Over 60 international AML leaders from the public and private sectors—including large and small banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies, regulatory agencies, money services businesses and investigative agencies—have agreed to share best practices and lessons learned, ensuring you return to the office with the tools you need to optimize your AML operations. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to benefit from peer-to-peer interaction, as well as one-on-one “face time” with these key industry leaders. Check back often for exciting new additions to this outstanding speaker faculty!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Mia M. Levine
Assistant Chief for Litigation of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Mia has prosecuted several noteworthy cases, including prosecutions of financial institutions and individuals who have violated the money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act and U.S. sanctions statutes. Most recently, Mia and her unit pursued a joint investigation with the New York County District Attorney’s Office into the handling of international payments by Lloyds TSB Bank on behalf of banned or sanctioned Iranian entities, resulting in a deferred prosecution agreement with the bank and a forfeiture of $350 million. She has also prosecuted numerous cases involving individuals violating the money laundering statutes through the use of the Black Market Peso Exchange.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Adam S. Kaufmann
Assistant District Attorney and Chief of Investigations, Division Central, New York County District Attorney’s Office, New York
Adam supervises the investigation and prosecution of complex white collar criminal cases, focusing on securities fraud, international money laundering, tax evasion, shell companies, illegal money remitters, offshore accounts, illicit uses of correspondent banking relationships, and the underground financial systems that permit criminals to operate. Most recently, Adam and his staff pursued a joint investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice into the handling of international payments by foreign banks on behalf of banned or sanctioned Iranian entities. To date, this investigation has led to a deferred prosecution agreement and $350 million settlement with Lloyds TSB (UK).
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- Alan S. Abel
International Global Anti-Money Laundering Practice Leader, Crowe Horwath, Miami, Florida
Alan is responsible for AML Quality Assurance on all Crowe Horwath AML client engagements. He has worked with the Boards and Senior Management of more than one hundred global and regional bank and non-bank financial institutions to help them develop and strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) controls and business processes and, in many cases, remediating their regulatory compliance deficiencies. Alan represents the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) on AML policy to the U.S. government and is responsible for drafting and communicating AML technical guidance to the U.S. accounting profession.
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- David Bagley
Head of Group Compliance, HSBC, London, England
David coordinates and assures implementation of the institution’s anti-money laundering policies in 84 countries, where some 2,500 compliance officers are under his supervision. He has substantial experience in managing money laundering risks across multiple business lines and in countries with distinct regulatory environments. He has been co-chair of the Wolfsberg Group since September 2005.
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- Gary M. Bagliebter, CAMS
Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLP
A member of Shutts & Bowen’s Litigation Department since 1990, Gary concentrates his practice in commercial trial practice in federal and state courts, USA PATRIOT Act and Bank Secrecy Act litigation and compliance matters, internal corporate investigations, and grand jury and administrative investigations. He has successfully defended financial institutions against both governmental and customer lawsuits and administrative adverse actions related to Bank Secrecy Act, Right to Financial Privacy Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, money laundering and regulatory compliance matters. Prior to joining Shutts & Bowen, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, where he concentrated on fraud investigations and prosecutions. Shutts & Bowen has offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa, Tallahassee and Amsterdam, and represents clients nationally and internationally.
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- Steven Beattie
Principal, Financial Service, Ernst & Young, New York
Steve is the global anti-money laundering (AML) services leader for Ernst & Young, where he is responsible for Americas leadership and global coordination of Ernst & Young’s AML and economic sanctions-related efforts across banks, asset managers, broker/dealers and insurance companies. He has assisted numerous global financial services organizations evaluate and improve the completeness, appropriateness and effectiveness of their AML compliance programs and related technologies. He also assists clients in addressing regulatory criticism and economic sanctions efforts to meet compliance objectives in a cost-effective way.
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- Paul S. Beckwith, CAMS
Senior Compliance Risk Manager, National City, Cleveland, Ohio
Paul is responsible for anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance and operations, corporate and deposit regulatory compliance, and compliance data analytics. He coordinates these activities for all business lines, and supports the management of risks at the enterprise level. Prior to his current role, Paul spent eight years managing information security and incident response activities at National City. He specializes in the design and application of technology to improve business risk practices, with a focus on security, privacy, fraud, and compliance.
