AGENDA

Registration: 8:00 - 9:00

9:00 - 9:10

Opening Remarks - Refinitiv
Speaker

Mohamed Ismail, Customer Success and Proposition Sales Director, Refinitiv

9:10 - 9:20

Welcome Address - His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Abdulkarim Alkholifey, Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)
Speaker

His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Abdulkarim Alkholifey, Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)

9:20 - 9:33

Welcome Speech - Banque Saudi Fransi
Speaker

Rayan Fayez, Managing Director, Banque Saudi Fransi

Series 1: The Compliance Evolution: Preparing for Change

9:30 - 10:30

KSA FATF Mutual Evaluations Report: One Year On
Speakers

Axel Threlfall, Editor-at-Large, Reuters (Moderator)

Adel AlQulish, Senior Advisor to the Governor & Vice-Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Permanent Committee (AMLPC), Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)

Lyndsey Merrill, Financial Attaché to the Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mohammed Al-Dughaiyem, Consultant and Director of AML/CTF Department, Ministry of Commerce and Investment

Naif Alajmi, Head of AML/CFT Compliance, Capital Market Authority

10:30 - 11:30

Global Sanctions Updates
Speakers

Rear Admiral Dr. Chris Parry, Senior Strategic Advisor, Refinitiv (Moderator)

Ernst Pienaar, Global Head, Content Specialist - World-Check, Refinitiv

Ghaith Zubi, UN Sanctions Expert, United Nations Security Council

Mana Al-Dohan, Head of Financial Crime - AML & CTF, Banque Saudi Fransi

Tom Keatinge, Director - Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Networking / Prayer Break: 11:30 - 12:00

Series 2: Global and Regional Regulatory Developments

12:00 - 13:00

Global Regulatory Outlook into 2020
Speakers

Axel Threlfall, Editor-at-Large, Reuters (Moderator)

Dr. Alwaleed Alsheikh, Executive Secretary, MENA FATF

Husam Almahmoud, Director, Payment Systems & Companies Control, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)

Ibtissem Lassoued, Partner - Regional Financial Crime Practice, Al Tamimi & Company

Wissam Fattouh, Secretary General, Union of Arab Banks

Lunch / Prayer Break: 13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 14:45

Keynote Presentation - 'Fighting Financial Crime: Seeing the Whole Picture'
Speaker

Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Networking / Prayer Break: 14:45 - 15:00

Series 3: Technology, Digitalization and Information Sharing

15:00 - 16:00

Information Sharing vs. Data Privacy
Speakers

Rear Admiral Dr. Chris Parry, Senior Strategic Advisor, Refinitiv (Moderator)

Ammash Al-Abthani, Chief Information Security Officer, Samba Financial Group

Khalid Al-Ghadeer, Head of Regulatory Compliance, Banque Saudi Fransi

Saad Aljebren, Head of AML/CTF Supervision, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)

Soren Nikolajsen, Deputy Managing Director - Integration & Transformation, The Saudi British Bank

16:00 - 16:45

The Future of Compliance Technology
Speakers

Vishal Relhan, Head of Risk Specialists - MENA, Refinitiv (Moderator)

Eduardo Rangel, Chief Compliance Officer, National Bank of Bahrain

Hazem Mulhim, CEO, EastNets

Jesse Spiro, Global Head of Policy, Chainalysis

16:45 - 17:30

Innovation and The Fight Against Financial Crime
Speakers

David Shepherd, Global Partner Director - Financial Crime and Compliance, Refinitiv (Moderator)

Abdulaziz Alabeedy, Head of AML/CTF Policies, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)

Nipun Srivastava, Director - Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Deloitte Middle East

End of Seminar