Thursday 9 September 2021

Financial institutions and crime – the risk, costs and the rewards of good compliance and governance

Under the auspices of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) and The British Institute of Securities Laws



Plenary workshops


Financial institutions and crime – the risk, costs and the rewards of good compliance and governance

Under the auspices of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) and The British Institute of Securities Laws

Keynote addresses

  • Chairmen: Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham,former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee,House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK and Mr George Littlejohn, Senior Advisor, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI), London and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK

  • Mr Michael Cole-Fontayne, Chairman, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, UK

  • Ms Ros Wright QC, former Director of the Serious Fraud Office of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, former Chairman of the Fraud Advisory Panel and Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple, UK

  • Mr Jason Haines, Head of the Financial Crime and Compliance Department and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer, The Bank of China (UK) Ltd, London, UK

Session 11: Can we measure integrity in financial markets?

  • Chair: Mr Andrew Hall, Client Services Director, Willis Towers Watson, London, UK

  • Ms Judith Seddon, Partner, Ropes and Gray, London, UK

  • Mr Thomas Littlechild, EMEA Senior Counsel, Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption, Wells Fargo, London, UK

  • Mr Richard Collins, former Director, Head of Compliance, Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia

  • Mr Steve Hyndman, Global Director of Financial Crime and IT Risk, Aviva Investors, London, UK

  • Ms Rachel Sexton, Partner and the Head of the Financial Services Forensic & Integrity Services practice, Ernst and Young and Trustee of the Fraud Advisory Panel, UK

  • Mr Jack Davies, Associate, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Research Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

Session 12: Who pays for integrity or the lack thereof?

  • Chair: Mr Shahmeem Purdasy, Senior Executive and General Counsel, Plenitude Consulting and former Managing Legal Counsel, Contentious Regulatory Santander, London, UK

  • Mr Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC and former Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Office of the US Attorney, US Department of Justice, USA

  • Mr Chris Blackhurst, former Executive Director, CTF Partners and former Editor, The Independent, UK

  • Professor Philip Rutledge, Partner, Bybel and Rutledge LLP, Visiting Professor of Securities Law, BPP University and former Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Securities Commission, USA

  • Professor Andrew Haynes, Professor of Law, University of Wolverhampton and University of Tyumen, Russia and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Macau, People’s Republic of China, UK

  • Professor Stuart Bazley, Senior Compliance Manager, Transact and Visiting Professor of Financial Regulation and Compliance, BPP University, UK

  • Ms Paige Berges, Partner, Ropes and Gray LLP, London, UK

  • Mr Richard Parlour, Principal, Financial Markets Law International, UK

  • Mr Andrew Baker, Advocate, Isle of Man

  • Ms Charlotte McDonald, Barrister, London, UK

Session 13: How do we create and reinforce integrity in the corporate and working environment?

  • Chair: Ms Samar Pratt, Managing Director, Exiger, London, UK

  • Mr Antony Whitehouse, UK Head of Compliance, Natixis and former Global Head of Fixed Income Compliance and UK Head of Compliance, BNP Paribas Group, UK

  • Mr Jeff Simser, Legal Director-Agencies, LHIN Legal Services Branch, Local Health Integration Network and former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General, Canada

  • Dr Roger Miles, Faculty Lead, UK Finance Academy (Conduct and Culture), UK

  • Mr Tom Fothergill, Senior Associate, Investment Funds and Corporate Team, Walkers and former Lead Policy Adviser, Financial Services and Digital Economy, Government of Jersey

  • Dr Dominic Thomas James, Researcher, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge; Global Justice Fellow, Yale University, USA; Consultant, ICC FraudNet and Barrister, Goldsmith Chambers, London, UK

  • Mr Euan Grant, Senior Consultant, Grant and Gutsell Customs, Tax and Boarder Control Consultants, UK

  • Dr Pierre Schammo, Reader in Law, School of Law, Durham University, UK

Session 14: What can technology do for integrity?

  • Chair: Ms Claire O’Connor, Consultant and former partner RSM, Researcher, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK

  • Dr Mark Turkington, Global Head of Transaction Monitoring Controls, HSBC Financial Crime Threat Mitigation, Investigations and former Global Head of AML Investigations HSBC London, Senior Manager Australian AML Bribery and Sanctions Compliance, National Australia Bank, Australia

  • Mr Dave Porter, Associate Partner, Cognitive Solutions, IBM, UK

  • Mr Richard Cayzer, Financial Crime Advisor, UK

Plenary discussion and closing remarks

  • Chair: Ms Farmida Bi, Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, UK

  • Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the, Symposium Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham, former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK

  • Mr George Littlejohn, Senior Advisor, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI), London and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK

  • Ms Claire O’Connor, Consultant and former partner RSM, Researcher, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK

  • Closing Remarks: Professor Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, Barrister, Co-Chairman of the Symposium, Professor of Criminal Law, BPP University and the University of Buckingham, former Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, former Recorder of the Crown Court and Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple, UK

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Special keynote address by the Lord Chancellor, The Rt Hon Robert Buckland PC QC, The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice


Plenary workshop 19: The Law Commission of England and Wales: corporate criminal liability

  • Chair: Mr Robert Kay, Lawyer, The Law Commission of England and Wales, UK

  • Professor Sarah Green, Commercial and Common Law Commissioner, The Law Commission of England and Wales, UK

  • Professor Penney Lewis, Commissioner for Criminal Law, The Law Commission of England and Wales, UK

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Plenary workshop 20: Non-conviction-based (civil) forfeiture: what is it, when is it used, and what are the procedural safeguards?

Video to follow

  • Chair: Mr Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC and former Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Office of the US Attorney, US Department of Justice, USA

  • Ms Evelyn Sheehan, Partner, Kobre and Kim, former Assistant US Attorney, Deputy Chief, Asset Forfeiture Division, United States Attorney’s Office for Southern District of Florida

  • Mr Jeff Simser, Legal Director-Agencies, LHIN Legal Services Branch, Local Health Integration Network and former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General, Canada

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Plenary workshop 21: NATO’s deterrence and defence policy development

Under the auspices of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

  • Mr Andrew Budd, Head of Plans Section, Operations Division, NATO

  • Ms Charlotte Hallengren, Defence Policy and Planning Division, International Staff, NATO

  • Professor Jamie Shea, Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO

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Plenary workshop 23: NATO and Russian relations

Under the auspices of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom

  • Chair: Professor Jamie Shea, Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO

  • HE Dr Tomasz Chlon, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland and Senior Officer, Engagement Section of Public Diplomacy Division, NATO

  • Professor Alan Lee Williams, former Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Defence Secretary, Government of the UK

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Plenary workshop 24: Reporting and investigating economic crime - the media – friend, foe, help or hindrance?

Video to follow

  • Chair: Mr Saul M Froomkin QC, Chairman of the Symposium, Director, Special  Counsel, Christopher E Swan & Co, Bermuda and former Attorney General of Bermuda

  • Mr Simon Bowers, Finance Uncovered, UK

  • Mr Franz Wild, Editor, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, UK

  • Mr Matei Rosca, Politico, UK

  • Mr Timothy Melaye, Information Manager, Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in West Africa (GIABA), ECOWAS

  • Ms Daniela Bowker, Journalist, Newmarket, UK

Mr Michael Ricks, Managing Director, Enquire International Ltd, UK