MASTERING MENA’S NEW AML REALITIES

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

The ACAMS 8th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference –MENA will return to

Dubai this November, featuring the region’s largest gathering of senior executives

and compliance professionals from the public and private sectors. This two-day event

will take an in-depth look at recent compliance trends, strategies to meet current

global developments and other anti-money laundering-related issues. You will walk

away with applicable strategies to take back to your institution. With expert speakers,

standout exhibitors and distinguished attendees, this year’s conference is a can’t-miss

event for AML and Financial Crime professionals.

TOP SESSIONS

Reviewing Key Technology

Developments and

Challenges in 2017

and Understanding

What’s to Come

AML Professionals:

Leadership, Management

and Professional

Development for Long

Term Impacts

Risk Appetite, Risk

Tolerance and Effective

Risk Management:

Achieving the

Right Balance

Stepping Up

Cybersecurity Efforts:

Practical Strategies

for MENA Financial

Institutions

MASTERING MENA’S NEW AML REALITIES

WHO ATTENDSProfessionals responsible for:

• AML operations and compliance• Reporting and SAR/STR filing• AML risk management• Customer due diligence• Transaction monitoring and

system tuning • AML audits • Investigations• AML training • Sanctions management• New product compliance• Managing third party payment

processors• Law enforcement • Regulatory oversight

NEW FOR 2017 1. New featured session on

recruiting, training, and maintaining AML professionals.

2. Two breakout sessions have been added on 13 November.

3. Help your institution anticipate the upcoming MENA FATF evaluations with case examinations and findings from actual Mutual Evaluation Reports.

From these sectors:

• Accounting Firms • Banks • Gaming • Consultants • Credit Unions • Financial Services Providers • Insurance Companies • Law Enforcement Agencies• Law Firms • Money Services Businesses• Regulatory Agencies• Securities/Investment Firms • Software/Technology Providers • Universities • Virtual Currency Exchangers

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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08.00 08.00 – 16.35 Registration Desk and Exhibit Area Open Conference bags courtesy of SWIFTLanyards courtesy of FinScan

08.00 – 09.00 Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Area09.00 09.00 – 09.10 Welcome Remarks

Jose V. Lewis, CAMS, Head of Africa & Middle East, ACAMS09.10 – 09.40 Keynote Address09.40 – 10.55 Developing Proactive Strategies to Combat Terrorist Financing and Elevate Your

CTF Program• Identifying emerging terrorist funding typologies including benefactor sympathizers, micro-financing and

social media crowdfunding• Detailing challenges to financial activity and economic recovery in conflict zones, including former

Daesh territories• Differentiating proliferation financing from terrorist funding to identify unique monitoring challenges

10.00

11.00 10.55 – 11.25 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

CONCURRENT SESSIONS11.25 – 12.40 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit

Updating AML Models to Meet Evolving MENA Compliance Trends, Expectations and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) Standards

• Outlining current MENA, US and EU jurisdictional requirements to aid UBO and ensure compliance with regulatory obligations

• Applying enhanced techniques to investigate cross-jurisdiction conflicts

• Leveraging global information sharing and publicly available databases to aid UBO reviews and risk ratings of foreign entities

• Detailing AML/UBO and tax transparency requirements under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for automatic information exchange

Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance and Effective Risk Management: Achieving the Right Balance

• Clarifying MENA regulators’ current guidance on risk to adjust AML models as warranted

• Managing risks associated with cash transactions, including security concerns, fraud and lack of transparency

• Maintaining robust correspondent banking relationships that support international trade and financial inclusion

• Implementing institutional risk tolerance policies to ensure consistency in account exiting decisions

12.00

12.40 – 13.55 Networking Luncheon 13.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

13.55 – 14.55 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit14.00 Automated Transaction Monitoring and

Screening: Detailing New Methods and Tools• Utilizing data mining to strengthen oversight

functions and automated transaction monitoring• Outlining best practices for validating automated

transaction monitoring models• Detecting sanctions screening issues such as wire

stripping and flawed commercial compliance lists• Complementing transaction monitoring systems

with artificial intelligence applications to reduce false positives

Strengthening Collaboration between Compliance and Internal Audit

• Fostering a mutually beneficial relationship and open communication between compliance and internal audit

• Understanding the skill sets and functions internal auditors need to identify AML/CFT program vulnerabilities

• Leveraging internal audit functions to increase efficiency and minimize risk exposure

15.00 14.55 – 15.25 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area 15.25 – 16.40 Analyzing Uses of Alternative Remittance Systems to Commit Financial Crimes

• Implementing monitoring techniques to detect patterns associated with hawala and other alternative remittance systems

• Conducting enhanced due diligence on the customer’s customer to avoid human trafficking operations• Identifying transaction patterns and typologies commonly linked to drug smuggling and other financial crimes

16.00

16.40 – 16.45 Closing RemarksKieran Beer, CAMS, Editor-in-Chief, ACAMS moneylaundering.com

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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 Thank you to SWIFT for sponsoring our conference bags! Thank you to FinScan for sponsoring our lanyards!

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2017

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2 Thank you to SWIFT for sponsoring our conference bags!

Thank you to FinScan for sponsoring our lanyards!

MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2017

08.00 08.00 – 16.05 Registration Desk and Exhibit Area Open Conference bags courtesy of SWIFTLanyards courtesy of FinScan

08.00 – 15.20 Exhibit Area Open08.00 – 09.00 Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Area09.00 – 09.05 Opening Remarks

Kieran Beer, CAMS, Editor-in-Chief, ACAMS moneylaundering.com09.00 09.05 – 09.35 Special Presentation Q & A

09.35 – 10.50 Identifying Best Practices from FATF’s Mutual Evaluations Reports in Anticipation of the Upcoming MENAFATF Evaluations

• Reviewing MER findings and recommendations to identify your financial institution’s risks and how they can be mitigated

• Examining case studies from regional financial institutions, including how they have incorporated lessons from MERs• Preparing for MERs impact on your financial institutions’ AML professionals and compliance programs

10.00

10.50 – 11.20 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area 11.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

11.20 – 12.35 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit

Managing Sanctions Risks in an Increasingly Complex Compliance Landscape

• Reviewing ongoing risks related to Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan and Russia

• Implementing practical strategies for doing business in a country post sanctions

• Analyzing actual and possible changes to sanctions laws and regulations under the Trump administration

• Understanding the differences between US and EU sanctions regimes for the MENA region

AML Professionals: Leadership, Management and Professional Development for Long Term Impacts

• Gaining sufficient senior management support to strengthen your culture of compliance

• Recruiting, training, retaining and retraining top AML talent from the MENA region and beyond

• Preparing effective budgets for your compliance/AML departments including staff, systems and compensations

• Evolving your current skills to prepare for the next era of AML/CFT compliance

12.00

12.35 – 13.50 Networking Luncheon 13.00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

13.50 – 14.50 Case Study Analysis Executive Summit

Stepping Up Cybersecurity Efforts: Practical Strategies for MENA Financial Institutions

• Identifying cybercrime typologies such as malware, phishing and penetration attacks to promptly contain and isolate breaches

• Reviewing recent cybercrime case studies and institutional reactions to cyber events to discern best practices for stopping intrusions and securing unaffected data

• Conducting a post-mortem review to identify systemic weaknesses and improve cybersecurity going forward

Combating Emerging Trade-Based Money Laundering Risks in Free Zones

• Assessing the AML risk profile of proposed trade transactions, including geographic, product line and business model data

• Instituting policies and procedures that prevent TBML and are in line with regulatory requirements

• Exploring advanced analytical and statistical techniques for potential application in future anti-TBML initiatives

• Ramping up staff training using transactional red flags for TBML, including questionable unit pricing, invoice falsification and mode of shipment

