2024 Speakers

Co-Chairs

John E. Smith

Partner
Morrison Foerster (US)
Former Director, OFAC

William Pellerin

Partner
McMillan LLP

Government Speaking Faculty

Stephen Burridge

Executive Director, Sanctions Policy, Outreach, Compliance & Enforcement Division Sanctions Bureau
Global Affairs Canada

Aaron Forsberg

Director for Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation
U.S. Department of State

Kristina Jankovich

Team Leader for Sanctions Implementation, Unit for Sanctions, DG FISMA
European Commission

Jessica Rhee

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

Giles Thomson

Director, Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and Economic Crime
HM Treasury

Industry Speaking Faculty

Owais Arshad

Director - Global Economic Sanctions Advisory
RBC

Umair Azam

Legal Counsel
Canadian Bankers Association

Nicole Charles

Senior Manager, Financial Crime
Aviva Canada

Michael Diaz

Head of Transaction Screening, Financial Crimes Prevention
UBS

Andrii Dzhaga

FC Trade Controls Policy Lead
Stripe

Jessica Kim

AVP, Third Party Risk Management
Canadian Western Bank

Heidi Kinkartz

Director, Global Sanctions
Scotiabank

Osvaldo Lee

Deputy Global Head of Sanctions Compliance
Bloomberg

Laura Molinari

Executive Director, Licensing, Policy, Sanctions, and Compliance
Boeing

Brian O’Toole

Global Head of Sanctions
Wells Fargo

Alexander Parets

Senior Director, Head of Enterprise Screening and Sanctions Risk Management
Capital One

Riyam Ratnajothi

Director, Sanctions Compliance and Watchlist Management
BMO Financial Group

Paul Jonathan Saguil

Deputy Head, Global Sanctions Compliance & Anti-Bribery/Corruption Program
TD Bank

Orlando Silva

Senior Director, Trade Compliance Officer
BlackBerry Limited

Jeffrey Simser

Former Legal Director
Ministry of the Attorney General

Kuno Tucker

Chief Compliance Officer
Manulife Wealth

Law Firm Speaking Faculty

Farhad Alavi

Partner
Akrivis Law Group

Dr. Anna Bradshaw

Partner
Peters & Peters LLP (London)

Erich Ferrari

Principal Attorney
Ferrari & Associates (USA)

Graeme A. Hamilton

Partner
Bordner Ladner Gervais

Martha Harrison

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault

Jessica B. Horwitz

Partner
Bennett Jones

Matthew Kronby

Partner, International Trade and Investment
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

Barbara Linney

Partner
BakerHostetler LLP

Stephen Nattrass

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright

Clifford Sosnow

Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

David M. Stetson

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Former Senior Lawyer, OFAC

Brenda C. Swick

Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Wendy Wagner

Partner
Gowling WLG

Michael Zolandz

Partner
Dentons