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Revitalizing Compliance for a World of Growing Risks

13 - 14 NOVEMBER 2016 | Jumeirah Emirates Towers | Dubai

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Rick McDonellExecutive DirectorACAMSFormer Executive SecretaryFinancial Action Task Force (FATF)France

Raymond VillanuevaDeputy Assistant DirectorHomeland Security InvestigationsUnited States

WHO ATTENDS

Task Force Co-ChairJohn J, Byrne, Esq., CAMS Executive Vice PresidentACAMSUnited StatesTask Force Co-ChairKieran Beer, CAMSEditor-in-Chief ACAMS moneylaundering.comUnited StatesHossam Abd-El Rahman, CAMSManaging DirectorAllied Compliance ConsultantsUAEOsama Al RahmaChief Executive OfficerForeign Exchange Remittance Group/ Al Fardan ExchangeUAEChristos Christou, CAMSChief Compliance OfficerLuLu International Exchange UAEStephen Evans, CAMSDirector, Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Financial CrimeQatar Financial Centre Regulatory AuthorityQatarTobias Fowler OatesVice President, Regional Head of Compliance Asia Pacific, South Asia, Africa & The Middle East, (“AMEAP”)Moneygram InternationalSingapore Lawrence Grant-Lapre, CAMS AuditAML/ CFT T&D Consultant Grant-Lapre Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd, SharjahUAEZarina Karodia Head of Financial Crime Middle EastBarclays Middle EastUAEJose V. Lewis Head of Africa and Middle East ACAMSUnited StatesAbdul Hafiz MansourCo-Chair/Secretary Egmont Group/ Special Investigation Commission (SIC) – FIU of Lebanon LebanonSaleh NofalGroup Chief Compliance Officer QNBQatarNishanth Nottath, CAMSRegional Head – Financial Crime Intelligence Operations HSBC Bank Middle East LimitedUAEDamian O’Riordan, CAMSHead of ComplianceBank MuscatOmanAngeli Pereira, CAMS Associate Director Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory AuthorityQatar

Professionals responsible for:

a AML auditsa AML risk managementa AML traininga Customer due diligencea Financial Crime Investigationsa Law enforcementa Managing third party

payment processorsa New product compliancea Onboarding KYCa Regulatory oversighta Reporting and SAR/STR filinga Sanctions managementa Transaction monitoring and

system tuning

From these sectors:

• Accounting Firms• Banks• Casinos/Gaming• Consultants• Credit Unions• Financial Services Providers• FinTechs• Insurance Companies• Law Enforcement Agencies• Law Firms• Money Services Businesses• Regulators• Retail and Real Estate• Securities/Investment Firms• Software/Technology Providers• Universities• Virtual Currency Exchangers• Wealth Management

PROGRAM TASK FORCE

“It is an opportunity to speak with people from different financial sectors and share best practices.”

Katarzyna Sztajndur, CAMS, AML Specialist, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)

• Mastering STR narrative writing

• Updating Iran sanctions oversight

• Incorporating new global regulations affecting MENA

• Formulating protective management liability protocols

• Managing AML risks of FinTech

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Key Takeaways

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SUNDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2016MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE

08.00 – 16.35 Registration Desk and Exhibit Area Open courtesy of Kroll.Conference Bag courtesy of SWIFT. Lanyards courtesy of FinScan.

08.00 – 09.00 Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Area

09.00 – 09.10 Welcome Remarks

09.10 – 09.50 Keynote AddressRick McDonell, Executive Director, ACAMS and Former Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

09.50 – 11.05 Adapting Compliance Oversight to Reflect Changing Iran Sanctions • Detailing JCPOA sanctions deadlines to mitigate transactional and correspondent banking risks• Applying robust Iran sanctions models to ensure business practices meet current requirements• Analyzing potential treaty implementation hurdles to avert non-compliance risk

11.05 – 11.35 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

11.35 – 12.50 Updating Beneficial Ownership Practices to Improve Risk Management • Utilizing external databases and negative news searches to aid beneficial owner verification• Creating client risk profiles and conducting EDD as appropriate to sharpen verification accuracy• Conducting ongoing monitoring to adjust beneficial ownership and risk profile data as needed

12.50 – 14.05 Networking Luncheon

CONCURRENT SESSIONS14.05 – 15.05 CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

Battling Trade-Based Money Laundering Risks• Adjusting AML models to address unique

TBML risks tied to geography, products and payment methods

• Utilizing data analytics to help identify concealed shell firms and aberrant transactions

• Conducting unit price and unit weight analysis to detect invoice manipulation

EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

Managing the Risks of De-Risking • Assessing sectoral, geographic and

third-party payment risks to create thorough client profiles

• Formalizing institutional risk tolerance policies to ensure consistency in account exiting decisions

• Exploring “re-risking” options to respond to changing situations such as sanctions reductions

15.05 – 15.35 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

15.35 – 16.35 CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

Mastering the Art of Well-Written Suspicious Transaction Reports • Formalizing internal processes for reviewing

and investigating alerts and authorizing STR filings

• Assembling and preserving documents to substantiate activities outlined in the STR

• Constructing an outline to produce a narrative that is clear, concise, chronological and complete

EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

Analyzing Growing Regulatory Expectations for Management Support of Compliance Officers • Reviewing fines for disregarding AML officer on

high risk clients to establish managerial liability • Analyzing DFSA language on compliance

officers’ powers to ensure job authority meets regulatory standards

• Studying “aggravating factors” such as threatening compliance officers to codify proper management protocols

PROGRAM

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MONDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2016MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO

08.00 – 16.05 Registration Desk and Exhibit Area Open courtesy of Kroll.Conference Bag courtesy of SWIFT. Lanyards courtesy of FinScan.

