over 20 years of experience, Liliya has worked across the financial crime space in different roles and capacity and across different business segments. She has managed teams, due diligence projects in challenging environments, and led major investigations and litigation support cases. In the late 1990s she joined Bulgaria’s Financial Intelligence Unit where she headed the International Contacts and Legal Coordination department.

Her experience also includes Transparency International in Berlin, several London-based investigative consultancy firms and the Royal Bank of Canada in London. In 2016 she joined Commerzbank London where she managed the AML Advisory and EDD Team until her appointment as head of Transactions Monitoring and Investigations/UK FIU and deputy MLRO.

In 2020 she joined CACIB as Head of UK Financial Security; she is also the MLRO. She holds a doctorate in AML policies from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and gives lectures at the University of Manchester. A speaker at industry events, Liliya has delivered presentations on behalf of Stop the Traffik, a London-based non-profit organisation that fights human trafficking and slavery.

Dr. Shlomit Wagman was the Director-General of the Israel Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA), a financial regulator and law enforcement agency, from 2016 to 2022, and the Acting Director-General of the Israel Privacy Protection Authority from 2019 to 2021.

She is an expert in the fields of financial regulation, digital assets and crypto-currencies, money laundering and terrorism financing, privacy and data protection, financial intelligence and data analytics.

She holds both JSD and LLM degrees from Yale Law School (2007, 2005) and a joint LLB and BA degree (magna cum laude) in law and business management from the Hebrew University (2001). She clerked for the Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Prof. Aharon Barak.

Dr. Wagman worked in the private sector with leading law firms, including Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in NYC and Gross-Hodak in Israel. She is the co-editor of the book "Cybercrime" (NYU Press, 2007), with Prof. Jack Balkin et al. She served as an adjunct lecturer at Tel Aviv University and Raichman University (2007–2012) and was a fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School (2003–2007).

Dr. Wagman was the Head of the Israeli delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing watchdog from 2016 to 2022, and also served as a Co-Chair of the FATF operational working group, a member of the Steering Group, and was a nominee for Presidency.

As the head of Israel’s anti-money laundering authority, she led major national reforms, including regulating cryptocurrencies, and the historic accession of Israel to the FATF as a member country after an evaluation process in which Israel was placed among the top three most effective countries in the world. Under her leadership, IMPA exposed hundreds of money laundering and terrorism financing cases, leading to the crackdown on major criminal organizations and the seizure of billions of illicit funds. IMPA further received various international awards, including the Best Financial Investigation Worldwide by the Egmont (2016, 2021) and recognition by the FATF as one of the three most effective FIUs worldwide.

As the head of Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority, she produced an unprecedented number of regulatory opinions, led innovative enforcement actions, and handled mega national data-leaks and cybersecurity attacks. The Supreme Court adopted her positions in two fundamental national cases: in limiting the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Beit) from monitoring citizens during COVID 19, and in striking down the transfer of citizens’ health data to local municipalities.

In addition to her current affiliation with the BKC, she serves as a Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Kennedy School of Government and as an Affiliated Fellow at the ISP at Yale Law School.

Jenny joined EY in 2021 and brings more than 22 years experience in the Financial Services industry. In EY, she leads Financial Services Risk Consulting in Ireland with a focus on Risk & Regulatory-driven transformation and Financial Crime.

Prior to joining EY, Jenny was a Partner in another big 4 firm in Singapore specialising in Risk Management, Regulatory Advisory and Data & Analytics in Financial Services.

Before her time as a consultant, Jenny spent several years in banking, working across multiple functions and lines of defence in London, Dubai and New York. A current social focus for Jenny is in helping to drive industry efforts in combatting modern slavery through awareness, collaboration and technology.”

Manuel has over 24 years of experience in professional services, delivering large-scale transformation programs.

He leads multidisciplinary international teams by building trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.

Manuel holds a degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering from the University of Granada and is passionate about applying technology and innovation to solve present and future clients’ and social needs.