Eric is responsible for Financial Crime prevention in Erste Group Bank AG since 2016. Prior to this position, he headed different units in Raiffeisen and Accenture as well as a division in an eBusiness startup. Eric has extensive experience in compliance, payments, IT architecture & portfolio management, M&A and Turnaround program management as well as sound knowledge in advanced IT topics (AI/Machine Learning, Distributed Ledger Technologies and Quantum Computing).

With a keen interest to foster cross-border Financial Crime Prevention and Monitoring as crucial element in combating Financial Crime on a European level.

In January 2020, Ricardo was appointed as the CIO for Regulatory and Compliance at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his role, Ricardo provides global oversights for all Information Technology and Systems used or required by the Regulatory and Compliance whiting CIB.

Ricardo has more than 28 years’ experience in the financial services industry where he played many roles at HSBC including Head of Research & Analytics and Systems Delivery Financial Crime Threat Mitigation for Latin America, Liaison Executive Office to support USDOJ Monitor Visit, Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance COO for Latin America, Head of IT Delivery Customer and Global Product Manager for Business Intelligence.

Ricardo worked in various markets in Latin America, several years in Canada and he deployed Customer and Business Intelligence products in Asia and Middle East.

Original from Argentina, Ricardo holds an Information Systems Engineer Degree, a Master in Business and Administration and Post graduate studies in Data Mining and Knowledge Management; he is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Leadership and Systemic Innovation. He obtained ACAMS and FIBA certifications as well as PMP and TOGAF Architecture

Edwin Rivas is the New York’s Chief Compliance Officer for Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen) and he has an extensive experience working in anti-money laundering, regulatory compliance and internal audit, with strong international and domestic experience in financial services. He has appeared on television in the news discussing the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act requirements, and he has also conducted regulatory compliance training presentations in the USA, Latin America and Europe.

Mr. Rivas partnered with AIBACP (Association of International Auditors and Compliance Professionals Officers) colleagues and professors at Pace University / Lubin School of Business and actively participated as a member in the Content/Curriculum Committee that developed the curriculum (three-courses) in 2011 for the Certificate of Regulatory Compliance Professional (CCRP) program launched by Pace in January 2012. Mr. Rivas also lectures at Pace in some of these courses as a Subject Matter Expert.

Mr. Rivas is a Certified Compliance Regulatory Professional (CCRP),  Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), ), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) an Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) and a Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA); and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Certified Bankers, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, the BAI (Bank Administration Institute) and the AIBA (Association of International Bank Auditors); and a Board member of the AIBA.

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. At the end of 2020 she joined Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as Head of UK Financial Security. 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.

Matt is the Head of Conduct Risk and Financial Crime for Shawbrook Bank’s Property Finance Division, where he and his team are delivering an intelligence led and technology based strategy to automate analysis, investigation and intervention against financial crime activity. Prior to Matt’s current role he was responsible for Lloyds Banking Group’s product management framework and the mitigation of associated financial crime, conduct and operational risks. Matt holds a number of compliance and banking qualifications with the International Compliance Association and the London Institute of Banking and Finance.

Anna Issel is a Managing Director and Global Head for AFC Wealth Management. Her responsibilities include advising WM on all financial crime related topics, including high risk KYC files as well as optimisation of processes related to client on-boarding and client monitoring

Anna spent almost her entire career at DB, joining as an analyst c. 15 years ago. She has held leadership positions in Group Strategy, focusing on Principal M&A as well as Integration and Transformation. Subsequently, Anna joined Group Audit as a Chief Auditor for Anti-Financial Crime, building out dedicated AML and Sanctions teams, and working closely with key regulators such as FRBNY, BaFin, and ECB.

Anna was educated at European Business School in Germany and got an MBA degree at James Madison University in USA.

As Attorney-at law, Dr. Göres is advising financial institutions, rating agencies, FinTechs and corporates especially on aspects in capitals markets, governance, non-financial risk and Compliance. Key areas are the implementation of high profile legal and regulatory initiatives such as MiFID II, Market Abuse II, PRIIPS, the 5th EU AML Directive as well as sanctions & embargoes.

