Conference Co-Chairs

Karen Creen

Chief Compliance Officer & Chief AML Officer First Nations Bank of Canada

Andres Betancourt

VP, AML/Sanctions Canada & International Advisory PNC Bank

Government Speakers

David Coffey

Detective, Financial Crimes Unit Toronto Police Service

Jim Cruess

Senior Litigation Counsel, Joint Serious Offences Team Ontario Securities Commission
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Alysa Holmes

Crown Counsel, Complex Prosecutions Bureau/Cybercrime Team Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

Tina Matos

Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy Director of Supervision FINTRAC

Gabriel Ngo

Director, Independent Review Office Bank of Canada

Industry Speakers

Stephen Alsace

Global Head of Economic Sanctions Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
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Owais Arshad

Director, Global Economic Sanctions Advisory RBC

Jinisha Bhatt

Founder Canadian Anti-Human Trafficking Consortium

Sasha Caldera

Campaign Manager, Beneficial Ownership Transparency IMPACT

Guy Charpentier

Principal, Advisors Client Services, Global ACS Lead, Operations & Compliance Practice MasterCard

Stuart Davis

Global Head Financial Crime Risk (ret.)

Kevin deBruyckere

Director, AML & Investigations BCLC

Joseph Iuso

Executive Director Canadian Money Service Business Association

Andrew Jensen

Global Head of Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, and Screening TD Bank

Zarkim Julian

AML Operations Manager First West Credit Union

Bob Kapur

Director, Financial Crime Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer Sun Life

Dwayne King

AML Compliance Officer WFCU Credit Union
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Shivani Lahar

Vice President, CAMLO EQ Bank

Kristie Lestition

Director, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance & Fraud FirstOntario Credit Union

Kamila Llacuna

Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Lead, Compliance Testing Capital One

Dr. Ian Messenger

Professor, Public Safety Seneca Polytechnic

Penny Moulton

Director, Customs and Trade Compliance Canada UPS SCS, Inc.

Khaled Shoeb, MFAcc, CFE

Associate Vice President, AML & Financial Crime Risk - Canada & Latin America Wells Fargo

Heather Trew

Senior Vice President & Counsel, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions American Bankers Association (ABA)

Gary Valiquette

Former Assistant Crown Attorney, Guns and Gangs Task Force Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
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Lesya Yevchenko

Director and Chief AML Officer Citi Canada

Kabir Tariq

Leader, AML Compliance and MLRO Western Union

Distinguished Faculty

Suhuyini Abudulai

Co-chair, FINTAC Outreach and Guidance Group (ACMLTF) Finance Canada
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Noah Arshinoff

Policy Counsel Federation of Law Societies of Canada

Elizabeth Boison

Partner Chapman and Cutler LLP Former Bank Integrity Unit, National Crypto Enforcement Team U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division

Doug Bourassa

Partner Torkin Manes LLP
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Ryan Cheng

Intelligence Analyst RCMP

Alessio D. Evangelista

Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates Former Head of the Enforcement and Compliance Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Eric Hansen

Head, Public Sector - Canada Dow Jones

William Pellerin

International Trade Partner McMillan LLP
Former Deputy Director, Trade Remedies
Global Affairs Canada

Alina Rivilis

Director, Data Science & AI Director Data Science & AI Home Trust Company

Jeffrey Simser

Former Director, Legal Ministry of the Attorney General in Toronto

David Vijan

Co-Founder & CEO Outlier Compliance Group

Gaelan Woolham

Partner Capco Canada