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Conference Programme


Chairman: Declan Curry ,business reporter and presenter, BBC

Day one programme
12.30 Registration and buffet lunch
13.45 WHY WE’RE HERE
welcome and introduction from the IMLPO chairman
Steve Lock , Chairman, IMLPO
14.00 KEYNOTE SPEECH:
TACKLING ECONOMIC CRIME

Edward Garnier QC MP
, Solicitor General, Attorney General’s Office
14.30 THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: THE WORK OF THE IMF, AND PRIORITIES
GOING FORWARD

Manuel Vasquez, Financial Integrity Group, International Monetary Fund
15.00 HM TREASURY: AN UPDATE ON AML AND CFT

Hugh Burns, Head of Financial Crime Team, HM Treasury
15.40 Coffee
16.10 ESTABLISHING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP:
AN UPDATE ON A DIFFICULT AREA!


Tony Woodcock, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
16.50 BREAKOUT SESSIONS
  • • The audience will split into smaller interactive discussion groups, in which they will be asked to prepare a threat assessment of issues they see as being of greatest importance over the next 12 months, categorised by levels of seriousness.

    The sessions will be facilitated by members of IMLPO, including:

    David Blackmore, Director, DB Risk & Compliance
    Tina Blocksidge
    , Nominated Officer – Group Operations, Lloyds Banking Group
    John Flynn
    , Group Financial Crime Director, Aviva
    John Horan
    , Principal, CAML Global
    Steve Hancock
    , Director of Professional Services, AML Analytics
    David Norman
    , MLRO, Betfair
    Doug Reeman
    , Compliance Manager – AML, London Clubs International
18.00 Close of day one, followed by drinks reception and dinner

 

DRINKS RECEPTION

kindly sponsored by
AML Analytics

 

CONFERENCE DINNER

kindly sponsored by
Thomson Reuters

Our conference dinner continues to be an integral and important part of our annual event, and one that sets our conference apart from most other AML events:
“Very good networking opportunity.”
“An invaluable opportunity to meeting existing friends/copractitioners and meet new ones.”

 


Day two programme
08.45 Coffee
09.15 REPORT BACK FROM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

KEY AREAS OF CONCERN FOR MLROs: WHERE ARE WE NOW, AND WHAT’S THE FUTURE LOOKING LIKE?
09.30 SANCTIONS

Neil Munro, Senior Vice President, AML Risk Manager, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
10.00 BRIBERY & CORRUPTION

Richard Smolicz
, Group Head of Financial Crime Prevention, Prudential
10.30 TERRORIST FINANCING AND PROLIFERATION FINANCING

Phil Atkinson
, Manager – Operations, FIU, SOCA
11.00 Coffee
11.30 CYBERCRIME

Phil Butler
, Director of External Relations, Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security
Newcastle University
12.00 THE LATEST MONEY LAUNDERING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COURTS

Mark Rainsford QC, 33 Chancery Lane
12.35 COMMUNICATING THE AML MESSAGE TO YOUR TEAM AND STAFF: GETTING IT TO SPREAD AND STICK

David Chernick
, Director, treacl
13.15 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
followed by buffet lunch
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