Besides these activities, Dr. Göres has been the founder and is still acting as Managing Director for the Certified Compliance Programme in Frankfurt am Main | Germany, is publishing and lecturing regularly on legal topics and is a member of the Board of the Anti-Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA).

Ana-Maria Vasile (Codescu), CAMS, has a broad expertise on AML/CTF, Sanctions Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management. She is the Head of AML Trade Finance Monitoring Group (Global) within Commerzbank AG, being involved in development and application of the TBML risk management strategies at the Group level. She was directly involved in the implementation of global policies and internal controls for the prevention of financial crime risks related to Trade Based Money Laundering and participated as subject matter expert in establishing compliance strategies for the Trade Finance business segment, as well as in the development and implementation of the necessary measures for their application.

Prior to joining Commerzbank, Ana was a Manager in the forensic practice of Deloitte, her focus areas and responsibilities being related to delivering projects on the implementation of ML/TF risk management programs in financial institutions, targeted financial sanctions, FATCA implementation, fraud and money laundering investigations, fraud detection, transaction monitoring for various financial products, funds tracking, assessment of AML/CTF compliance activity within financial institutions and implementation and assessment of AFC/Sanctions/Ethics and Compliance programs. Additionally, she also has an extensive experience with the country risk assessment practice, as she was a crucial expert in the ML/TF National Risk Assessments in Lithuania (2015) and Latvia (2016).

As for her educational background in Compliance, Ana is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS – ACAMS), a PhD student focusing on transactional risk management and is also certified in Sanctions Compliance (ACAMS) and AML/CTF for Capital Markets (IFS Romania). Currently, she is in the process of obtaining the International Certificate for Enterprise Risk Management at the Institute of Risk Management in London.

Tassilo Amtage is a Director in the Financial Crime Prevention department of UBS Europe SE, where he covers the full spectrum of advisory on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures, as well as financial sanctions compliance. He has previously held similar senior advisory positions in two other large German banks, with 17 years of professional experience in international banking compliance. In addition, he has been a lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since 2012 as part of the Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) certification, which was recently expanded to also offer the European Certified Compliance Professional (ECCP) certification. He has contributed to several German language books on financial crime and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Andrew is a Financial Crime Compliance professional and is considered an expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Sanctions compliance and specialises in due diligence for Politically Exposed Persons and Higher Risk Customers. Andrew has advised clients on regulatory financial crime compliance matters, and was seconded to the London branch of a major Middle Eastern financial institution as interim Head of Compliance.

In 2019, Andrew joined Alpha Bank, London and was recently appointed Head of Financial Crime Compliance.

He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Andrew has been a Guest Speaker at Complitech 2007, Operational Risk & Compliance Europe 2007, Correspondent and Relationship Banking, MLROs, AML and Financial Crime Professionals, Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers Association meetings and conferences and the UK Security Expo Global Counter Terrorism Conference 2017.

Francisco Mainez is the Head of Data and Analytics for Retail Banking Financial Crime Risk at HSBC. Francisco leads a team that supports all activities related to data extraction, analysis and insight reporting, covering Money Laundering, Financial Crime Typologies, Operations, Customer Due Diligence and Tax Evasion, among other areas. While in HSBC, Francisco has also worked in other Financial Crime teams, such as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Reporting.

Prior to HSBC, Francisco fulfilled roles in Standard Chartered Bank, both in London and Singapore after completing several tours of operations in Military Intelligence for NATO and the European Union in several geographical locations.

Adriana specialises in financial regulatory policy issues covering all Digital and Innovation topics, PSD2, Cyber-Security, Operational Resilience, Data protection, Tax and issues affecting fixed income including securitisation, margin and shadow banking reforms. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Ms. Ennab was a Repo trader and Global Product Manager for Merrill Lynch, Tradition Government Securities and Goldman Sachs in Asia, London and New York. Additionally, she ran various private ventures in Asia and London.