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- Kieran Beer
Editor-in-Chief, moneylaundering.com, Fortent Inform, New York, New York
Kieran has been the editor-in-chief and editorial director for moneylaundering.com and Fortent Inform since January 2006. Prior to that he was executive editor of Bloomberg Wealth Manager, a trade magazine for financial advisers to wealthy individuals and he also served as a staff writer for Bloomberg Markets Magazine. He has been a financial journalist for 20 years and, in addition to his editing duties, now writes regularly on money laundering and bank compliance.
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- Christine Bordner, CAMS
Assistant Director of Market Conduct and AML Compliance Officer for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Christine leads the AML program and chairs the AML Committee. In addition to her AML responsibilities, she oversees all sales practices complaints and investigations, complaint monitoring and reporting, FINRA filings and responses to inquiries from securities regulators regarding associated persons. She is a participating member of the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) – AML/CI Workgroup.
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- Linda L. Busby
Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Raymond James Financial, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Linda is responsible for anti-money laundering efforts at Raymond James Financial and its broker/dealer Raymond James & Associates. She is also responsible for their OFAC and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act programs. Prior to her AML efforts, she supervised the firm’s Treasury Department. Linda is a member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Committee.
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- John Byrne, CAMS
Legal and Regulatory Consultant
John is a nationally known regulatory and legislative Attorney with over 25 years experience in banking and financial crimes issues, with particular expertise in all aspects of regulatory management and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. John is the current Chairman of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
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- David B. Chenkin, CAMS
Partner, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York
David represents financial institutions in civil, criminal, regulatory and compliance matters. As head of the firm's anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance groups, he represents institutions under investigation by Congress, federal, state and local prosecutors, and banking regulators. He also handles confidential internal investigations for clients facing potential civil, criminal and regulatory problems.
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- Harold A. Crawford, CAMS
Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering, Brown Brothers Harriman, New York, New York
Harold implements and oversees the international AML program across all business lines including investment management, global custody, banking and advisory services. Previously, he was deputy regional money laundering prevention officer and head of financial intelligence at the Americas region of UBS Investment Bank. He is a former national bank examiner at the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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- Darren Donovan
Principal, Forensic Practice, KPMG, Boston
Darren works on a wide array of issues pertaining to investigation and integrity advisory services for his clients. He has extensive hands-on experience in the areas of financial fraud, due diligence, anti money laundering, and fraud/integrity risk management. He has worked for a highly diverse client base throughout the U.S. and the world. In 2004, Darren personally conducted in-country projects in China, Korea, Japan, Australia, and Brazil.
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- Holly S. Dorr, CAMS
Holly serves as the BSA and OFAC compliance officer within the Retail Division of RBS Americas. RBS Americas encompasses all the Royal Bank of Scotland Group's operating units in North America and Latin America, including the Retail Division of Citizens Financial Group, the ninth-largest U.S. commercial banking company by asset size. Holly joined Citizens in 2003 as Senior Risk Manager. Previously, she was the Director of Corporate Security and Risk Management for NSTAR Electric and Gas in Boston MA.
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- Beth M. Elfrey
Director, Fraud/Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Small Business/Self-Employed Operating Division, Washington, D.C.
Beth is responsible for the oversight of BSA compliance operations of non-bank financial institutions, including money services businesses, insurance and jewelers, and is responsible for the IRS fraud referral program. Previously, she served 15 years as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, where she prosecuted numerous criminal tax cases.
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- Karen Ellis, CAMS
Director, AML Compliance – Programs and Risk, Western Union, Englewood, Colorado
Karen leads the department’s product support, AML risk assessment, and policy management functions. In that role she is responsible for ensuring proper AML compliance controls are in place for all new and existing consumer products and services. In addition, her team completes a regularly updated AML risk assessment, including information regarding the department’s assessment of geographic, consumer, product, and entity risk according to BSA requirements and industry standards. She serves as the AML Compliance Department liaison on the Western Union Enterprise Risk Management committee.
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- Brian L. Ferrell
Assistant Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford, Connecticut
Brian is responsible for the development and implementation of a global AML program and ensuring overall compliance of policies and standards for all lines of business. Previously, he was chief counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. There, he provided legal and policy guidance and advice on a range of Bank Secrecy Act and money laundering issues. Brian is part of various industry anti-money laundering groups.
