Speakers
Keynote Speakers

Theresa Hinz
Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs Directorate
OSFI

Philippe Dufresne
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Office of The Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Co-Chairs

Safiya Adenekan
Chief Compliance Officer - Canada
Cash App

Kuno Tucker
Chief Compliance Officer
Manulife Securities
Government Speakers

Maude Blanchette
Intelligence Analyst, Case Assessment and Intelligence, Enforcement Branch
Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)

Justin Brown
Senior Director, Financial Crimes Policy - Governance & Transparency, Financial Sector Policy Branch
Department of Finance Canada

Charlene Davidson
Director of Financial Crimes Policy, Financial Crimes and Security Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch
Department of Finance Canada

Kelly-Anne Gibson
Director, Cyber Protection Policy Division
Public Safety Canada

Richard Larose
Senior Technical Advisor, Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Jeffrey Simser
Barrister and Solicitor, Legal Director
Ministry of the Attorney General

Emiel-Johan van der Velden
Head, Depositor Solutions, Insurance & Compliance
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC)

Gary Valiquette
Assistant Crown Attorney, Guns and Gangs Task Force
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Distinguished Faculty

Sudhanshu Bahadur
Head of Technology, Global Asset Management
BMO Financial Group

Edgar Barbosa
Partner - Payments and Open Banking Leader, Canada
PwC

Wayne Bolton
Principal, Compliance Canada
Edward Jones

Nick Bray
Vice President
CUBE

Denise Carson
Chief Compliance Officer, BMO Asset Management Inc & BMO Investments Inc.
BMO Financial Group

David Chesworth
AVP & Chief Client Protection Officer, Regulatory Compliance
Canadian Western Bank

Garry Clement
Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer
Versabank

Pina Ferlisi-Sartor
AVP Compliance and Deputy COO
Laurentian Bank

Claudia Fuchs
Chief Privacy Officer
CWB Financial Group

Melanie Hoad
VP, Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance, Canada
CNA Canada

Marie Houde
VP, Chief Compliance Officer
Laurentian Bank

Christine Hunter
Vice President, Payments
TD

Joseph Iuso
Executive Director
Canadian MSB Association

Jessica Kim
AVP, Third Party Risk Management
Canadian Western Bank

Dwayne King
Senior Manager - Risk, Forensics and AML Advisory
Grant Thornton LLP (Canada)
Former Lead Investigator,
Asset Forfeiture Unit,
Toronto Police Service

Neil Lacroix
Canadian Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary; Head of Strategic Initiatives
MUFG Bank Canada

Frank Mauti
Investigator, Financial Crimes - Ret.
Toronto Police Service, RCMP, and Ontario Provincial Police

David Merriby
VP - Chief Compliance Officer at Amex Bank of Canada
American Express

Michael Mignardi
Vice President and General Counsel
Chief Compliance Officer (Interim)
Equitable Bank

Stephanie Mould
Head, Compliance and Privacy
Payments Canada

Andrew Oakden
Chief Compliance Officer
HomeEquity Bank

Prashant Panavalli
Principal
FORVIS

Taha Patoli
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
Coast Capital Savings

Mark Pratt
SVP, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Personal & Commercial Banking, Canada
BMO Financial Group

Fara Sim-Francois
Chief Compliance Officer and Chief AML Officer
CITCO Bank Canada

Sandy Stephens
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Alterna Savings Alterna Bank

Kiran Thakkar
AVP - Individual Customer Compliance
Canada Life

Mayuran Vallipuram
Director, Payments and Open Banking
PwC

Simon Zou
Chief Compliance Officer and CAMLO, Canada
Mega International Commercial Bank
Law Firm Speakers

Peter Aziz
Senior Counsel
Torys LLP

Adam Garetson
Partner, Blockchain and FinTech
Gowling WLG

Carole Piovesan
Managing Partner
INQ Law
Former Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Global Affairs Canada
