Presentations 2021 - online!

Thirty-eighth Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime

Economic crime - who pays and who should pay?

While the 38th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime has been able to proceed in a smaller physical form, we are delighted that people have been able to contribute and attend virtually, too. We have made recordings of the sessions available for you to view here, together with some prepared presentations. The programme is available here, too.

 
 
 

Saturday 11 September 2021

Alternative programme: Cryptocurrency and blockchain AML summit

Under the auspices of the AML Training Institute and the Luminous Group, USA


The age of the whistle-blower

Under the auspices of WhistleblowersUK


The New Silk Road One Belt One Road: promoting trade, justice, stability and integrity along the road

(The Fourth Cambridge Conference on China’s One Belt One Road Programme)

Hosted by UK Sichuan Business Association and the China International Law, Finance, Investment Network (CILFIN)


Plenary workshops


Alternative programme: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain AML Summit

Under the auspices of the AML Training Institute and the Luminous Group, USA

Introducing the complexities of Crypto currency and blockchain technology

  • Co-ordinator: Ms Carol van Cleef, CEO, Luminous Group, Chair, Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice, Bradley Arant Boult and Cummings LLP, Washington DC, USA

  • Ms Cathy Yoon, General Counsel, INX, USA

  • Mr Paul Snow, Chief Blockchain Scientist, Inveniam and Founder and CEO, Factom, USA

  • Mr Ben Whitby, Crypto Regulatory SME, Qredo, London, UK

  • Ms Amber Scott, CEO, Outlier, Canada

Session 1: The challenges of the technology

  • Co-ordinator: Ms Carol van Cleef, CEO, Luminous Group, Chair, Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice, Bradley Arant Boult and Cummings LLP, Washington DC, USA

  • Mr Ben Whitby, Crypto Regulatory SME, Qredo, London, UK

  • Ms Urszula McCormack, Partner, King and Wood Mallesons, USA

  • Ms Araba Eshun, Head of Compliance and MLRO, Gemini, UK

  • Ms Samantha Sheen, Founder and Director, Ex Ante Advisory Limited, UK

  • Ms Olta Andoni, Chief Legal Officer, Nifty’s Inc and Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA

  • Ms Denisse Rudich, Founder and Executive Director, Rudich Advisory, UK

  • Ms Amber Scott, CEO, Outlier, Canada

Session 2: Confronting reality: What can and should be regulated and by whom?

  • Co-ordinator: Ms Carol van Cleef, CEO, Luminous Group, Chair, Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice, Bradley Arant Boult and Cummings LLP,  Washington DC, USA

  • Ms Simone Martin, Deputy Director, Anguilla Financial Services Commission, Anguilla

  • Mr Jonathan Blattmachr, Deputy General Counsel, INX Limited and former Chief, Virtual Currency, New York Department of Financial Services, USA

  • Mr Joseph Borg, Director, Albama Securities Commission, USA

  • Ms Pamela Clegg, Vice President of Investigations, CipherTrace and formerly International Investigations, US Department of State, USA

  • Dr Ruth Wandhofer, Chair, Payment System Regulator Panel; CIO, GC Partners; Partner, Gauss Ventures and Member, Board of Advisors, RTGS Limited, UK

  • Mr Jackson Muller, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Securrency and former Fintech Lead, Milken Institute, USA

  • Mr Asad Khan, Digital Technology Advisor, BIS Innovation Hub, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

  • Ms Urszula McCormack, Partner, King and Wood Mallesons, USA

Session 3: Technology to the rescue?

  • Co-ordinator: Ms Alma Angotti Partner, Financial Sercies and Practice Co-Leader, Global Investigations,Guidhouse, USA and former Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Investigations, Navigant, Washington DC, US

  • Mr Dave Jevans, CEO, CipherTrace, USA

  • Mr Ari Redbord, Head, Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs and former Senior Advisor to the Deputy and the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, US Department of Treasury, USA

  • Ms Mary Beth Buchanan, President, Americas and Global Chief Legal Officer, Merkle Science and former US Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, USA

  • Dr Ruth Wandhofer, Chair, Payment System Regulator Panel; CIO, GC Partners; Partner, Gauss Ventures and Member, Board of Advisors, RTGS Limited, UK

  • Mr Jackson Muller, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Securrency and former Fintech Lead, Milken Institute, USA

  • Mr Chen Arad, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Solidus Labs, USA

  • Ms Tilcia Toledo, Managing Director, FTI Consulting, USA

Session 4: Who is paying and who should pay: Private sector initiatives

  • Ms Alma Angotti Partner, Financial Sercies and Practice Co-Leader Global Investigations, Guidehouse, USA and former Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Investigations, Navigant, Washington DC, USA

