2025 Agenda

Mark has over 30 years’ experience in global capital markets, consulting and associated technologies, focusing on risk management, front- and middle-office platforms and data management. Before Chartis he held executive positions in large global financial institutions, consultancies and FinTechs, in various roles including platform and software development, solution architecture, large-scale program management, vendor selection and implementation, and strategy development and execution.

With a background covering the front, middle and back office, Mark brings to Chartis a holistic view of business, technology and regulatory issues across the enterprise, and how these issues can be addressed by leveraging appropriate technology solutions. His primary focus has been risk technology, and his work in this area includes: leading the global teams for risk technology at RBS Capital Markets and AIG; working with middle- and front-office technology teams at Barclays Capital; extensive consulting experience with major consulting organizations including EY and Deloitte; and extensive vendor experience, including time at Algorithmics and Misys (now Finastra). Mark has an MA from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Nick is research specialist focusing on the Financial Crime and Fraud markets. Nick joined Chartis from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, where he led the Insight function delivering strategic research and intelligence in the Fields of Financial Crime, Payments, Fraud and Cybercrime.

Prior to LNR, Nick had In a 15-year career across Banking, Government, Payments and Private Equity leading research, analytics and strategic planning teams.

Nick’s career in banking and finance across Barclays, Lloyds and RBS, has exposed him to a broad range of focus areas including Treasury Services, Retail, Corporate and Private banking with focus on growth, international expansion, transformation and risk. Through his varied career and educational background in Economics and Management Nick adopts a macro-to-micro approach to problem diagnostics and solution.

Frankie is an award-winning Chief Information Security Officer with 20 years+ experience in Financial and IT industries. He headed Singapore Cyber & technology risk at the world largest private bank UBS and worked at Citibank, Microsoft and HP.

He is a frequent speaker at industry leading forums organized by Reuters, IDC, The Asian Banker (TAB), Asia Risk, Asian Banking & Finance (ABF), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Central Bank of Indonesia, etc.

As a digital transformation and innovation catalyst, Frankie holds a US patent about next generation wireless networking as sole inventor. The patent has been cited by other big technology companies like Intel and Ericsson.

He was featured on Nasdaq Tower of New York Times Square as 2024 Global CISO 100 award winner and featured on cover page of Enterprise Security Magazine (2022 APAC special edition). He is also recipient of Global Top 100 leaders in InfoSec, World CIO 200, IDG’s CSO30 & CIO 100 ASEAN, etc.

A seasoned professional with an extensive background in law enforcement and financial intelligence. Having supported various financial crime risk assessments, with experience both locally and abroad, Ryan possesses a deep understanding of the financial crime landscapes and regulatory frameworks. For the past years Ryan has been an MLRO and Head of financial crime compliance, ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures. Currently, Ryan occupies the role of a Group Chief AFC Officer and MLRO, in which amongst others he drives strategic initiatives, enhances organizational resilience, and fosters partnerships for effective financial crime risk management.

Daniele brings over 20 years of experience in strategy consulting, regulatory technology (RegTech) innovation, and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. A certified AML specialist, he has held strategic roles at leading institutions such as Lloyds Bank, Barclays, IBM, and MUFG, where he developed extensive expertise in compliance and technology-driven solutions. As the co-founder and CEO of CleverChain, Daniele leads the company with a bold vision to transform how organisations approach compliance, focusing on its core objectives rather than merely automating existing broken processes. By leveraging the latest technology, CleverChain delivers innovative solutions that enable organisations to achieve compliance in a more effective and meaningful way, reducing complexity while adapting to an ever-changing regulatory landscape.

Francis has over 23 years of experience working on Compliance, Financial Crime Investigation in China, Hong Kong and Asia Pacific.  She has experienced of active AML/ Fraud change management in technology and project enhancement of banking and insurance industries.  Led AML Institutional Risk Assessment for local banks and investment banks.  Provided AML/ Fraud Risk management trainings across Asia Pacific.

Mike Yeardley is the VP of Product, Financial Solutions at Feedzai. He leads Feedzai's Market Solution team in its efforts to deliver products and solutions to customers at scale, develop product roadmaps, and advance product capabilities through continuous deployment. He also leads the global subject matter expert (SME) team to influence product development and help SMEs continue our clients' educational journey and provide wider market awareness and ways in which their real-world problems can be addressed.

Pallavi is a seasoned professional with a wealth of experience in Financial Crime across the 1LOD and 2LOD. Her expertise has been honed through her tenure in several high-street banks. Currently, she serves as a Senior Financial Crime Officer in the Financial Crime Intelligence Unit at the Bank of China.

Pallavi's professional background is marked by her specialization in key areas of Financial Crime. She is an expert in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), fraud prevention/investigations, conducting bank-wide trainings and risk assessments.

Pallavi holds an ICA Diploma in AML and is a Member there. She also has an ICA Advanced Certificate in AML and is an ICA Certified Financial Crime Investigator. She regularly writes articles on financial crime topics on LinkedIn. Pallavi's commitment to financial crime is further demonstrated through her dedication to training and educating her team and mentees, fostering a knowledge-sharing culture. She is a Speaker at various events and conferences, and she is a member of many networking groups focused on financial crime.

Despite Pallavi's technological proficiency, she doesn't prefer to use NFC payment methods.

Annegret is a Senior Manager in PwC UK’s Financial Crime practice focusing on helping organisations modernise financial crime prevention and detection through better use of data and advanced analytics such as machine learning.

Over the past decade, Annegret has advised tier-1, non-bank FI and fintechs on the adoption of new and emerging technologies across Anti-Money-Laundering, Know-Your-Customer, Investigations and Fraud. Most recently and prior to joining PwC, Annegret acted as Director of Production Solutions and interim Head of Financial Crime developing machine learning-based transaction monitoring and real-time fraud detection.

Alex Clayden currently oversees all of the Financial Crime decisioning for Monzo Bank's retail customers. He has extensive experience leveraging machine learning/AI solutions for financial crime use cases. Prior to joining Monzo, Alex worked as a Domain Manager in Santander UK's Corporate Bank and managed risk for Metro Bank's Private Banking department.