With over 20 years of experience, Liliya joined Commerzbank in 2016, having previously worked across the financial crime space in different roles and capacity and across different platforms. She has managed teams, due diligence projects in challenging environments, and led major investigations and litigation support cases.

Her experience includes the Royal Bank of Canada, several London-based investigative consultancy firms and Transparency International in Berlin. In the late 1990s she joined Bulgaria’s Financial Intelligence Unit where she headed the International Contacts and Legal Coordination department. 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 modern slavery. At Commerzbank Liliya managed the AML Advisory and EDD Team until her appointment as Head of Transactions Monitoring and Investigations/UK FIU.

Zac is a versatile leader experienced in managing and scaling high-growth companies. He is a veteran of all facets of startup and tech operations, including strategic planning and execution, corporate management, and building high performance teams. His expertise in risk and compliance software continues to drive innovative and effective solutions for businesses operating worldwide. Zac is passionate about fostering change-makers who want to make an impact and are engaged in building groundbreaking solutions that are solving our world’s most pressing problems.

Richard is the EMEA Head of Sanctions at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe (SMBCE) and is responsible for overseeing sanctions compliance within the region. Richard joined SMBCE in February 2013 and has led efforts to enhance the sanctions systems and controls framework. During his time at SMBCE Richard has led in responding to the implementation of EU/U.S. sanctions targeting Russian interests, the implementation of the JCPOA and now subsequent U.S. withdrawal. Working closely with deals teams at SMBCE, Richard has substantial experience in sanctions risk mitigation with respect to corporate banking products.

Prior to SMBCE, Richard worked in an AML and Sanctions function at Credit Suisse during a period when the bank was under a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for sanctions violations and had to go through the challenges presented by the Arab Spring. Prior to Credit Suisse, Richard began his career working on a KYC remediation project at Goldman Sachs.

Head of Sanctions and Anti Bribery and Corruption for the EMEA region. Credit Suisse. Colin joined Credit Suisse in April 2014 prior to becoming the Head of Sanctions for UK and EMEA, a position he held from September 2014 to January 2021, at which point he took on the role of Head of Sanctions and Anti Bribery and Corruption for the EMEA region. Colin’s move to the Sanctions desk coincided with the expansion of sectoral sanctions under the EU and US Russian/Ukrainian sanctions regimes.

Matt is the current Head of Financial Crime at Tide Platform Limited. Tide provides banking services for SMEs and has a current member base of over 400,00 members with a 7% UK market share.

Prior to Tide, Matt managed Santander’s Financial Crime Apprenticeship programme, focusing on developing future leaders within the world of Financial Crime. Matt has also held roles at multiple other international organisations such as Barclays and Amazon.

Matt has a passion for building Financial Crime teams in a new and innovative way by training them in a way that allows them to engage both the technical and creative parts of their brains..

Svetlana Zarubina-Thomas is UK & EMEA Head of Sanctions at UBS, based in London. Prior to joining UBS, Svetlana worked at Deutsche Bank in their UK&I Sanctions Team. Earlier, Svetlana held a number of financial crime compliance roles within global financial institutions.

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.

Responsible for current KYC platform re-engineering focused on client on boarding globally for Deutsche Bank. Role also expands to the use of RPA via BluePrism and looking at NLP and AI initiatives (especially with regards to sanctions and adverse media) to assess capabilities and integration within the new KYC platform. As part of this role, policy and organisational transformation is a key part of the remit in order to deliver a more robust and strategic solution which meets financial crime and KYC obligations whilst being client and user centric in respect of design and approach.

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.

George is the Director of Financial Crime Strategy for the Government of Jersey. Jersey, as a leading International Finance Centre, places its responsibility to counter financial crime at the top of the jurisdictional agenda.  George works with a team of experts across the Jersey authorities and wider industry stakeholders to ensure that Jersey remains a leading jurisdiction in risk understanding, risk management and continues to innovate in relation to ongoing global fight against financial crime.

George is a lawyer by background, with over 10 years’ experience in public and private sector work, and has recently worked at the FATF (the global standard setter on AML/CFT) in the Secretariat. George acts as Head of Delegation for Jersey to MONEYVAL (the European FATF Regional body) and has significant experience engaging with other international bodies, standard setters and jurisdictions worldwide on financial crime matters.

Currently the Chief Compliance Officer, MLRO and Data Protection Officer at MFEX Luxembourg, I have had a very successful career in the investment sector in numerous senior positions working for MFEX Luxembourg S.A, Generali Investments Luxembourg S.A., PwC and Schroders.

Prior to my transition to the Fund sector, I gained +12 years’ experience in the cross-border unit-linked life insurance industry during which time I worked at Lombard International Assurance and Zurich Insurance to set up and develop the Compliance Departments in Luxembourg.

My strengths include an ability to merge analytical, strategic and creative thinking to provide solutions, and build effective compliance strategies that help a business grow rather than hinder it. Working extensively with Senior Management, I have been instrumental in influencing critical business decisions using courage, integrity and a collaborative work ethos.

I hold an MBA from Boston University, and I am the President of the Luxembourg Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. I am also a member of various working groups of ALFI and ALCO.

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.

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.

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.