Conference Co-Chairs

Andrew Adams

Partner Steptoe LLP Former Director, Task Force KleptoCapture

Sabrina Bandali

Partner Bennett Jones LLP

Heidi Kinkartz

Global Sanctions & Screening, Global Compliance & AML Scotiabank

Government Speakers

Inspector Guy Paul Larocque, CPA, CGA

Officer in Charge Financial Crime
Federal Policing Criminal Operations
RCMP

Glen Linder

Director General, Sanctions Global Affairs Canada

Maksym Pastushok

Acting Director of the Sanctions Policy Department The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

Annette Ryan

Deputy Director, Partnership, Policy and Analysis FINTRAC

Elizabeth Scott

Sanctions Compliance Officer Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
U.S. Department of Treasury

Matthew Shannon

Senior Economist Department of Finance Canada

Industry Speakers & Thought leaders

Stephen Alsace

VP and Global Head of Economic Sanctions, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption RBC

Umair Azam

Legal Counsel Canadian Bankers Association

Jochen Best

VP, Compliance Paramount Commerce

Andres Betancourt

VP - AML, Sanctions, Internal Audit and Internal Controls PNC Bank

Gene DiMira

Global Sanctions and Technology Evace

Luis Duarte

Head of U.S. OFAC and Sanctions Compliance Generali

Andrii Dzhaga

FCSP Advisory Lead, Global Sanctions Stripe

Cameron Field

Vice President VIDOCQ

Rocío Gainza

Director, Global Financial Crimes Bank of America

Laura Houlihan

Chief Compliance Officer Cybrid

Kohki Kubota

Global Head of Financial Crimes & International Trade Legal Bloomberg LP

Jennifer Leahy

Senior Leader, International Trade Compliance, Canada and LATAM GE Aerospace

Jun Chao Meng

Senior Counsel (Payments, AML and Sanctions) TD Bank Group

Penny Moulton

Director, Customs and Trade Compliance Canada UPS

Alesia Nahirny

Director and Research Fellow Canadian Lawyers for Ukraine

John Peleck

Chief Risk Officer and Chief AML Officer Coinsquare

Riyam Ratnajothi

Director, Sanctions Compliance and Watchlist Management BMO

Kevin Riddell

Director, Trade & Regulatory Compliance TREMCO

Patrick Riesterer

VP & Deputy General Counsel Interac Corp.

Jeff Simser

Barrister and Solicitor Former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General

Owais Arshad

Director - Global Economic Sanctions Advisory RBC

Law Firm Speakers

Peter Aziz

Senior Counsel Torys LLP

John Boscariol

Partner McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Erin Brown

Senior Counsel Norton Rose Fulbright
Former Policy Officer, Global Affairs Canada

Adam Huckle

Partner Maples Group

Greg Kanargelidis

Founder and Principal Lawyer Kanargelidis Global Trade & Customs Law

Shawn Neylan

Partner Stikeman Elliott LLP

William Pellerin

Partner McMillan LLP

Clifford Sosnow

Partner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Former Senior Legal Counsel
Global Affairs Canada

Brenda C. Swick

Partner Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP