MASTERING MENA’S NEW AML REALITIES
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
The ACAMS 8th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference –MENA will return to
Dubai this November, featuring the region’s largest gathering of senior executives
and compliance professionals from the public and private sectors. This two-day event
will take an in-depth look at recent compliance trends, strategies to meet current
global developments and other anti-money laundering-related issues. You will walk
away with applicable strategies to take back to your institution. With expert speakers,
standout exhibitors and distinguished attendees, this year’s conference is a can’t-miss
event for AML and Financial Crime professionals.
TOP SESSIONS
Reviewing Key Technology
Developments and
Challenges in 2017
and Understanding
What’s to Come
AML Professionals:
Leadership, Management
and Professional
Development for Long
Term Impacts
Risk Appetite, Risk
Tolerance and Effective
Risk Management:
Achieving the
Right Balance
Stepping Up
Cybersecurity Efforts:
Practical Strategies
for MENA Financial
Institutions
MASTERING MENA’S NEW AML REALITIES
WHO ATTENDSProfessionals responsible for:
• AML operations and compliance• Reporting and SAR/STR filing• AML risk management• Customer due diligence• Transaction monitoring and
system tuning • AML audits • Investigations• AML training • Sanctions management• New product compliance• Managing third party payment
processors• Law enforcement • Regulatory oversight
NEW FOR 2017 1. New featured session on
recruiting, training, and maintaining AML professionals.
2. Two breakout sessions have been added on 13 November.
3. Help your institution anticipate the upcoming MENA FATF evaluations with case examinations and findings from actual Mutual Evaluation Reports.
From these sectors:
• Accounting Firms • Banks • Gaming • Consultants • Credit Unions • Financial Services Providers • Insurance Companies • Law Enforcement Agencies• Law Firms • Money Services Businesses• Regulatory Agencies• Securities/Investment Firms • Software/Technology Providers • Universities • Virtual Currency Exchangers
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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08.00 08.00 – 16.35 Registration Desk and Exhibit Area Open Conference bags courtesy of SWIFTLanyards courtesy of FinScan
08.00 – 09.00 Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Area09.00 09.00 – 09.10 Welcome Remarks
Jose V. Lewis, CAMS, Head of Africa & Middle East, ACAMS09.10 – 09.40 Keynote Address09.40 – 10.55 Developing Proactive Strategies to Combat Terrorist Financing and Elevate Your
CTF Program• Identifying emerging terrorist funding typologies including benefactor sympathizers, micro-financing and
social media crowdfunding• Detailing challenges to financial activity and economic recovery in conflict zones, including former
Daesh territories• Differentiating proliferation financing from terrorist funding to identify unique monitoring challenges
10.00
11.00 10.55 – 11.25 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area
CONCURRENT SESSIONS11.25 – 12.40 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit
Updating AML Models to Meet Evolving MENA Compliance Trends, Expectations and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) Standards
• Outlining current MENA, US and EU jurisdictional requirements to aid UBO and ensure compliance with regulatory obligations
• Applying enhanced techniques to investigate cross-jurisdiction conflicts
• Leveraging global information sharing and publicly available databases to aid UBO reviews and risk ratings of foreign entities
• Detailing AML/UBO and tax transparency requirements under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for automatic information exchange
Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance and Effective Risk Management: Achieving the Right Balance
• Clarifying MENA regulators’ current guidance on risk to adjust AML models as warranted
• Managing risks associated with cash transactions, including security concerns, fraud and lack of transparency
• Maintaining robust correspondent banking relationships that support international trade and financial inclusion
• Implementing institutional risk tolerance policies to ensure consistency in account exiting decisions
12.00
12.40 – 13.55 Networking Luncheon 13.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
13.55 – 14.55 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit14.00 Automated Transaction Monitoring and
Screening: Detailing New Methods and Tools• Utilizing data mining to strengthen oversight
functions and automated transaction monitoring• Outlining best practices for validating automated
transaction monitoring models• Detecting sanctions screening issues such as wire
stripping and flawed commercial compliance lists• Complementing transaction monitoring systems
with artificial intelligence applications to reduce false positives
Strengthening Collaboration between Compliance and Internal Audit
• Fostering a mutually beneficial relationship and open communication between compliance and internal audit
• Understanding the skill sets and functions internal auditors need to identify AML/CFT program vulnerabilities
• Leveraging internal audit functions to increase efficiency and minimize risk exposure
15.00 14.55 – 15.25 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area 15.25 – 16.40 Analyzing Uses of Alternative Remittance Systems to Commit Financial Crimes
• Implementing monitoring techniques to detect patterns associated with hawala and other alternative remittance systems
• Conducting enhanced due diligence on the customer’s customer to avoid human trafficking operations• Identifying transaction patterns and typologies commonly linked to drug smuggling and other financial crimes
16.00
16.40 – 16.45 Closing RemarksKieran Beer, CAMS, Editor-in-Chief, ACAMS moneylaundering.com
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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 Thank you to SWIFT for sponsoring our conference bags! Thank you to FinScan for sponsoring our lanyards!
SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2017
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2 Thank you to SWIFT for sponsoring our conference bags!
Thank you to FinScan for sponsoring our lanyards!
MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2017
08.00 08.00 – 16.05 Registration Desk and Exhibit Area Open Conference bags courtesy of SWIFTLanyards courtesy of FinScan
08.00 – 15.20 Exhibit Area Open08.00 – 09.00 Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Area09.00 – 09.05 Opening Remarks
Kieran Beer, CAMS, Editor-in-Chief, ACAMS moneylaundering.com09.00 09.05 – 09.35 Special Presentation Q & A
09.35 – 10.50 Identifying Best Practices from FATF’s Mutual Evaluations Reports in Anticipation of the Upcoming MENAFATF Evaluations
• Reviewing MER findings and recommendations to identify your financial institution’s risks and how they can be mitigated
• Examining case studies from regional financial institutions, including how they have incorporated lessons from MERs• Preparing for MERs impact on your financial institutions’ AML professionals and compliance programs
10.00
10.50 – 11.20 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area 11.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
11.20 – 12.35 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit
Managing Sanctions Risks in an Increasingly Complex Compliance Landscape
• Reviewing ongoing risks related to Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan and Russia
• Implementing practical strategies for doing business in a country post sanctions
• Analyzing actual and possible changes to sanctions laws and regulations under the Trump administration
• Understanding the differences between US and EU sanctions regimes for the MENA region
AML Professionals: Leadership, Management and Professional Development for Long Term Impacts
• Gaining sufficient senior management support to strengthen your culture of compliance
• Recruiting, training, retaining and retraining top AML talent from the MENA region and beyond
• Preparing effective budgets for your compliance/AML departments including staff, systems and compensations
• Evolving your current skills to prepare for the next era of AML/CFT compliance
12.00
12.35 – 13.50 Networking Luncheon 13.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
13.50 – 14.50 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit
Stepping Up Cybersecurity Efforts: Practical Strategies for MENA Financial Institutions
• Identifying cybercrime typologies such as malware, phishing and penetration attacks to promptly contain and isolate breaches
• Reviewing recent cybercrime case studies and institutional reactions to cyber events to discern best practices for stopping intrusions and securing unaffected data
• Conducting a post-mortem review to identify systemic weaknesses and improve cybersecurity going forward
Combating Emerging Trade-Based Money Laundering Risks in Free Zones
• Assessing the AML risk profile of proposed trade transactions, including geographic, product line and business model data
• Instituting policies and procedures that prevent TBML and are in line with regulatory requirements
• Exploring advanced analytical and statistical techniques for potential application in future anti-TBML initiatives
• Ramping up staff training using transactional red flags for TBML, including questionable unit pricing, invoice falsification and mode of shipment
14.00
15.00
14.50 – 15.20 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area 15.20 – 16.05 Reviewing Key Technology Developments and Challenges in 2017 and Understanding
What’s to Come • Examining artificial intelligence and machine learning’s promise for enhancing your AML process• Creating a strategy to address the digitalization of banking processes and emerging disruptive technologies• Adopting regtech solutions to automate compliance tasks and reduce operational risks• Exploring the current state and future of blockchain and other emerging distributed/shared ledger technologies
16.00
16.05 – 16.10 Closing RemarksRick McDonell, Executive Director, ACAMS, and Former Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
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Task ForceSpeaker
TASK FORCE & SPEAKERS
Malcolm W. Nance Former US Intelligence Officer and
Counter-Terrorism Analyst for NBC NewsAuthor of several books including,
Defeating Isis and the recently released The Plot To Hack America
Hossam Abd-El Rahman Managing Director
Allied Compliance Consultants UAE
Wissam Abousleiman Managing Director
Abousleiman Group
Shawki Ahwash, CAMS Head of AML/ CFT Division
(MLRO) North Africa Commercial Bank sal
Beirut-Lebanon
Osama Al Rahma Chairman | Chief Executive Officer
Foreign Exchange Remittance Group/ Al Fardan Exchange
United Arab Emirates
Samar BaasiriHead of Compliance Function
BankMed
Kieran Beer, CAMSEditor-in-Chief
ACAMS moneylaundering.com
Samir El OuahabiCommercial Manager for
Compliance Solutions SWIFT
Danyelle GergesCountry Director
Financial Services Volunteer Corps
John GibsonHead of Anti-Money Laundering
and Group Compliance Emirates NBD
Imad Habre, CAMS-AUDITHead of Internal Control Unit
IBL Bank
Evanna HuCEO and Partner
Omelas
Alan HynesManager Banking and Financial
ServicesCooper Fitch
Neil JarmanExecutive Director – Global
Banking, Group Internal Audit
Stuart Jones, Jr.CEO
Sigma Ratings
Pijush Kanti Das, CAMSSenior Lecturer
Emirates Institue for Banking and Financial Studies
Zarina KarodiaRegional Head of
AB & C, Financial Crime Compliance
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
Eryka LehrHead of Risk & Compliance
CEMEA PayPal
Jose V. Lewis Head of Africa & Middle East
ACAMS
Keynote Presentation
Task ForceSpeaker
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TASK FORCE & SPEAKERS
Rick McDonellExecutive Director
ACAMS
Khalid MeahHead of Audit – Operations,
Group Internal AuditFirst Abu Dhabi Bank
Sagheer MuftiAML Expert
Brandon NordhoffSpecial Agent
Homeland Security Investigations
Nishanth Nottath, CAMSRegional Head – Financial Crime
|Intelligence OperationsHSBC Bank Middle East Limited
Damian O’Riordan, ACAMSHead of Compliance
Bank Muscat
Waheed RathoreChief Compliance & Enterprise
Risk OfficerAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Wael SaikalyHead of FATCA-CRS, Compliance Division
Credit Lebanaise S.A.L.
Ghassan SchbleyVP of Middle Eastern & African
Affairs Chenega International Consulting
Samantha SheenAML Director, Europe
ACAMS
Mohamed Jawad Shalo Head of Financial Crime
Prevention UnitFinancial Services
Regulatory Authority Abu Dhabi Global Market
Sudhir ShettyPresident
UAE Exchange
Liat Shetret, CAMS Independent Consultant and Senior Advisor for Financial
Integrity and MENA Programs Global Center on Cooperative
Security
Faisal SiddiquiAVP Head of Compliance Risk
Sharjah Islamic Bank
Charanjeet Singh Head - Fraud Risk & Investigation
FAB
Carmel Speers Regional Head, Financial Crime
Compliance, MENAP Standard Chartered Bank
Maryam Al Suwaidi Deputy CEO
Securities and Commodities Authority of the UAE
Ahmed Taimour Maouad, CAMS, CFE, CMA
Financial Crimes, AML/CTF, Regulatory Compliance,
Internal Audit
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