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Trainers
In a career spanning over three decades, Atul has held senior roles in global commercial banks and has worked with culturally diverse teams across South Asia, ASEAN, UK and USA in the areas of Risk Management, Trade Finance, Corporate Finance and Client Management. Atul’s rich and diverse experience has provided him with a strong understanding of comprehensive risk framework for banking business including credit, operational and compliance risks. He has trained and mentored clients in the fields of trade finance, credit risk, treasury products, AML and sanctions, and regulatory exams.
Calvin Koo is a New York and Hong Kong dual-qualified cross-border litigator, based in Hong Kong. He counsels financial technology clients regarding cryptocurrency-related disputes and investigations, as well as victims of fraud on international asset recovery matters. This includes a focus on digital asset tracing and recovery, as well as creative judgment enforcement strategies requiring work in courtrooms and with government authorities around the world. He is currently a Cross-Border Disputes and Investigations Lawyer with Kobre & Kim LLP.
Guada has been immersed for more 15 years in the anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF) and anti-fraud programs of all types of financial institutions. She is the President and a Trustee of the Association of Remittance Company Compliance Officers and the Internal Vice President and Trustee of the Good Governance Advocates and Practitioners of the Philippines. She is an accredited AML Trainer of the Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council. She has appeared before congress on bills related to e-commerce, remittance, AML/CTF, and insurance. Guada is a licensed lawyer and a law faculty member of the University of Asia and the Pacific.
Luke Raven is an experienced anti-financial crime professional with experience in AML, Sanctions, Anti Bribery and Corruption, Fraud Prevention and KYC. He has worked as a financial crime and AML specialist at two of Australia’s Big Banks – NAB & Westpac – and a number of leading FinTech companies such as Square (now Block), Airwallex and Wise (formerly TransferWise), and most recently at a crypto exchange called Cabital: Crypto Without the Crazy as a Senior MLRO, AU & NZ. Luke is a regular speaker at events and a passionate trainer, and understands the debanking issues faced by as well as the challenges for banks in effectively monitoring their FinTech clients.
Malvika pursued her masters from Cranfield University, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom. Post her education, she was trained at the Cybercrime Directorate in Singapore where she worked on several SOP’s, Open-Source Intelligence and Digital Forensics.
She has been actively involved in cryptocurrency fraud investigations and is currently working with a very capable team of experts in India. She is working at Pelorus Technologies Pvt Ltd as an AVP and heads investigations related to Cryptocurrencies, OSINT, and Big Data.
Nader is a compliance manager in AM Bank with 9 years experience in the financial crime compliance field, having high competence and skills in detecting and preventing a broad array of financial crimes and mitigating related risks. He oversees the implementation of effective and sustainable anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud and sanction compliance programs for all bank branches and departments. In addition to being a member of the AML/CTF board committee, he works in close collaboration with the local Financial Intelligence Unit.
He earned a bachelor’s degree at Lebanese university (with great honours) majoring in banking and finance.
Nicholas works with multinational financial institutions and corporations in Asia, US and the EU on all aspects of economic sanctions, AML and anti-bribery and corruption compliance and investigations. Drawing on his experience working in-house for multinational financial institutions, he focuses on guiding clients on designing and implementing compliance programs and advising on the application of regulations from the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and other regulators to his clients’ international businesses. In 2020, Nicholas was recognized on the Global Investigations Review (GIR) list of “40 Under 40” investigations specialists globally.
Pramod has over 40 years of corporate experience in banking and financial services, of which 20 years were with the State Bank of India. Pramod was the Chief Compliance Officer and Principal Officer in IndusInd Bank. He is an expert in banking compliance requirements and KYC/AML regulations. He is associated as faculty at Fintelekt Advisory Services and the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) and is involved in providing advisory services to banks and financial technology (fintech) companies. He has authored several books for IIBF’s programmes. Pramod has a B.Tech. (Hons.) from IIT, Kharagpur and a Diploma in Business Finance from CAIIB.
Rūta Bajarūnaitė is former lead of the Legislative Initiatives and Methodology Group at the Center of Excellence in Anti-Money Laundering – public-private partnership established in Lithuania. She was responsible for the coordination of expert working groups (AML/CTF Law Amendment Group and Sanctions Task Force) as well.
Prior joining the Center of Excellence in Anti-Money Laundering she worked as a bilingual lawyer and supported an international law firm on a high-profile anti-money laundering investigation in Stockholm on behalf of a multinational financial institution. Later she joined KPMG Lithuania as an AML advisor.
Sameer has over 25 years of experience in Retail and SME banking. He is a compliance professional with experience in handling banking regulatory matters, operational risk management, fraud prevention, financial crime compliance, FATCA-CRS regulatory compliance, data privacy issues and techno economic surveys. He conducts trainings in the areas of investigations, interviewing techniques, diversity and inclusion, conflict of interest, KYC and operational risks.