Ms. Ennab holds a BS in Management and Marketing and Finance from New York University and an MBA from Fordham School of Business Management.

Adriana is on the Women in Fintech Powerlist 2018 and shortlisted for the Policy Makers and Regulatory Experts group.

Sam is a financial crime prevention professional with over 15 years of practical experience in compliance. Sam holds a number of qualifications and is recognised as a subject matter expert in the field of financial crime.

Sam’s previous work experience includes working as MLRO, Data Protection Officer and CCO and Group Head of AML for various financial institutions, both offshore and in Europe. Sam also worked offshore for several years as the first legal counsel to the financial regulator in Guernsey and subsequently set up the financial crime division, overseeing the examination of a variety of financial institutions. She continues to maintain ongoing engagement with other regulators on financial crime matters.

Sam has extensive training experience in the field of financial crime prevention and corporate governance matters. She has most recently been involved in projects related to FenTech businesses, the use of RegTech to mitigate financial crime and list management relating to the screening of customers and third parties. Sam most recently worked with ACAMS Europe as its AML Director. Sam is recognised by ACAMS as a subject matter expert in sanctions and has co-authored a number of online certificate courses, facilitated working groups on 4/5AMLD in Europe and assistance in the development of white papers. Originally from Montreal, Quebec Canada, Sam holds a Bachelors of Public Administration, Law Degree, qualified as a barrister and solicitor and holds her Masters in Business, specialising in risk management.

Janthana is the CEO and Founder of Tapoly, the first on-demand insurance platform for the gig economy in Europe, and winner of Insurance Provider of the Year at the British Small Business Awards 2018. She is listed by Forbes as number 6 of the Top 100 Women Founders to watch, and is among the Top Ten Insurtech Female Influencers according to The Insurance Institute. Janthana is a chartered accountant and former internal audit director at top-tier investment banks.

Colin has recently joined BNY Mellon as Regulatory Product Manager. He is responsible for ensuring that all products within Asset Servicing are compliant with upcoming regulations and serve our client’s needs to meet the regulatory requirements, including MIFID II, GDPR, MMFR.

He represents the company on a number of RegTech Award panels and industry Event Advisory Boards, and helps to co-ordinate the BNY Mellon Tax & Regulatory Client Forum. This industry-leading event includes a number of RegTech panels and the creation of a regular BNY Mellon RegTech Forum.

Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Colin spent 4 years working at Barclays as Industry & Regulatory Engagement Lead for Data Management, working with RegTech and vendor solution providers to assess solutions to meet the upcoming Regulatory challenges. Previously, he was Global Product Manager for Omgeo CTM responsible for developing the product to meet all client and regulatory requirements. He has also spent time at a number of leading Investment Bank institutions, including Deutsche Bank, Nomura, and Goldman Sachs, across a broad range of Data Management, Client Service and project management roles.

Jacqui is an international web scientist recognised as one of the 100 most powerful UK entrepreneurs and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science in recognition of her international futurist work.

She is recognised as one of the Top Ten global IoT innovators and an independent industry analyst for the Internet of Things (IoT). She is one of 4 IoT leaders advising the European Commission on their citizen strategy in an IoT enabled Europe.

She is personally recognised as one of the UK’s most influential Women in Tech, one of the 34 IoT Influencers on Twitter, one of the 20 global entrepreneurs to watch, and a UK Smart City Leader. She was shortlisted for a Cyber Security industry award based on her European work and was invited to a speak in Davos on the future of the Cyber Security Industry.

She is globally recognised as a Smart City Tzar, smart cities are the future hubs of democracy in an IoT world. She is a Strategic Advisor to the UK Government on Smart Cities, Cities lead on Digital Built Britain and a Principal UK Expert lead for the British Standards Institute (BSI) international team for Smart Cities and AI.

She is one of the International Smart City experts advising the Chinese Government on their Smart City Programme.