08.00 – 15.20 Exhibit Area Open

08.00 – 09.00 Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Area

09.00 – 09.05 Opening Remarks

09.05 – 09.35 Keynote AddressRaymond Villanueva, Deputy Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations

09.35 – 10.50 Harmonizing Compliance Systems with Global Regulatory Changes• Documenting OECD Common Reporting Standard developments to ensure MENA

jurisdictions are compliant• Examining the US CDD final rule to identify regulatory impacts affecting MENA

financial institutions• Analyzing US Competent Authority Arrangements to chart evolving FATCA compliance demands

10.50 – 11.20 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

11.20 – 12.35 Combatting Emerging Daesh Financing Methods • Identifying typologies of looted antiquities trading to aid screening for possible

Daesh connections • Studying tax collection activity in high-risk areas to detect potential Daesh zakat confiscations• Tracking ATM and prepaid card patterns to detect prospective foreign terror fighters

12.35 – 13.50 Networking Luncheon

13.50 – 14.50 Updating AML Oversight to Address FinTech Compliance Risks• Implementing AML policies to manage unique FinTech client risks such as third party reliance• Tailoring monitoring systems to detect distinctive FinTech financial crime typologies• Auditing FinTech clients to determine adequacy of AML policies and compliance resources

14.50 – 15.20 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

15.20 – 16.05 Deliberating the Compliance Outlook: A Roundtable Discussion on Near-Term Trends • Analyzing blockchain developments to gauge implications for KYC and transaction transparency • Detailing Cuban and Russian sanctions changes to ensure adherence to shifting requirements• Mapping optimal MSB risk management policies to secure and maintain banking relationships

16.05 – 16.10 Closing Remarks

Program and speakers are subject to change.

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SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE ADDRESSRick McDonellExecutive DirectorACAMSFormer Executive SecretaryFinancial Action Task Force (FATF)France

Hossam Abd-El RahmanChairman & Managing DirectorAllied Compliance ConsultantsUAE

Shawki Ahwash, CAMSHead of AML/ CFT Division (MLRO)North Africa Commercial Bank salLebanon

Osama Al Rahma Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerForeign Exchange Remittance Group/ Al Fardan ExchangeUAE

Samar Baasiri, CAMS Head of Compliance FunctionBankMedLebanon

Kieran Beer, CAMSEditor-in-ChiefACAMS moneylaundering.com United States

John J. Byrne, Esq., CAMSExecutive Vice PresidentACAMSUnited States

Christos Christou, CAMSGroup Chief Compliance OfficerLuLu International ExchangeUAE

KEYNOTE ADDRESSRaymond VillanuevaDeputy Assistant DirectorHomeland Security InvestigationsUnited States

Chrisol CorreiaDirectorGlobal AMLLexisNexis Risk SolutionsUnited Kingdom

Abbas Bou DiabHead of Compliance & AML BLOM Bank QatarDoha

Sarah DelbecqHead of Financial Crime Compliance, UAE & Regional FCC Oversight Oman & EgyptHSBC

Rashid El Takash, CAMS-FCISenior Financial InvestigatorSpecial Investigation Commission - LebanonLebanon

Stephen Evans, CAMSDirector, AML and Financial CrimeQatar Financial Centre Regulatory AuthorityQatar

Tobias Fowler OatesVice President, Regional Head of Compliance Asia Pacific, South Asia, Africa & The Middle East, (“AMEAP”)Moneygram InternationalSingapore

Lawrence Grant-Lapre, CAMS AuditAML/ CFT T&D ConsultantGrant-Lapre Solutions (M) Sdn BhdUAE

SPEAKERS

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Faisal Islam, CAMSFintech & AML ComplianceDirectorpfi.io Advisory

Zarina Karodia Head of Financial Crime Middle East HSBCUAE

Dhruva Lawale, CAMSVice President-Internal Audit Mashreq Bank UAE

Jose LewisHead of Africa & the Middle EastACAMSUnited States

Collin LoboHead of Financial Crime ComplianceHSBC Middle EastUAE

Abdul-Hafiz MansourSecretary and Vice ChairmanSpecial Investigation Commission and Egmont GroupLebanon

Mohamad S. MansourSenior AGM, Chief Compliance OfficerThe Commercial Bank of Qatar

Victor MatafonovGroup Chief Compliance OfficerEmirates NBDUAE

Nishanth Nottath Regional Head AML (MENA)HSBC Bank Middle East LimitedUAE

Mr. Kevin O’LearyVP Product Management BAE Systems

Damian O’Riordan, CAMSHead of ComplianceBank MuscatOman

Angeli Pereira, CAMS Associate Director Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Qatar

Anthony Rodriguez CAMS, CPAChief Risk OfficerAFEX United States

Liat Shetret, CAMSDirector of Financial Integrity and MENA ProgramsGlobal Center on Cooperative SecurityUnited States

Carmel SpeersRegional HeadFinancial Crime Compliance, MENAPStandard Chartered Bank

Taavi TamkiviLead ComplianceTransferwise

Michael WongAssociate Director, AML/ CFT SupervisionDubai Financial Services AuthorityUAE

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