Agenda

Mark is the Global Brand Director at Chartis and 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. Prior to Chartis he has held executive roles in large global financial institutions, consultancies and FinTechs in various positions including platform and software development, solution architecture, large scale program management, vendor selection and implementation and strategy development and execution. With a background covering front, middle and back office Mark brings 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 includes leading the global teams for risk technology at RBS Capital Markets and AIG, Middle office and front office technology teams at Barclays Capital, extensive consulting experience with major consulting organizations including EY and Deloitte together with extensive vendor experience including time at both Algorithmics and Misys (now Finastra). Mark has an MA from Oxford University and is 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.

Phil is the Research Principal for Chartis’ Financial Crime Risk Management pillar, focusing on anti-money laundering, anti-fraud, Know Your Customer, trade-based money laundering, trade surveillance and related areas. He is also one of the primary analysts on Chartis’ RiskTech100, has managed vendor-selection projects in international financial institutions, and has produced market analysis and return on investment projects, as well as leading Chartis’ Risk IT Expenditure report.

Chris has over 20 years’ leadership experience in businesses providing data-driven insight in regulated industries from Law firms to central / local Government, Law Enforcement, National Security and Financial Services.

Chris is the Co-Founder and CEO of Xapien, an ai-powered automated background research platform used for EDD, investigations, AML/CTF, ESG, reputational and regulatory risk management.

Chris began his career at Detica (now BAE Systems) providing technology strategy advice to Central Government agencies in the aftermath of 9/11.

He hence led a number of teams delivering fraud, compliance, cyber security and analytics systems into major private and public sector clients. His final role was Managing Director of the Financial Crime division, with 600 staff in 12 countries.

Chris left BAE to spend 2 years as Chief Commercial Officer at CallCredit, the challenger credit reference agency, prior to its acquisition by TransUnion for £1Bn

Frankie is an award-winning Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in Financial Industry with two decades experience in Cyber security, risk management,  digital transformation and pre-sales consulting.

Based in Singapore, currently he is APAC Regional Information Security Officer in one of global largest Asset Managers in Financial Industry. He was head of cyber & technology Risk (Singapore, Australia and New Zealand) in UBS bank.

He is a frequent keynote speaker about Cybersecurity & Technology in industry forums and perspective on Cybersecurity & Technology has been featured by international media. He is also a digital transformation and innovation catalyst with patent about next generation wireless networking filed as USA patent office as sole inventor.

He is a winner of industry leadership awards including Global Top 100 leaders in Infosec, World CIO 200 Master, CSO30 ASEAN, CIO 100 ASEAN, Asia 200 Digital Leader and ETCIO Transformative CIO.

Nick is a Subject Matter Expert in anti-money laundering and has spent the past 12 years working exclusively in this field covering all aspects of the AML value chain and processes, including leading AML programme and compliance department reviews at a number of Tier 1 financial institutions. Prior to joining Feedzai, Nick was head of market planning at Acuris Risk Intelligence focusing on product and data strategy, client alignment and product roadmap development. At HSBC Nick was the Global Head of the Customer Risk Model and held Senior Manager roles at both EY and Accenture where he worked with a number of Tier 1 & 2 Banks on their Financial Crime Compliance programmes.

Nick also has strong IT systems implementation skills having spent 10 years as a systems integrator of ERP and CRM applications for the Insurance, Public Sector & Telcos industries.

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.

Raina is a qualified MBA, CFE, CAMS, certification from Harvard Business professional with over 20 years’ experience spanning over risk management, governance, fraud risk management, operating risk, mitigation strategy, incident management and reporting, complex fraud investigations, management of whistle blowing hotline, compliance advisory, AML, conduct, audit & advisory, compliance assurance reviews, risk identification and reporting. 

She has lead risk identification exercises, control assessments, KRI formulation, risk mitigation strategy, incident reporting for key business areas. She diligently works with organizations to identify and mitigate third party risk and identify control gaps. She has designed pre-launch product risk review and assessment and engages with stake holders on mitigation strategy formulation. 

She manages the coordinating and monitoring the day-to-day AML Compliance Program. She has been involved in setting up the regulatory compliance function. She leads and manages close liaison with law enforcement, regulatory bodies, and legal counsel. She brings and manages long term, strategic relationships with local/regional banks across Middle East, correspondent banking counter parts.

She has been engaged in creating training and awareness (E-learning and F2F) program for AML (CIP/KYC/C,EDD,CDD, CTF, RBA etc.) anti-fraud, compliance, conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, insider trading, gifts and entertainment, ABC.

She is recipient of two Fin Crime awards by law enforcement in the region. She was leading Financial Crimes for NBF.

Her work experience is largely in Governance and Risk Management.

- She has worked with organizations like Lloyds TSB Bank (1998-2002)
- She was one of the founding members of Dubai Bank (2002-2008)
- She worked with NBFI like Reem Finance (2008-2010)
- She worked at Dubai Islamic Bank (2010-2014) leading the audits/reviews in risk management, financial crimes compliance & Investigations in Tamweel (largest property portfolio in the region) strengthening the fraud & forensics capabilities. 
- She established an anti-fraud function at NBF in her role managing Financial Crimes 2014-2021). 

She spearheaded and put together a knowledge-sharing platform for financial crimes. She periodically writes for leading anti-fraud associations on topics of ethics, compliance, and fraud. She has advised on acquiring tools and tech for digital payments, related digital platforms, and establishing 
 

As Aboitiz Data Innovation (ADI)’s Chief Commercial Officer, Guy plays a key role in continuing the advancement of ADI’s mission to drive the adoption of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence tools and solutions that can help reduce operational cost, drive effectiveness within financial crime processes, collections, alternate lending, data sharing processes, and ultimately accelerate more inclusive financing.

Guy has over 16 years of experience in Financial Crime, Cyber and Fraud having led Financial Crime commercial and markets teams for SWIFT in the Americas, UK and the Asia Pacific. In his career, he has worked for Bankers Almanac (now Accuity), Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, LexisNexis and with the Metropolitan Police Terrorist Finance Investigations Unit on a Joint Venture. As a recognized domain expert and speaker in Due Diligence, Fraud, Cyber and Sanctions technology assurance, he is also an active individual in the community, having held various positions such as being a former member of the Singapore FinTech Association’s RegTech sub-committee and Course Director for the Wealth Management Institute’s InfoSec Central Bank training programme.

Guy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Medieval Literature from the University of Exeter and holds a Master of Arts in Marketing from Kingston University.

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.

As Chief Product Officer, Gabriel leads Ripjar’s product management with the responsibility for setting and delivering the company’s product strategy. With 20 years of product management and marketing experience, Gabriel understands the challenges of developing sophisticated software solutions while balancing innovation with customer needs. Prior to Ripjar, Gabriel was Vice President, Product Management at FICO overseeing the development of the company’s next generation fraud and financial crime solution. He has also served as Vice President, Product Management and Marketing at WorldPay (now FIS).

Dylan is an enterprise technology strategist and researcher with Chartis Research. Dylan helps firms to leverage and develop bold technology solutions to enable financial crime risk management and ESG-aware investment. Previously Dylan held a variety of research-centric roles at Accuity and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a leading provider of financial crime risk management solutions. Dylan contributed significantly to developing the vendor’s understanding of financial crime risk management markets, supported development of product strategy through new product research, and led key go-to-market initiatives including product launches. Dylan graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 with a Bachelors’ degree in Anthropology and Managerial Economics.

As Financial Crimes Deputy Director at Truist Financial Corporation (Truist), Cara Wick leads the Financial Crimes Model Analytics (FCMA) team in all aspects of BSA/AML and fraud model governance including transaction monitoring, customer risk rating, sanctions and fraud detection. Cara joined Truist in 2014 as a schedule manager for the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) FR Y-14 schedules. Prior to Truist, she served as a Senior Consultant and Director of Marketing for Beneficial State Bank (p.k.a One PacificCoast Bank) in Oakland, CA. She began her banking career in San Francisco, CA as a commercial underwriter specializing in Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans.

A graduate of the American Bankers Association (ABA) Stonier Graduate School of Banking, today Cara serves as a Stonier Capstone Adviser. She received her MBA from the University of Iowa and her BA from Williams College. She is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and an anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS).

Passionate about banking, Cara also enjoys writing about it. She has contributed stories to the 'From the Vault' column of the ABA Banking Journal and occasionally writes for Truist’s internal blog. She practices Vipassana meditation and trains for marathons in Charlotte, North Carolina where she lives with her wife and daughter.
 

Andrew Davies is Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at ComplyAdvantage. In this role, he works with ComplyAdvantage customers, prospects and regulators around the world to design and deploy effective risk management solutions to mitigate financial crime risks with particular focus on compliance, money laundering and fraud. He is also responsible for seeking new markets and applications for ComplyAdvantage’s data, screening and monitoring solutions. 

Davies joined ComplyAdvantage in 2022. He has worked in the software industry for more than twenty five years supporting many of the world’s largest financial institutions, both private and public. Davies’ experience covers anti-money laundering, risk mitigation of financial crime risk, real-time payments, front office trading, settlement risk, and more. Davies previously worked for Logica and Nomura, the Japanese bank, in the London prior to moving to the US. Most recently he previously worked at Fiserv, in global market strategy for financial crimes risk management. He joined Fiserv through the acquisition of AML trailblazer NetEconomy. He has worked on many diverse programs including secure UK Government projects, distribution systems, trading systems, derivatives pricing projects and SWIFT connectivity for payment systems. 

Since moving to the United States, he has concentrated on financial crime detection systems and has worked with a variety of institutions to deploy such systems including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Continuous Linked Settlement Bank, ING, ABN AMRO, Manulife Financial, Guardian Life, Deutsche Bank and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi among others. Davies studied Pure Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Wales. He has worked with customers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Africa and Asia. He is a respected industry speaker having presented at SIBOS, ABA events, CBA events, numerous webinars, and he is a frequent writer on industry issues and has contributed to articles in the American Banker, Credit Union Journal, finextra.com, PYMNTS.com among other publications and websites

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Dylan is an enterprise technology strategist and researcher with Chartis Research. Dylan helps firms to leverage and develop bold technology solutions to enable financial crime risk management and ESG-aware investment. Previously Dylan held a variety of research-centric roles at Accuity and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a leading provider of financial crime risk management solutions. Dylan contributed significantly to developing the vendor’s understanding of financial crime risk management markets, supported development of product strategy through new product research, and led key go-to-market initiatives including product launches. Dylan graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 with a Bachelors’ degree in Anthropology and Managerial Economics.

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.