  • Ms Carol van Cleef, CEO, Luminous Group, Chair, Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice, Bradley Arant Boult and Cummings LLP, Washington DC, USA

  • Ms Samantha Pelosi, Senior Director, Financial Services, Guidehouse, former Senior Vice President, Payment and Innovation, American Bankers Association and former Manager, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, USA

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The age of the whistle-blower

Under the auspices of WhistleblowersUK

Keynote addresses

  • Chair: Professor Barry Rider, founder, Executive Director and Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professorial Fellow, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

  • The Rt Hon Baroness Kramer of Richmond Park PC, Member of the House of Lords, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and member All Party Parliamentary Group on Banking and former Minister of State Department of Transport, UK

Session 19: Whistleblower protection: Is legislation the answer?

  • Chair: The Rt Hon Baroness Kramer of Richmond Park PC, Member of the House of Lords, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson and member All Party Parliamentary Group on Banking and former Minister of State Department of Transport, UK

  • Ms Mary Robinson MP, Member of Parliament and Co-Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing, House of Commons, UK

  • Dr Vigjilenca Abazi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Research Co-ordinator, University of Maastrict, The Netherlands

  • Mrs Tessa Munt, Chair of WhistleblowersUK and former member of Parliament

  • Alison Crotch-Harvey, Manager, Grant Thornton UK LLP, UK

  • Mr Ian Mitchell QC, Tanfield Chambers, London and Chair, Legal Panel, Whistleblowers UK

  • Ms Lloydette Bai-Marrow, Barrister and former Prosecutor, Serious Fraud Office of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, UK

  • Dr Wim Vandekerckhove, Reader in Business Ethics, Co-Director, Centre for Research Employment and Work-CREW, Faculty of Business University of Greenwich and Visiting Fellow, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia

  • The Hon Dr Mohammed Kyari Dikwa, former Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Federal Ministry of Finance and Accountant General of the Federation, Nigeria

  • Ms Alexandra Sidossis, Barrister, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London, UK

  • Mr Simon Reevell, Barrister, St Johns Buildings, London, UK

  • Mr Simon Clark, Reporter, Wall Street Journal, London, UK

  • Ms Cynthia Stimpel, Co-Founder of Citizens of Conscience Foundation, former Group Treasurer at South African Airways

  • Mrs Georgina Halford-Hall, CEO, WhistleblowersUK and Director, Policy and Strategy, All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing, UK

Session 20: Leaks, tips and whistleblowing - threat or opportunity

  • Chair: Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham, former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK

  • Mr Giles Newman, Managing Director, Navex Global, UK

  • Mr John Banerjee, FX trader and whistleblower, UK

  • Mr Stephen Kohn, Partner, Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Whistleblower Center, USA

  • Mr Tom Warren, Investigative reporter, BuzzFeed News, UK

  • Mr George Patellis, Former CEO, Financial Company, UK

  • Mrs Georgina Halford-Hall, CEO, WhistleblowersUK and Director, Policy and Strategy, All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing, UK

Session 21: What is a just expectation for whistleblowers and how can we best achieve it?

  • Chair: Mrs Georgina Halford-Hall, CEO, WhistleblowersUK and Director, Policy and Strategy, All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing, UK

  • Mr Kevin Hollinrake MP, Member of Parliament and Joint Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Banking, House of Commons, UK

  • Mr Andy Noble, Head of Whistleblowing, Speak Up and Complaints Policy Compliance and Conduct, NatWest Group, London, UK

  • Mr Paul Dowling, Partner, International Civil Litigation, Leigh Day Solicitors, London, UK

  • Mr Paul Milata, Founder, Nemexis, Berlin, Germany

  • Ms Lindsey Rogerson, Senior Editor, Financial Regulation, Thomson Reuters, UK

  • Mr Joseph Gulino, Director and Assistant Managing Partner, DRRT, USA

  • Ms Melanie Devoe, Attorney advisor , Whistleblower Office, CTFC, USA

  • Mr Rory Field, Presenter and Private Practice Lawyer assisting the WhistleblowersUK legal panel, London UK

  • Ms Carolyn D’Souza, Barrister at 12KBW Law Firm, London, UK

Session 22: Non-Disclosure Agreements and business ethics; the role of politician, HR, compliance and the legal profession

  • Chair: Mr Iain Mitchell QC, Tanfield Chambers, London and Chair, Legal Panel, WhistleblowersUK

  • Ms Alexandra Sidossis, Barrister, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London, UK

  • Mr Anthony Stansfield, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, former Chief of Staff (Intelligence) Far East, British Army and Managing Director, Pilatus Britten Norman, UK

