Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Donna Achimov
Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy Director
FINTRAC
Erin Hunt
Director General, Financial Crimes and Security Division
Department of Finance Canada
Sarah Paquet
Director and Chief Executive Officer
FINTRAC
Conference Co-Chairs
Andres Betancourt, CFCS, CAMS, CCI, CBE, FIS
Senior Manager, AML/ATF International, Banking Internal Controls
Scotiabank
Christine Ring
Vice President, AML Advisory, Canada and the Caribbean
Royal Bank of Canada
Former Managing Director, AML, and Compliance Division
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Government Speakers
Paul M. Bourassa
Barrister & Solicitor
Bourassa Law
Former Federal Crown Prosecutor Government of Alberta
John Corelli
Chief Counsel Serious Fraud Officer
Crown Law Office – Criminal
Ministry of the Attorney General
Kevin deBruyckere, MBA, CAMS
Director, AML & Investigations, Legal, Compliance, Security
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
Christine Do Souto
Chief AML Officer
iGaming Ontario, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
Derek Ramm
Director, Anti-Money Laundering
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
Jeff Simser
Barrister & Solicitor
Former Legal Director
Ministry of the Attorney General
Jeff Thomson
Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC)
John F. Tobon, CAMS
Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Senior Advisor
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Rob Vingerhoets, CFCI
Proceeds of Crime Section, Financial Crimes Unit – Detective Constable
York Regional Police
Robert Whalen
Field Intelligence Officer
Toronto Community Housing
Former Detective
Toronto Police Service
Industry Speakers and Thought Leaders
Stephen Alsace
Global Head of Economic Sanctions
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
Garry Clement
Chief AML Officer
VersaBank
James Cohen
Executive Director
Transparency International Canada
Rosa Copetti
AMLRO & Director, Canadian Personal & Business Banking
BMO Financial Group
Stuart Davis
Executive Vice President, Global Head, Financial Crimes Risk Management
Scotiabank
Ross S. Delston
Attorney & Expert Witness
Former Assistant General Counsel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
Fnan Desta, CAMS
Senior Manager, Financial Intelligence Unit
BMO Financial Group
Jill DeWitt
Senior Director - Industry Practice Lead, Financial Crime Compliance
Moody’s Analytics
Samantha Elefant
Counsel, Global Compliance & Ethics
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Cameron Field
Vice President
Vidocq Group
Drew Galow, MSc, CAMS
Managing Director, AML Model Management, Analytics and Machine Learning
BMO Financial Group
Adam Garetson
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
WonderFi
Rebecca Ip, CPA, CA, CFF, CAMS – Audit
Partner, Forensic & Financial Crimes Services
KPMG LLP
Joseph Iuso, CAMS, CFCS
Chief AML Officer
BitBuy
Andrew Jensen
Managing Director and Global Head, Sanctions and Screening
Scotiabank
Former Assistant Director of Global Affairs, Middle East/North Africa
U.S. Department of Treasury
Rosalind Laruccia
Global Chief Compliance Officer
Avison Young
Chris LeBlanc
Director of Compliance, Digital Gaming
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment
Marie-Andree Malo-Mongeau, CPA, CA, CAMS
Senior Director, Commerce Solutions Product & Client Experience
CIBC
Alesia Nahirny, JD MA CAMS
President
Ukrainian Canadian Bar Association
Erika Postel, LLB (Arg.), CAMS
Director, AML Program Delivery – Consumer and Small Business
Scotiabank
Asad Rauf
VP & Chief Compliance Officer
SBI Canada Bank
Eric Richmond
Chief Operating Officer
Coinsquare
Nick Oscar Ruggiero, CAMS
Manager, Financial Intelligence Unit, Office of Law Enforcement Outreach & Investigations, Canada
Western Union
Khaled Shoeb, MFAcc, CFE
AVP - AML & Financial Crime Risk IT&V - Canada & Latin America
Wells Fargo
Sandy Stephens
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Alterna Credit and Alterna Bank
Rita Trichur
Senior Business Writer and Columnist
The Globe and Mail
Gail Towne
Managing Director, Global Head Financial Crime Risk Management Models & Analytics
Scotiabank
Jay Turnbull
Director, Fraud Intelligence and Strategy
Mastercard
John Weigelt
National Technology Officer
Microsoft Canada
Law Firm Speakers
Suhuyini Abudulai, CAMS
Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Imran Ahmad
Senior Partner, Canadian Head of Technology
Co-Head of Information Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
Marcus Asner
Partner & Co-chair, White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice
Arnold & Porter
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Former Chief, Major Crimes and Computer Hacking/Intellectual Property, Southern District of New York
Peter Aziz
Senior Counsel and Member, Financial Institutions Practice and the Payments and Cards Practice
Torys LLP
Lincoln Caylor
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Deborah Connor
Partner, Litigation Department
Morrison Foerster
Former Chief, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section
U.S. Department of Justice
Norman Groot, LL.B., CFE, CFI
Founder and Managing Lawyer
Investigation Counsel PC Fraud Recovery Lawyers