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- Martin Feuer, CAMS
Chief Compliance Officer, Zurich Financial Services North American Divisions, New York, New York
Martin has thirty years experience in the financial services industry. Previously he was a director at Deloitte & Touche, a compliance officer for Banca di Roma’s U.S. operations and senior Federal Reserve examiner in New York. He is on the board of directors of the International Financial Services Association and belongs to the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals.
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- L. Richard Fischer
Partner, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, D.C.
For over 35 years, Richard has advised a wide variety of financial institutions on a full range of financial services, payment system and retail banking issues. His practice is specialized on data security, privacy, e-commerce, technology and joint venture issues. He serves as Washington Counsel for Visa.
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- Susan J. Galli, CAMS
Managing Director, BDO Consulting, Miami, Florida
Susan is responsible for the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Advisory & Forensics, as well as matters involving regulatory risk and fraud investigations. Previously, she served as the senior anti-money laundering coordinator and a member of Citigroup’s Global Anti-Money Laundering team, as well as the Latin America AML director for Citigroup businesses in Latin America. There, she developed AML risk scoring policies and procedures and implemented automated customer acquisition due diligence processes, among others.
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- Michael German
Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington Legislative Office, Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining the ACLU, Michael served sixteen-years as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he specialized in domestic terrorism and covert operations. He currently serves as an adjunct professor for Law Enforcement and Terrorism at the National Defense University and is a Senior Fellow with GlobalSecurity.org. German is the author of “Thinking Like a Terrorist,” which was published in January 2007.
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- Lourdes Gonzalez
Assistant Chief Counsel for Sales Practices, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
Lourdes is part of the Office of Sales Practices, which has program responsibility for a broad range of broker-dealer sales practice issues, as well as broker-dealer supervision, anti-money laundering compliance, and securities arbitration. Lourdes is the SEC representative to the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, and her office represents the Commission in the U.S. delegation to the Financial Action Task Force. She also has served as Counsel to former SEC Commissioner Laura S. Unger.
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- Kimberly Hebb, CAMS
BSA/AML Compliance Specialist, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
She supports the development of Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering policy, guidance and examination procedures. She is the lead BSA training instructor and also provides training at the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). Previously, she worked four years as a compliance officer at a large community bank in Ohio.
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- Pamela J. Johnson
Managing Director and Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering & Sanctions Compliance, Citigroup, New York, New York
Pamela joined Citi in 2004 as Deputy Director of AML to develop and lead a Global Task Force to conduct country AML compliance examinations. She was appointed Global AML Head in 2006. Previously, she was the Director of AML Policy & Regulatory Coordination for Deutsche Bank and also held several senior positions at the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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- Philip Keitel
Industry Specialist, Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Philip is responsible for researching and analyzing emerging issues in consumer credit and payments, particularly legal and regulatory issues. The Payment Cards Center provides meaningful insights into developments in consumer credit and payments to the Federal Reserve, the industry, businesses and policymakers. He also presently serves as the vice-chair of the Banking and Commercial Finance Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
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- Ron P. King, CAMS
Vice President and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Scotiabank Group, Toronto
Ron designs, develops, implements and maintains Scotiabank Group’s global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing program. He coordinates all activities related to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing for the major business lines for the institution and supports management in assessing and managing enterprise-wide risks, developing standards and procedures for anti-money laundering controls, training and monitoring transactions.
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- Barry M. Koch, CAMS
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase, New York
Barry joined the corporate AML compliance team of JPMorgan Chase upon its acquisition of Washington Mutual in September 2008. At WaMu, he was a Senior Vice President and the Bank Secrecy Act Officer. Prior to that he was the Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering at American Express, where he was responsible for managing the corporate-wide AML and Sanctions compliance programs, along with the compliance programs for the Travelers Cheques and Foreign Exchange businesses. While at Amex, he served on FinCEN's Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, created by Congress to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on BSA issues. He has held senior compliance positions at Charles Schwab & Co., and at Smith Barney. Barry participates in industry groups such as The Wolfsberg Forum, The New York Clearing House AML Committee and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Private Sector Dialogue. He is a member of the Advisory Board of ACAMS.