Sadiq is an Anti-Money Laundering Expert and Compliance Professional with over 25 years of rich and diversified banking experience across India and Middle East.
He has over 19 years of extensive experience in providing Anti Money Laundering solutions related to Transaction Monitoring, Customer Due Diligence and Sanctions & Prohibitions screening and Regulatory Compliance. Sadiq has worked with Barclays Bank for 13.5 years. He was formerly the MLRO and Head AML at Barclays Bank India. He has previously worked with VFS Global, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ Grindlays Bank. in various roles.
Surinderjit Kaur has 37 years of corporate experience with State Bank of India. She was Faculty in International Banking including TBML with the apex training college of SBI i.e. State Bank Institute of Consumer Banking (earlier State Bank Staff College). She has the experience of handling sessions for various banks and institutions like FEDAI, FIEO, TBML for CEIB Officials, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Nepal SBI Bank, IIBF programs and online sessions for SBI, Male and SBI, Frankfurt etc. She has Certificate in Trade Finance and IT Security, ICWA (Intermediate), CAIIB (I and II) and CDCS from London Institute of Banking and Finance.
Mokete is a Commissioner of Oaths who is well-versed in the international regulatory environment governing financial institutions. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and Certified Compliance Manager. Mokete is a professional trainer in AML/CFT/PF, highly proficient in due diligence testing, risk and compliance management frameworks. He has technical proficiency in general Data Analysis and a growing interest in compliance and risk management research.
T.R. Hariharan has more than three decades of experience in Banking services having specialized in Financial Crime Compliance, Risk Management and Internal Audit in Multi National Banks. He is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with knowledge of- AML /KYC, Sanctions, FATF regulations, Countering Terrorist Financing, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Regulatory Control framework.
Hariharan is a Chartered Accountant (FCA), Information Systems Auditor (DISA) and Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection (FAFD) professional of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also certified by Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
Vikas Tandon is an executive with 27 years of experience in banking, of which 17 years has been dedicated to AML/ KYC /CFT, In-Business Control, Fraud Risk, Compliance and Operational Risk Management. Until recently, he was the global head for the Citi institutional client group, operations risk and control, primarily engaged in compliance and banking related advisory functions.
He has designed and implemented programs, policies and procedures for enhanced operational efficiency and standardisation, coupled with experience of working in the banking sector across Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA, within Consumer and Institutional Banking departments, International Compliance, Audit and Training.
During his career, he has networked with regulators across Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Vikas has written a book on KYC/ AML / CFT, and authored several articles in journals published by professional institutes and financial magazines, with the ability to train banking professionals, senior executives and board members.
Other Industry Experts Featured on Fintelekt Academy
Alma Angotti
Partner and Co-Leader, Global Investigation and Compliance Practice, Guidehouse
Ankit Tibrewala
Director, Sanctions Advisory, ASEAN & South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank
Antoine Karam
Head – Software Products for Member States, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Anuj Bhansali
Director of Product Management, PhonePe
Archana Kotecha
Founder,
The Remedy Project
Arun Shankar C S
Incharge – FRM – Risk Management, National Payments Corporation of India
Asyraf Rifaei Assrangkhuun
Group Head – AML/CFT Transactions Monitoring and Investigation Operations, AmBank Malaysia
Avaneesh Raman
AML/CFT Consultant, GovRisk (The International Governance & Risk Institute)
Avinash Tanna
Business Solutions Consultant – Asia-Pacific, Accuity
Brent C. Estrella
Group Head & Chief Compliance Officer, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
Byron McKinney
Product Manager – Trade Finance and Compliance Solutions, IHS Markit
Channing Mavrellis
Illicit Trade Director, Global Financial Integrity
Charan Rawat
Head of Compliance, Rabobank
Christiaan Barnard
Head – Financial Intelligence Unit, New Zealand
F. Christopher Calabia
Senior Advisor, Supervisory & Regulatory Policy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Chua Choon Hong
Head of Compliance Solutions – APAC, Bureau van Dijk, A Moody’s Analytics Company
Claire Wilson
Consultant & Chairperson, HKICPA Disciplinary Panel
Daniel Thelesklaf
David Haynes
Vice President, Asia Pacific, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Dr. David Utzke
Associate Professor at University of Advancing Technology & U.S. Treasury IRS CID Cybercrimes Unit
David Zhuo