  • Mr Lacy Rankin Harwell Jr, Office of the United States Attorney, Florida, USA

  • Mr Jonathan Coad, Founder and Director, Coad Law, UK

  • Professor Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law and Professional Ethics, University of Exeter, UK

  • Mr Richard Parlour, Principal, Financial Markets Law International, UK

  • Ms Mary Inman, Partner , Constantine Cannon LLP, USA

  • Ms Neta Meidav, CEO & Co-Founder, Vault Platform, London, UK

  • Mrs Anna Villette, Interim Management Consultant WhistleblowersUK

Closing comments

  • Mrs Georgina Halford-Hall, CEO, WhistleblowersUK and Director, Policy and Strategy, All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing, UK

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The New Silk Road One Belt One Road: promoting trade, justice, stability and integrity along the road

(The Fourth Cambridge Conference on China’s One Belt One Road Programme)

Hosted by UK Sichuan Business Association and the China International Law, Finance, Investment Network (CILFIN)

Welcome and keynote addresses

  • Chair: Professor Barry Rider, Professor of Comparative Law, Renmin University, People’s Republic of China; Wenlan Scholar and Professor of Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law; Professorial Fellow, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and Co-Chairman of the Symposium; Chair, China International Law, Finance, Investment Network and Chair, Advisory Council, UK Sichuan Business Association, UK

  • Mrs Mei Sim Lai, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Principal, Laipeters Co, HM Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, chair of the City Branch of the Institute of Directors and China Interest Group, UK

  • Mr David Fitzpatrick, Barrister, England and Wales and Hong Kong and former Senior Crown Counsel, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

Session 1: Resolving disputes along the Silk Road – China’s perspective

  • Chair: Ms Cecilia Xu Lindsey, Barrister and Arbitrator, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK

  • Dr Wangwei Lin, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Coventry University, UK

  • Dr Liang Zhao, Associate Professor in Law, Southampton Law School, University of Southampton, UK

  • Professor Zhen Jing, Professor of International Trade and Insurance Law, Bangor Law School, Bangor University, UK

Session 2: Legal issues along the Belt and Road Initiative outside of China

  • Chair: Mr Theodore Huckle QC, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers and Master of the Bench of Lincoln’s Inn, Visiting Professor of Law, Kings College, University of London and former HM Counsel General for Wales

  • Dr Siddharth Saxena, Affiliated University Lecturer, Centre for Development Studies and Principal Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Chairperson of the Cambridge Central Asia Forum, Director of Cambridge Kazakhstan Centre and Honorary Secretary of the Committee for Central and Inner Asia and Fellow Commoner, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

  • Ms Julie Wilson, Managing Partner, Shinewing Wilson and former Partner UHY Hacker Young, UK

Session 3: Can we arbitrate our way out of difficulties?

  • Chair: Professor Sir William Blair QC, Professor of Financial Law and Ethics, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London; former Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, Queens Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales; Chair of the Bank of England’s Enforcement Decision Making Committee; President, Board of Appeal, European Supervisory Authorities, International Commercial Expert, Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China and Master of the Bench of Lincoln’s Inn, UK

  • Professor Lei Chen, Chair of Chinese Law, Law School, Durham University, UK

  • Mrs Cecilia Xu Lindsey, Barrister and Arbitrator, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK

  • Dr Michael Reynolds, Solicitor, Researcher and Chartered Arbitrator, Research Fellow, London School of Economics and International Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Programme Leader, BPP University, London, UK

Closing addresses

  • Chair: Ms Li Hong Xing, Executive President, UK Sichuan Business Association and Principal Lecturer in Chinese Business and Finance Law, BPP University, UK

  • Dr Oonagh McDonald, International Regulatory Consultant, former Member of Parliament and Principal Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Opposition Spokesman on Treasury and Economic Affairs, former Director, Financial Services Authority, FSA Ombudsman Scheme and Investors Compensation Scheme, UK

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Plenary workshop 33: Criminal spending behaviour and recovering high wealth assets

  • Chair: Dr Mary Alice Young, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of the West of England, UK 

  • Mr Jonathan Benton, Founder and Director, Intelligent Sanctuary and former Head of UK’s International Corruption Unit, National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Corruption Unit, Metropolitan Police Service, UK

  • Mr Tim Connolly, Senior Investigation Officer, Offender Management and Enforcement Team, HM Customs and Excise, UK

  • Mr Sean Mason, Financial Crime Consultant, UK

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Plenary workshop 34: Exploring the nexus between illicit financial flows and the offshore world

  • Chair: Dr Mary Alice Young, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of the West of England, UK 

  • Mr Jonathan Benton, Founder and Director, Intelligent Sanctuary and former Head of UK’s International Corruption Unit, National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Corruption Unit, Metropolitan Police Service, UK