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- William D. Langford
Senior Vice President and Director of Global Anti-Money Laundering, JPMorgan Chase, New York, New York
William oversees the global anti-money laundering program. Previously, he was the JPMorgan Chase associate director for regulatory policy and programs at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, where he focused on the implementation of the anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. He previously served as the senior advisor to the general counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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- Holly D. Lias, CAMS
AML Officer, TD Ameritrade, Omaha, Nebraska
As AML Officer, Holly oversees all anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing operations for TD AMERITRADE and is responsible for developing and implementing TD AMERITRADE's AML program. She began working in AML in 2004 and was designated a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in 2005. In her position as AML Officer, Ms. Lias has formed an AML Peer Group, to include TD AMERITRADE and other leading broker-dealers, that evaluates AML/CTF risks and trends that are specific to the brokerage industry.
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- Dennis M. Lormel
Managing Director, IPSA Northeast Region, Herndon, Virginia
Dennis focuses on anti-money laundering and terrorism financing issues. For 28 years, he served as a special agent in the FBI and served as chief of the FBI Financial Crimes Program. There, he formulated, established and directed the FBI’s terrorist financing initiative following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Prior to joining IPSA, he was senior vice president for a full service corporate security consulting firm.
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- Brian W. Lynch
Section Chief, Terrorist Financing Operations Section, FBI, Washington, D.C.
Brian is in charge of the terrorist financing operations of counter terrorism investigations undertaken by the FBI. He manages six individual units which gather intelligence, form partnerships, provide training to both domestic and international law enforcement and intelligence agencies. He has served at the FBI since 1987 and has worked on numerous financial crime and counter terrorism investigations. He is a certified public accountant.
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- Brian Mannion
Lead Counsel, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio
Brian is primarily responsible for implementing Bank Secrecy Act and OFAC policies for Nationwide’s business lines, including its broker-dealer, mutual fund and life insurance companies. Recently, he has been leading the implementation of the new U.S. identity theft regulations for Nationwide companies. Prior to joining Nationwide, he was assistant vice president for a regional bank.
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- S. Marshall Martin
Co-General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, City National Bank of Florida, Miami
Marshall has over fifteen years of substantial bank regulatory compliance/risk management, finance, accounting, and legal experience. He joined City National Bank of Florida in early February 2009 as co-General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. In his prior role at Wachovia Bank, N.A, Marshall’s accountabilities related to executing against USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, and OCC mandates with respect to high-risk customers (e.g., NRAs, MSBs, PEPs, charities, foreign legal entities, travel agencies, etc.).
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- Michael R. McDonald, CAMS
Principal, Michael McDonald and Associates, Miami, Florida
Michael specializes in anti-money laundering issues and independent examinations of the AML controls of banks and money transmitters and the operations of government agencies. For 28 years, he was a special agent of the U.S. IRS Criminal Investigation Division, where he was a pioneer of the U.S. money laundering control effort helping to found the legendary Operation Greenback in South Florida in 1979. In addition, he chairs the ACAMS Money Services Business Task Force.
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- James F. McGinnis, CAMS
Managing Director Anti-Money Laundering – Ethics & Compliance, BNP Paribas, New York
James heads the U.S. anti-money laundering compliance effort for BNP Paribas and an affiliated broker-dealer. In that capacity, he revised and implemented the bank’s USA PATRIOT Act compliance program and developed and implemented research and development and quality assurance programs for AML monitoring. Previously, he was managing director and investment bank anti-money laundering officer at JPMorgan Chase, where he oversaw the AML program for North American investment bank.
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- Charlotte McGuffin
BSA Technical Advisor, Internal Revenue Service, Jacksonville, Florida
Charlotte has been a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Technical Advisor for the IRS since 2006. In that capacity, she assists with BSA examinations, provides guidance on BSA issues and delivers training to the casino and money services businesses industries on BSA requirements and examinations. Prior to becoming a technical advisor, she was involved in the BSA program of the IRS as an examiner, program coordinator and manager.
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- Debra L. Novak, CAMS
Chief, Anti-Money Laundering Section, Division of Supervision & Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Debra assists in developing policy in the area of Bank Secrecy Act/USA PARTIOT Act, oversees the review of institutions with considerable BSA concerns, assists in the notification to the banking industry regarding the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions and compliance; and has assisted in the development of the FFIEC BSA/AML Examination Manual. She is a certified anti-money laundering specialist and certified fraud examiner.
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- Teresa Pesce
Principal, Forensic Practice, KPMG, New York
As a leader of the AML service line, Terry has assisted financial institutions address AML and sanctions issues, including assessing money laundering and OFAC risks, testing systems and controls, conducting transaction reviews and others. Before joining KPMG, she was executive vice president and AML director for North America at HSBC. Prior to that she was chief of the Major Crimes Unit and deputy chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, where she supervised all money laundering cases.