Market Planner, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Dayanand Prasad
Principal Officer – AML & KYC Compliance, Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C)
Deepak Kinger
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Dilani Sooriyaarachchi
Head of Compliance, Seylan Bank, Sri Lanka
Diphat Tembo
Director – Compliance and Prevention Department, Financial Intelligence Centre, Zambia
Douglas Wolfson
Director, Financial Crime Compliance – Asia, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Duncan Jepson
Managing Director – Liberty Shared
Edgar Lopez
Director, Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit
Dr. Elena Scherschneva
Independent AML/CFT expert and consultant & Former Head of FIU Austria
Fabrizio Fioroni
Adviser – AML/CFT, Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
George Pearmain
Director, Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey
Girish Hanumegowda
Trade Compliance Regional Subject Matter Expert, IHS Markit
Guy Sheppard
Head of APAC Financial Crime, Initiatives and Intelligence, SWIFT
Hari Kumar Nepal
Deputy Director, Nepal Rastra Bank & AML Cell, Ministry of Finance Nepal
Ian Pemberton
Criminal Intelligence Officer, INTERPOL
Irfan Yar
Research Fellow, Global Counter Terrorism Institute
Isabella Chase
Research Fellow
Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, RUSI
Jackie Shinfield
Partner & Co-Lead – Financial Services Regulatory Group, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jermy Prenio
Senior Advisor, Financial Stability Institute, Bank for International Settlements
Julia Chin
Head of Compliance, Hugosave SG
Julia Yansura
Program Manager, Latin America & the Caribbean,
Global Financial Integrity
Julian Dixon
CEO, Napier
Jyothi Mekala
Head – Compliance, BillDesk
Dr. Katy Dineen
Senior Associate, The Mizen Group
Kevin Gomez
Head-AML/KYC and MLRO, IDFC First Bank
Lakshmi Kumar
Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity
Leah Callon-Butler
Director, Emfarsis
M.C. Ponnanna
Head of AML/CFT and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), Al Jazeera Exchange
Madhu Sinha
Independent AML Compliance Professional; Former Head of AML, Citibank India
Malcolm Wright
Chief Compliance Officer, 100x Group & Advisory Council Chair, Global Digital Finance
Mark Nuttall
Country Manager,
Hill & Associates Singapore
Manish Bhandari
Principal Officer AML/CFT/Sanctions Compliance, ICICI Bank
Matt Friedman
Chief Executive Officer, The Mekong Club
Matthew Redhead
Associate Fellow, Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Atty. Mel Georgie B. Racela
Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat, The Philippines
Md. Abdullah Al Mamun
CAMLCO; Head of Vigilance, Dutch-Bangla Bank & General Secretary – Association of AML Compliance Officers of Banks in Bangladesh
Mohammad Habibur Rahman
Vice President and Head of Financial Institutions (FI), Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited
Muhammad Imran
Criminal Intelligence Officer, Financial Crimes Unit, INTERPOL
Patrick Kelly
Co-founder and CEO, The Mizen Group
Paul McCarthy
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, The Mizen Group
Philip Hunkin
Director – Financial Intelligence Unit, Isle of Man
Phoebe Ewen
Programme Manager,
The Mekong Club
Pramod Dahal
Chief – AML/CFT, Internal Audit & Company Secretary, NMB Bank
Ravi Lahoti
Chief Audit Executive, Bandhan Bank
Rika Astari
AML/CTF Compliance Expert / Consultant
Rob Loh
Director, Huron
Robert Campbell
Programme Manager, United for Wildlife
Robin Lee
Head of APAC, Napier
Rohan Lakhaiyar
Chief Compliance Officer, Paytm Payments Bank
Sagar Tanna
Co-Founder, TSS Consultancy
Sandeep Mehra
Chief Executive Officer, Academy of Fraud Investigations
Sarah Tariq
Specialist Advisor, AFC & Compliance, Deutsche Bank, Pakistan
Sarwar MAQ Chowdhury
Ex-DMD Eastern Bank and Ex-Chairman, AACOBB
Serge Ceniza
Consultant, Philippine Business Bank and Dean, Manila Law College
Shafath Mujawar
DVP – AML at Fino Payments Bank
Sharon Pamplona
Head of Financial Crime and MLRO, ANZ Hong Kong
Sofia El Mansouri
Compliance Consultant, Professional Writer, Speaker, Compliantly LLC
Srinivas Vaman Gollapudi
Joint President and Business Head – Trade Finance and Commercial Operations, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Dr. Srinivas Yanamandra
Chief, Compliance at New Development Bank
Sujata Dasgupta
Global Head – Financial Crimes Compliance Advisor, Tata Consultancy Services
Supranee Satitchaicharoen
Director of International Cooperation Division, Anti Money Laundering Office (AMLO) Thailand
Stephen Cutler
Chief Enterprise Risk and Compliance Officer, Omnipay
Suresh Vytla
Country Manager India, Accuity
Sydney Asubo
Executive Director, Financial Intelligence Authority, Uganda
Tanya McCartney
CEO & Executive Director, Bahamas Financial Services Board
Thinley Dorji
Head – Risk Management, Compliance & AML/CFT Division, Bank of Bhutan
Tom Cardamone
President & CEO, Global Financial Integrity
Tom Keatinge
Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Vijay Bharadwaj
Manager, Ingenia Consultants
Vijay Gopaladesikan
Head – FCC Screening Product & List Management, Group Financial Crime
Youngbee Dale
CEO & Anti-Trafficking Consultant, Dale Consulting