  • Mr Oliver Bullough, Journalist, The Guardian, UK

  • Mr Sean Mason, Financial Crime Consultant, UK

  • Dr Amber Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of the West of England, UK

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Friday 10 September 2021

Combating corruption and financial crime in partnership – international stability, security and development

Under the auspices of the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge


Plenary workshops


Combating corruption and financial crime in partnership – international stability, security and development

Under the auspices of the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge

Keynote addresses

  • Chair: Dr Ingrida Kerusauskaite, Affiliated Lecturer, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and Portfolio Lead, Anti-Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows, Palladium, London, UK

  • Professor Barry Rider, Founder and Executive Director and Co-Chairman of the Symposium and Professorial Fellow, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and former Chief Commonwealth Fraud Officer and Head of the Commonwealth Commercial Crime Unit, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK

  • Dr Shailaja Fennell, Reader in Regional Development and Economic Security, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and Fellow and Graduate Tutor of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK

  • Professor Mads Andenas QC, Professor of Law, University of Oslo, Norway; Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford and former Visiting Fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Director of the Centre for Corporate Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; United Nations Human Rights Mandate Holder and Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, Norway

Session 15: Sifting through fake news: the role of research and academia in fighting financial crime

  • Chair: Dr Ingrida Kerusauskaite, Affiliated Lecturer, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and Portfolio Lead, Anti-Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows, Palladium, London, UK

  • Professor Paul Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, Programme Director, Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme and Trustee, Transparency International, UK

  • Professor Elizabeth David-Barrett, Professor of Governance and Integrity, University of Sussex, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption, UK

  • Mr Phil Mason, Anti-Corruption Specialist and former Senior Advisor in Anti-Corruption Policy for Department for International Development, UK

  • Ms Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, Switzerland

  • Mr James Sparrow, Associate, Governance, Palladium UK

Dr Arne Strand, Director, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Norway

Session 16: Establishing mutually beneficial partnerships: private sector and regulator collaboration

  • Chair: Mr Saul M Froomkin QC, Chairman of the Symposium, Director, Special Counsel, Christopher E Swan & Co, Bermuda and former Attorney General of Bermuda

  • Ms Alexandra Maddy, Head of Business Integrity, CDC Group plc, London, UK

  • Mr Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute, (RUSI), UK and formerly Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group and Head of European Public Sector, JP Morgan, UK

  • Mr Richard Parlour, Principal, Financial Markets Law International, UK

  • Ms Jekaterina Govina, Executive Director of Financial Sector Supervision Service at Bank of Lithuania, Lithuania

  • Dr Diane Bugeja, Senior Associate in Financial Services Law, Financial Regulation and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates, UK and Malta

  • Professor Louis de Koker, Professor of Law, La Trobe Law School, College of Arts, Social Science and Commerce, La Trobe University, Australia

  • Ms Elena Kalaitzi, Manager, Forensic Financial Crime, KPMG and former Money Laundering Reporting Office, Emporiki Bank Cyprus Ltd, UK

  • Dr Daniele Canestri, former Financial Crime manager, Global Financial Crime Team, Barclays plc, UK

  • Dr Ines Sofia Oliveira, Analyst, Policy, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), France

  • Ms Rasha Laswi, Partner, Andersen Tax and Legal, Jordan

Session 17: Moving beyond an ‘us and them’ approach: fostering a collaborative approach to law enforcement

  • Chair: Ms Jennifer Hutchinson, Manager in Governance, Palladium International, UK

  • Mr Jonathan Benton, Founder and Director, Intelligent Sanctuary and former   Head of UK's International Corruption Unit, National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Corruption Unit, Metropolitan Police Service, UK

  • The Hon Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria

  • Professor Cheyanne Church, Co-Director, Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Programme and Professor of Practice in Aid Effectiveness, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Canada

  • Professor Antonello Miranda, Professor of Comparative Law and Dean of the School of Social Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy 

  • Dr Peter German QC, President, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver, Canada and Advisor, office of the Attorney General, British Columbia, former Deputy Commissioner and Director General of the Financial Crime Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada

  • Ms Victoria Ayer, Training Director, Rule of Law Collaborative, University of South Carolina and independent expert on Anti-Corruption, USA 

  • Mr Lawrence Day, CEO and Founder of the AML Consulting (Global) Group & Cognitas Global Ltd and formerly Accredited Financial Investigator with the Metropolitan Police, UK

Session 18: International partnerships and collaboration

  • Chair: Dr Ingrida Kerusauskaite, Affiliated Lecturer, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and Portfolio Lead, Anti-Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows, Palladium, London, UK

  • Mr Charlie Richiardi, SOCnet - Illicit Finance Policy Lead, Panama and Overseas Territories, British Embassy Panama, Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, UK