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- Jonathan I. Polk
Vice President, Bank Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jonathan is responsible for anti-money laundering and compliance examinations within the legal and compliance risk division. He has held several positions at the bank’s legal group where he specialized in litigation and regulatory enforcement. In January 2006, he moved to the Bank Supervision Group.
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- Randy Raszler, CAMS
Manager, Compliance Administration and Anti-Money Laundering, Mutual of Omaha
Randy oversees the Compliance Administration area, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company's anti-money laundering program. His area is also responsible for reviewing new laws and regulations and distributing them throughout the company, as well as various other compliance functions. Randy has been with Mutual of Omaha for more than 15 years, serving in various areas of the company. He has worked in the compliance field for the past nine years.
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- Roseanna Ridgway, CAMS
Compliance Consultant, Office of Chief Legal & Governance Officer, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio
For the past five years, Roseanna has been a leader in Nationwide’s AML and OFAC compliance group. She has primary responsibilities for assisting Nationwide Bank with its AML and OFAC efforts as well as performing investigation and case management workflow. Prior to joining Nationwide, Roseanna worked at a small regional thrift for eighteen years.
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- Anthony L. Rodriguez, CAMS
Chief Global Compliance Officer, RIA Financial Services, Cerritos, California
Anthony oversees compliance operations for the company, which has a network of more than 40,000 agents offering consumer money transfer services in more than 95 countries and territories. Acquired by Euronet, a leading electronic payments provider in 2007, RIA processes approximately $4.5 billion in money transfers. Previously, he held positions at JPMorgan Chase as vice president of compliance and as chief compliance officer at Pronto Envios.
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- John Sabatini
Principal, Financial Services, Ernst & Young, New York
John serves as the Technology Enablement service line leader for compliance initiatives within the New York Financial Services Office of Ernst & Young. In this role, he is responsible for developing service offerings and managing client engagements in the areas of anti-money laundering, trade compliance, trade surveillance, electronic messaging, and data retention. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, John worked for Arthur Andersen, L.L.P., where he served as an Information Technology Consultant for various financial service companies.
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- Kiren M. Schulte
Senior Director, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, MoneyGram International, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kiren's focus is on leading, advancing and implementing a comprehensive AML compliance program. Previously, she was the vice president of compliance at Universal Savings Bank where she led bank-wide compliance activities, including implementing, managing and monitoring a high quality compliance program. She also served as vice president of mortgage production at St. Francis Bank and directed and managed the entire operations of the mortgage processing, closing, and underwriting departments, as well as vendor management functions.
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- Markus E. Schulz
Chief Compliance Officer Global Life & Banking and Global Head Financial Crime, Zurich Insurance
Markus joined Zurich in January 2008 after 13 years at ABN AMRO Bank, where he held various senior global compliance positions, including Global Head Compliance Service Center and COO AML Compliance. Prior to his time in compliance, he served in a variety of senior in-country, regional and global management positions in the Back-, Mid- and Front-Office located in Germany, UK and the Netherlands. He was an active member of multiple banking compliance industry groups and is a very frequent and regular speaker on AML, compliance, fraud and financial crime.
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- Maarten Sengers
Principal, BSG Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Since entering the field in 1993, Maarten has worked with a variety of corporations, including companies in financial services, in all aspects of export compliance. He has conducted numerous export compliance audits for both U.S. and international companies and is fully familiar with the latest regulatory developments. His work includes classifying thousands of products to determine their export control restrictions, obtaining export licenses, and constructing and implementing related compliance procedures, and providing practical day-to-day export compliance advice.
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- Jeffrey Sklar, CAMS
Principal with Sklar Heyman & Co. CPAs, New York
Jeff has extensive anti-money laundering experience in the check-cashing, pawn-broking and money transmission industries, where he has worked in compliance programs, operations management, internal controls systems and accounting systems, as well as with various regulatory issues. Among his activities with ACAMS, Sklar chairs the association’s Money Services Business Task Force.
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- Richard A. Small
Vice President, Enterprise-wide AML and Sanctions Risk Management, American Express, New York, New York
Richard previously served as global AML leader for GE Money. Prior to that he was the managing director of global anti-money laundering at Citigroup, overseeing and helping to develop AML policies and procedures. He joined the Federal Reserve System as special counsel in 1989, with responsibility for all Bank Secrecy Act and money laundering matters, conducting investigations of complex financial transactions, suspicious activities and related enforcement actions. He is also vice-chair of the ACAMS Advisory Board.
