WEDNESDAY WEBINAR SERIES: SESSION 3

The power of financial intelligence: The latest AML and CFT trends

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[Webcast] The latest AML/CFT trends


Technology, trusted data and human intelligence are at the heart of efforts to fight money laundering and combat the financing of terrorism.

Hear from experts on the key regulatory changes the Canadian financial sector should anticipate in 2020.

Explore valuable insights around STRs, UBO challenges and the role of technology and 3P partnerships.
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What you'll learn:
  • Reforming Canada’s AML and CFT regime: what regulatory changes should the financial sector anticipate?
  • How can financial institutions improve their suspicious transaction reporting?
  • The role of technology and public-private partnerships in combating financial crime
  • Overcoming challenges in determining ultimate beneficial ownership
  • Understanding the value of data relationship mapping in unlocking crucial risk intelligence
Meet our speakers
Charlene Cieslik

Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Chief Privacy Officer - Coinsquare

Charlene Cieslik is the Chief Anti Money Laundering Officer and Chief Privacy Officer of Coinsquare. Charlene has held roles as the Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Chief Anti-Bribery Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer at several Canadian and Foreign scheduled banks, where she was responsible for AML/ATF, anti-bribery/corruption, and privacy programs. Charlene has also worked at several 'Big 4' accounting firms, where she assisted global financial institutions with AML/ATF program development, post-regulatory exam remediation and AML/ATF investigations. 

She currently teaches graduate courses on AML/ATF Compliance and cryptocurrency, sits on several advisory boards, and is a frequent speaker on the subject. She recently participated in the United Nations FATF private sector consultation meetings on digital currency in Vienna, Austria, and works closely with the Federal government in Canada in advising on cryptocurrency regulation. She holds a Master’s degree in Criminology from the University of Toronto, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and was an original founder of the Toronto ACAMS Chapter. 
Kim Manchester

Managing Director - ManchesterCF

As Managing Director and founder of ManchesterCF, Kim Manchester brings his extensive background in international banking to the global financial services industry. While based in both Hong Kong and Singapore, Kim held senior regional and global positions in corporate banking, institutional banking and capital markets for one of the world’s largest emerging markets financial institutions. Kim returned to Canada in 2003 and founded ManchesterCF.

Based in Toronto, the practice provides financial crime risk management training programs and advisory services to financial institutions and public-sector agencies. The most successful training programs from ManchesterCF include the Financial Crime Training series for international banking and the FINTEL series for financial intelligence units.

ManchesterCF has supplied training programs to major international financial institutions and to governments in G7 countries and emerging markets.Advisory services from ManchesterCF include financial crime compliance program design, typologies research for government policy makers and consulting services for national financial intelligence units.


Nick J. Maxwell

Head of the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) Programme - RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

Nick J Maxwell is Head of the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) research programme, within the RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies. Nick is the founding Director of NJM Research, a consultancy focused on anti-money laundering issues and public-private collaboration. Prior to this role, Nick led the Research and Advocacy team at Transparency International UK and was appointed to lead Transparency International's global preparations for the London Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016. Before being involved in civil society research, Nick was an Intelligence Liaison Officer providing anti-money laundering specialist advice to a NATO taskforce in Afghanistan. He received the Queen's Commendation for Valued Service for supporting cooperation between Afghan law enforcement, civilian and military agencies to disrupt the financing of the insurgency. Nick's early career included managing the International Economics Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and leading the public policy function at the ICAEW (a supervisor and Chartered professional body for the accountancy sector). 

Amber D. Scott 

Founder, CEO & Chief AML Ninja - Outlier

Amber is a compliance geek with a passion for technology. 

After graduating from the University of Waterloo, Amber joined the compliance group at one of Canada’s largest insurers where she focused on the implementation of technology-based processes to streamline compliance. She has since worked in in-house roles with major securities firms and banks. Somewhere along the line, she added MBA, CBP, and a few other letters after her name. 

Amber joined a boutique compliance consulting firm, then larger consulting firm, before getting frustrated enough with the status quo to launch Outlier Solutions Inc. (Outlier) in 2013. Outlier specializes in anti-money laundering (AML) and privacy compliance. The company is based on one of the premises of Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: that to be really good at something you need a lot of practice (about 10,000 hours). Each of Outlier's team members has 10,000 hours or more of in-house (not consulting) compliance experience. Amber loves leading this team of entrepreneurial compliance badasses. 

Christine Ring

Partner, AML and Sanctions - Deloitte

Christine is a Partner and leads the Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions practice for Deloitte Canada and brings over 20 years of regulatory experience, including vast experience in Financial Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance. 

Prior to joining Deloitte, Christine was the Managing Director of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institution’s (OSFI) Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Division.  Her team was responsible for assessing the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist risk management functions of federally regulated financial institutions. 

Christine worked closely with the Department of Finance, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), law enforcement and other key domestic and international agencies on matters relating to money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions. 

Christine was a member of the Canadian delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and played a strong role in the 2016 FATF mutual evaluation of Canada. 

Christine is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and holds the ACAMS designation.

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