  • Mr Francesco de Simone, Jamaica State Modernization Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and former Technical Advisor / Administrator, Transparency Trust Fund (formerly Anti-Corruption Activities Trust Fund), Jamaica

  • Dr Manfredas Limantas, Anti-Corruption and Justice Sector Manager and Programme Lead, European Commission to Ukraine 

  • Mr Gideon Mankralo, Network Manager Ghana and Nigeria, Alliance for Integrity, Ghana

  • Ms Dania Khayyat, Team Leader, Jordan Strengthening Rule of Law project, Palladium, Jordan

Professor Eiji Oyamada, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Japan

Closing remarks

  • Dr Ingrida Kerusauskaite, Affiliated Lecturer, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and Portfolio Lead, Anti-Corruption, Palladium, London, UK

  • Professor Chizu Nakajima, Co-Chair of the British Japanese Law Association, Co-Director of the Symposium, Professor of International and Comparative Law, BPP University, Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law and Governance, London Metropolitan University, UK

  • Mr Saul M Froomkin QC, Chairman of the Symposium, Director, Special Counsel, Christopher E Swan & Co, Bermuda

  • Professor Barry Rider, Founder and Executive Director and Co-Chairman of the Symposium and Professorial Fellow, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and former Chief Commonwealth Fraud Officer and Head of the Commonwealth Commercial Crime Unit, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK

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Plenary workshop 25: Will data be the next frontier in solving financial crime and recovering the proceeds of crime?

  • Chair: Mr Jonathan Benton, Founder and Director, Intelligent Sanctuary, UK and former Head of UK's International Corruption Unit, National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Corruption Unit, Metropolitan Police Service, UK

  • Mr Sean Mason, Senior Financial Investigator, Intelligent Sanctuary UK

  • Mr Gavin Mee, Intelligence Analyst, Intelligent Sanctuary UK

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Plenary workshop 26: Security and conflict in Europe - analysing UK/EU defence post-Brexit

Under the auspices of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

  • Chair: Mr Dennis Hartshorne, Chairman, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

  • Mr Andrew Budd, Head of Plans Section, Operations Division, NATO

  • Mr Jack Davies, Associate, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Research Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

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Plenary workshop 27: Behavioural science: A tool for effective compliance

  • Chair: Ms Amanda Raad, Partner, Ropes and Gray LLP, London, UK

  • Ms Judith Seddon, Partner, Ropes and Gray, London, UK

  • Mr Zach Coseglia, Managing Principal and Head of Innovation, R&G Insights Lab, Ropes and Gray LLP USA

  • Ms Rachel Coyle, Managing Director, EMEA, The Behavioural Insights Team, London, UK

  • Ms Laura Atherton, Vice President, Ethics & Compliance, GlaxoSmithKline LLC, UK

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Plenary workshop 29: Cross-border asset recovery - model building, funding, investigation and recovery

  • Chair: Mr Martin Kenney, founder and Managing Partner, Martin Kenney and Co, Solicitors, British Virgin Island and Member, ICC-Fraudnet

  • Mr Babajide Ogundipe, Senior Partner, Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe and Belgore, Nigeria and Co-executive Director, ICC-FraudNet

  • Mr Michele Caratsch, Partner, Baldi and Caratsch, Switzerland and Co-executive Director, ICC FraudNet

  • Ms Pernille Bigaard, Head, Insolvency Law, Plesner Law Firm, Denmark and Member, ICC-FraudNet

  • Mr James Mather, Barrister, Serle Court, London, UK

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Plenary workshop 30: The Dark Web: myths, legends and criminal use of AI

  • Chair: Mr Richard Parlour, Principal, Financial Markets Law International and Chair, EU Task Force on Cyberspace Policy for the Financial Sector, UK

  • Mr Dave Porter, Associate Partner, Cognitive Solutions, IBM, UK

  • Mr Vincent White, UK Director, Facepoint, UK

  • Dr Dionysios Demetis, Lecturer in Management Systems, Hull University Business SchoolCentre for Systems Studies, Hull University, UK and Visiting Professor, Texas A&M University, USA 

  • Professor Ian Angel, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

  • Dr Tolga Kurt, Managing Director, H3M, Canada

  • Mr Trevor Bedeman, Partner, London Risk, UK

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Plenary workshop 32: The dark side of business – an Italian perspective

  • Chair: Professor Antonello Miranda, Professor of Comparative Law and Dean of the School of Social Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy

  • Professor Paola Maggio, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Palermo, Italy

  • Professor Francesco Parisi, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Bologna, Italy

  • Dr Andrea Merlo, Assistant Professor of Criminal Law, University of Palermo, Italy