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- Sandra Stevenson, CAMS
Managing Director, Ascella Compliance, Washington, D.C.
Sandra oversees the day to day activities of Ascella Compliance, a highly diversified regulatory compliance consultancy serving MSBs and Financial Institutions and financially backed by government agencies. Having previously worked in BSA/AML/OFAC Compliance and Audit at Wells Fargo Bank, First Data/Western Union, and MoneyGram International, she has extensive experience with AML regulatory requirements.
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- Don Temple, CAMS
Director, Forensic Services Practice, KPMG, Baltimore
Don is a recognized expert on money laundering, the detection of suspicious transactions and AML programs of financial institutions. Previously, he was the industry expert on currency reporting, fraud and money laundering prevention, detection and enforcement for Mantas. He served for 26 years as a Special Agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service and led and conducted many money laundering, forfeiture and Bank Secrecy Act cases.
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- Madeleine Thomey
Compliance Technology Manager, Compliance Risk Department, National City Bank, Cleveland Ohio
Madeleine created the Compliance Technology and Analytics group to provide necessary statistical analysis for the BSA/AML (Bank Secrecy Act/ Anti-Money Laundering) group, and ongoing technical support for Lending Compliance, Non-Bank Compliance, and Fiduciary Risk. Prior to this position, she was the HMDA and CRA (Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Community Reinvestment Act) Data Manager for National City.
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- Deborah S. Thoren-Peden
Partner, Pillsbury Law, Los Angeles
Deborah is the co-leader of the firm’s Consumer & Retail industry team and the leader of the firm’s privacy group. Her practice focuses on banking, electronic commerce, privacy, anti-money laundering and the Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations. Her primary area of practice also includes, among others, the Bank Secrecy Act, electronic funds transfers, gift and prepaid cards, risk management and compliance. She participates on the NACHA Council for Electronic Billing and Payment, and the ATMIA Debit Council, and has participated on other various NACHA working groups.
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- Eugene J Truono
Chief Compliance Officer, American Express Bank, New York
Eugene is the Chief Compliance Officer for American Express Bank Ltd. (AEBL) now part of the Standard Chartered Group. He has worked on the AML Remediation Project for the Correspondent Bank in New York over the past year. Prior to that, he worked on the AML Remediation Project at American Express Bank International (AEBI) in Miami. His current role is to assist in the integration of AEBL into Standard Chartered Bank. Eugene has over 20 years of banking, regulatory compliance and legal experience covering all aspects of various size financial institutions’ compliance programs.
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- John Wagner, CAMS
Director of Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
John supervises development of BSA/AML examination policy and procedures and training programs for the OCC field staff. He also provides policy interpretation and guidance to field examiners and staff and represents the OCC and the U.S. Treasury Department on interagency task forces on money laundering issues. A national bank examiner, he previously was a BSA/AML specialist in the OCC’s compliance policy division.
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- Robert P. Walsh
Global Anti-Money Laundering Officer AXA Group, New York, New York
Robert has global responsibility for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing for the group, which encompasses insurance, investment management, brokerage and banking in 50 countries. He also has day-to-day responsibility for the AML/CTF program at AXA Financial, AXA’s US business. Previously, he held positions at another international insurer, the Ontario Securities Commission and at Bankers Trust Company. He serves on the AML committee of the ACLI and the Insurance Subcommittee of the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group.
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- Eric T. Young, CAMS
Managing Director and Capital Markets Global Compliance Leader, GE, Fairfield, Connecticut
Eric is responsible for GE’s broker dealer and capital markets compliance program globally. He also leads an enterprise-wide compliance program where GE helps obtain third-party financing for clients who want to purchase GE healthcare, aviation, energy, or other industrial products in emerging markets. Prior to joining GE, he was deputy head of compliance and regional money laundering reporting officer for UBS Investment Bank Americas.
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- Dr. John S. Zdanowicz
Professor of Finance, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
John is the world pioneer in exposing money laundering and suspected terrorist financing through international trade. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Customs and the U.S. Justice Department on transfer pricing and money laundering through trade and has presented his research to the European Commission, the Treasury Department’s U.S.-MENA Private Sector Dialogue and international conferences.
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