  • Professor Gabriella Marcatajo, Professor of Private and Environmental Law, Department of Political Sciences and International Studies, University of Palermo, Italy

  • Dr Sara Rigazio, Assistant Professor of International Private Law, Department of Political Sciences and International Studies, University of Palermo, Italy

  • Dr Livio Corsello, Researcher, Department of Political Sciences and International Studies, University of Palermo, Italy

  • Dr Luisa Schiera, Researcher, University of Palermo, Italy 

  • Dr Marta Bono, Researcher, University of Palermo, Italy 

  • Dr Nicoletta Patti, Researcher, University of Palermo, Italy 

  • Dr Rosamaria Tristano, Researcher, University of Palermo, Italy 

  • Dr Alessandro Arcobasso, Researcher, University of Madrid, Spain

  • Avv. Maria Bruccoleri, Financial Crimes and Compliance Lawyer, Studio Legale, Milan, Italy

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Thursday 9 September 2021

Financial institutions and crime – the risk, costs and the rewards of good compliance and governance

Under the auspices of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) and The British Institute of Securities Laws



Plenary workshops


Financial institutions and crime – the risk, costs and the rewards of good compliance and governance

Under the auspices of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) and The British Institute of Securities Laws

Keynote addresses

  • Chairmen: Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham,former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee,House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK and Mr George Littlejohn, Senior Advisor, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI), London and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK

  • Mr Michael Cole-Fontayne, Chairman, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, UK

  • Ms Ros Wright QC, former Director of the Serious Fraud Office of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, former Chairman of the Fraud Advisory Panel and Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple, UK

  • Mr Jason Haines, Head of the Financial Crime and Compliance Department and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer, The Bank of China (UK) Ltd, London, UK

Session 11: Can we measure integrity in financial markets?

  • Chair: Mr Andrew Hall, Client Services Director, Willis Towers Watson, London, UK

  • Ms Judith Seddon, Partner, Ropes and Gray, London, UK

  • Mr Thomas Littlechild, EMEA Senior Counsel, Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption, Wells Fargo, London, UK

  • Mr Richard Collins, former Director, Head of Compliance, Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia

  • Mr Steve Hyndman, Global Director of Financial Crime and IT Risk, Aviva Investors, London, UK

  • Ms Rachel Sexton, Partner and the Head of the Financial Services Forensic & Integrity Services practice, Ernst and Young and Trustee of the Fraud Advisory Panel, UK

  • Mr Jack Davies, Associate, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Research Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

Session 12: Who pays for integrity or the lack thereof?

  • Chair: Mr Shahmeem Purdasy, Senior Executive and General Counsel, Plenitude Consulting and former Managing Legal Counsel, Contentious Regulatory Santander, London, UK

  • Mr Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC and former Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Office of the US Attorney, US Department of Justice, USA

  • Mr Chris Blackhurst, former Executive Director, CTF Partners and former Editor, The Independent, UK

  • Professor Philip Rutledge, Partner, Bybel and Rutledge LLP, Visiting Professor of Securities Law, BPP University and former Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Securities Commission, USA

  • Professor Andrew Haynes, Professor of Law, University of Wolverhampton and University of Tyumen, Russia and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Macau, People’s Republic of China, UK

  • Professor Stuart Bazley, Senior Compliance Manager, Transact and Visiting Professor of Financial Regulation and Compliance, BPP University, UK

  • Ms Paige Berges, Partner, Ropes and Gray LLP, London, UK

  • Mr Richard Parlour, Principal, Financial Markets Law International, UK

  • Mr Andrew Baker, Advocate, Isle of Man

  • Ms Charlotte McDonald, Barrister, London, UK

Session 13: How do we create and reinforce integrity in the corporate and working environment?

  • Chair: Ms Samar Pratt, Managing Director, Exiger, London, UK

  • Mr Antony Whitehouse, UK Head of Compliance, Natixis and former Global Head of Fixed Income Compliance and UK Head of Compliance, BNP Paribas Group, UK

  • Mr Jeff Simser, Legal Director-Agencies, LHIN Legal Services Branch, Local Health Integration Network and former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General, Canada

  • Dr Roger Miles, Faculty Lead, UK Finance Academy (Conduct and Culture), UK

  • Mr Tom Fothergill, Senior Associate, Investment Funds and Corporate Team, Walkers and former Lead Policy Adviser, Financial Services and Digital Economy, Government of Jersey

  • Dr Dominic Thomas James, Researcher, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge; Global Justice Fellow, Yale University, USA; Consultant, ICC FraudNet and Barrister, Goldsmith Chambers, London, UK

  • Mr Euan Grant, Senior Consultant, Grant and Gutsell Customs, Tax and Boarder Control Consultants, UK

  • Dr Pierre Schammo, Reader in Law, School of Law, Durham University, UK

Session 14: What can technology do for integrity?

  • Chair: Ms Claire O’Connor, Consultant and former partner RSM, Researcher, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK

  • Dr Mark Turkington, Global Head of Transaction Monitoring Controls, HSBC Financial Crime Threat Mitigation, Investigations and former Global Head of AML Investigations HSBC London, Senior Manager Australian AML Bribery and Sanctions Compliance, National Australia Bank, Australia

  • Mr Dave Porter, Associate Partner, Cognitive Solutions, IBM, UK

  • Mr Richard Cayzer, Financial Crime Advisor, UK

Plenary discussion and closing remarks

  • Chair: Ms Farmida Bi, Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, UK

  • Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the, Symposium Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham, former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK

  • Mr George Littlejohn, Senior Advisor, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI), London and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK

  • Ms Claire O’Connor, Consultant and former partner RSM, Researcher, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK

  • Closing Remarks: Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham, former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK

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Special keynote address by the Lord Chancellor, The Rt Hon Robert Buckland PC QC, The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice


Plenary workshop 19: The Law Commission of England and Wales: corporate criminal liability

  • Chair: Mr Robert Kay, Lawyer, The Law Commission of England and Wales, UK

  • Professor Sarah Green, Commercial and Common Law Commissioner, The Law Commission of England and Wales, UK

  • Professor Penney Lewis, Commissioner for Criminal Law, The Law Commission of England and Wales, UK

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Plenary workshop 20: Non-conviction-based (civil) forfeiture: what is it, when is it used, and what are the procedural safeguards?

Video to follow

  • Chair: Mr Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC and former Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Office of the US Attorney, US Department of Justice, USA

  • Ms Evelyn Sheehan, Partner, Kobre and Kim, former Assistant US Attorney, Deputy Chief, Asset Forfeiture Division, United States Attorney’s Office for Southern District of Florida

  • Mr Jeff Simser, Legal Director-Agencies, LHIN Legal Services Branch, Local Health Integration Network and former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General, Canada

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Plenary workshop 21: NATO’s deterrence and defence policy development

Under the auspices of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

  • Mr Andrew Budd, Head of Plans Section, Operations Division, NATO

  • Ms Charlotte Hallengren, Defence Policy and Planning Division, International Staff, NATO

  • Professor Jamie Shea, Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO

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Plenary workshop 23: NATO and Russian relations

Under the auspices of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

  • Chair: Professor Jamie Shea, Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO

  • HE Dr Tomasz Chlon, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland and Senior Officer, Engagement Section of Public Diplomacy Division, NATO

  • Professor Alan Lee Williams, former Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Defence Secretary, Government of the UK

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Plenary workshop 24: Reporting and investigating economic crime - the media – friend, foe, help or hindrance?

Video to follow

  • Chair: Mr Saul M Froomkin QC, Chairman of the Symposium, Director, Special  Counsel, Christopher E Swan & Co, Bermuda and former Attorney General of Bermuda

  • Mr Simon Bowers, Finance Uncovered, UK

  • Mr Franz Wild, Editor, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, UK

  • Mr Matei Rosca, Politico, UK

  • Mr Timothy Melaye, Information Manager, Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in West Africa (GIABA), ECOWAS

  • Ms Daniela Bowker, Journalist, Newmarket, UK

Mr Michael Ricks, Managing Director, Enquire International Ltd, UK

Wednesday 8 September 2021


Session 8: Legal and other risks for financial institutions in saying too much about their clients and customers – the cost of co-operation

  • Chair: Professor Barry Rider, Founder and Executive Director and Co-Chairman of the Symposium and Professorial Fellow, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Dr Peter German QC, President, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver, Canada and Advisor, office of the Attorney General, British Columbia, former Deputy Commissioner and Director General of the Financial Crime Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada

  • Mr David Kirk, Consultant, RS Legal Strategy and former Chief Criminal Counsel, Enforcement and Financial Crime, Financial Services Authority, UK

  • Mr Kenneth Murray, Head of Forensic Accountancy, Police Scotland, UK

  • Mr David Fitzpatrick, Barrister, England and Wales and Hong Kong and former Senior Crown Counsel, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

  • Mr Guy Wilkes, Partner, Mischon de Reya LLP and former Head of Department, Financial Conduct Authority, London, UK

  • Dr Patrick Hardouin, Consultant and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO, France

  • Mr Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC and former Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Office of the US Attorney, US Department of Justice, USA

  • Mr Jeff Simser, Legal Director-Agencies, LHIN Legal Services Branch, Local Health Integration Network and former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General, Canada

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Session 9: Pursuing ill-gotten gains and making facilitators pay

  • Chair: Sir John Mummery, PC, QC, former Lord Justice of Appeal, England and Wales, President of the Intelligence Services Tribunal and the Investigating Power Tribunal and Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Oxford, UK

  • Mr Martin Kenney, founder and Managing Partner, Martin Kenney and Co, Solicitors, British Virgin Islands

  • Mr Alex Potts QC, Partner and Head of Litigation and Restructuring, Conyers, Cayman Islands

  • Mr Roger Best, Litigation Partner, Clifford Chance, London, UK

  • Mr Keith Oliver, Head of International, Peters and Peters, London, UK

  • Mr Ameet Kabrawala, Regional Resident Legal Advisor, US Department of Justice, US Embassy, Riga, Latvia

  • Mr Peter Gray, Co-Managing Partner, Aldahbashi Gray, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Dr Dominic Thomas James, Researcher, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge; Global Justice Fellow, Yale University, USA; Consultant, ICC FraudNet and Barrister, Goldsmith Chambers, London, UK

Datuk Simon Shim, Senior Partner, M/S Sim Pang & Co, Malaysia

Professor Hans Tjio, Professor of Law, National University of Singapore and Member of the Securities Industry Council of Singapore and formerly adviser to the Monetary Authority Singapore


Session 10: Empowering those who are hurt by economic crime - the new frontier

  • Chair: His Honour Judge Michael Hopmeier, Circuit Judge, Southwark Crown Court, Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple, UK

  • Mr Duncan Hames, Director of Policy, Transparency International UK

  • Mr Gaon Hart, former Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Policy and Education Lead, HSBC, UK

  • Mr Eliseo Martinez, Managing Partner, lus+Aequitas Litigation Law Office, Spain

  • Mr Mike Stubbs, Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP, London, UK

  • Dr Thomas Spies, of Counsel, Ernst and Young GmbH and former Counsel and Senior Manager, Regulatory Service Group, KPMG; former Global Head AM, Deutsche Bank Group, Germany

  • Professor Andrew Haynes, Professor of Law, University of Wolverhampton and University of Tyumen, Russia and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Macau, People’s Republic of China, UK

  • Dr Richard Alexander, Lecturer and Programme Director in Financial Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Visiting Professor, Copernicus University, Torun, Poland and Shandong Judicial Training College, People’s Republic of China

  • Professor William Tupman, Professor of Criminal Justice, BPP University and Research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK

  • Professor Andrew Campbell, Solicitor, Emeritus Professor, International Banking and Finance Law, University of Leeds, UK

  • Mr Vivian Ellis, Lecturer in Criminology, Anglia Ruskin University and formerly of the Serious and Organised Crime Command, Metropolitan Police Service, London, UK

Mr Lampros Tsogkas, Public Prosecutor, Head of Prosecution Service, Thessaloniki, Greece

Dr Lorenzo Pasculli, Senior Lecturer in Law, Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry University, UK


Plenary workshop 14: Asset recovery

  • Chair: Mr Paul Napper, Principal Financial Investigator, Proceeds of Crime Division, Serious Fraud Office of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

  • Mr John McGarry, Lawyer, Proceeds of Crime Division, Serious Fraud Office of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Plenary workshop 17: International money laundering: is it necessary to identify the underlying crime when criminal proceeds from another country are in question?

  • Chair: Mr Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC and former Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Office of the US Attorney, US Department of Justice, USA

  • Mr Yehuda Shaffer, former Deputy State Attorney (Financial Crime), Israel

  • Ms Ilze Znotina, Director, Financial Intelligence Unit, Latvia

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Plenary workshop 18: Economic crime – The Islamic finance perspective

  • Chair: Ms Claire O’Connor, Consultant and former partner RSM, Researcher, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK

  • Ms Farmida Bi, Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, UK

  • Dr Lu’ayy Al-Rimawi, Programme Leader, Islamic Finance and Business Law, BPP University, consultant and former Fellow in Islamic Studies, Harvard University, UK

  • Professor Mehmet Asutay, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy and Finance and Director, Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance Studies, Durham Business School, University of Durham, UK

  • Dr Jonathan Ercanbrack, Chair, Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London, London, UK

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Concluding Remarks for the General Symposium

  • Mr Saul M Froomkin QC, Chairman of the Symposium, Director, Special Counsel, Christopher E Swan & Co, Bermuda and former Attorney General of Bermuda

  • Mr Michael Ashe QC SC, Barrister, Addington Chambers, Co-Chairman of the Symposium; Visiting Professor of Law, BPP University; Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple, UK and former Recorder of the Crown Court, England and Wales, UK

  • Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham, former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK

  • Professor Barry Rider, Founder and Executive Director and Co-Chairman of the Symposium and Professorial Fellow, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

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