14.00

15.00

14.50 – 15.20 Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area 15.20 – 16.05 Reviewing Key Technology Developments and Challenges in 2017 and Understanding

What’s to Come • Examining artificial intelligence and machine learning’s promise for enhancing your AML process• Creating a strategy to address the digitalization of banking processes and emerging disruptive technologies• Adopting regtech solutions to automate compliance tasks and reduce operational risks• Exploring the current state and future of blockchain and other emerging distributed/shared ledger technologies

16.00

16.05 – 16.10 Closing RemarksRick McDonell, Executive Director, ACAMS, and Former Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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Task ForceSpeaker

TASK FORCE & SPEAKERS

Malcolm W. Nance Former US Intelligence Officer and

Counter-Terrorism Analyst for NBC NewsAuthor of several books including,

Defeating Isis and the recently released The Plot To Hack America

Hossam Abd-El Rahman Managing Director

Allied Compliance Consultants UAE

Wissam Abousleiman Managing Director

Abousleiman Group

Shawki Ahwash, CAMS Head of AML/ CFT Division

(MLRO) North Africa Commercial Bank sal

Beirut-Lebanon

Osama Al Rahma Chairman | Chief Executive Officer

Foreign Exchange Remittance Group/ Al Fardan Exchange

United Arab Emirates

Samar BaasiriHead of Compliance Function

BankMed

Kieran Beer, CAMSEditor-in-Chief

ACAMS moneylaundering.com

Samir El OuahabiCommercial Manager for

Compliance Solutions SWIFT

Danyelle GergesCountry Director

Financial Services Volunteer Corps

John GibsonHead of Anti-Money Laundering

and Group Compliance Emirates NBD

Imad Habre, CAMS-AUDITHead of Internal Control Unit

IBL Bank

Evanna HuCEO and Partner

Omelas

Alan HynesManager Banking and Financial

ServicesCooper Fitch

Neil JarmanExecutive Director – Global

Banking, Group Internal Audit

Stuart Jones, Jr.CEO

Sigma Ratings

Pijush Kanti Das, CAMSSenior Lecturer

Emirates Institue for Banking and Financial Studies

Zarina KarodiaRegional Head of

AB & C, Financial Crime Compliance

HSBC Bank Middle East Limited

Eryka LehrHead of Risk & Compliance

CEMEA PayPal

Jose V. Lewis Head of Africa & Middle East

ACAMS

Keynote Presentation

Task ForceSpeaker

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TASK FORCE & SPEAKERS

Rick McDonellExecutive Director

ACAMS

Khalid MeahHead of Audit – Operations,

Group Internal AuditFirst Abu Dhabi Bank

Sagheer MuftiAML Expert

Brandon NordhoffSpecial Agent

Homeland Security Investigations

Nishanth Nottath, CAMSRegional Head – Financial Crime

|Intelligence OperationsHSBC Bank Middle East Limited

Damian O’Riordan, ACAMSHead of Compliance

Bank Muscat

Waheed RathoreChief Compliance & Enterprise

Risk OfficerAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Wael SaikalyHead of FATCA-CRS, Compliance Division

Credit Lebanaise S.A.L.

Ghassan SchbleyVP of Middle Eastern & African

Affairs Chenega International Consulting

Samantha SheenAML Director, Europe

ACAMS

Mohamed Jawad Shalo Head of Financial Crime

Prevention UnitFinancial Services

Regulatory Authority Abu Dhabi Global Market

Sudhir ShettyPresident

UAE Exchange

Liat Shetret, CAMS Independent Consultant and Senior Advisor for Financial

Integrity and MENA Programs Global Center on Cooperative

Security

Faisal SiddiquiAVP Head of Compliance Risk

Sharjah Islamic Bank

Charanjeet Singh Head - Fraud Risk & Investigation

FAB

Carmel Speers Regional Head, Financial Crime

Compliance, MENAP Standard Chartered Bank

Maryam Al Suwaidi Deputy CEO

Securities and Commodities Authority of the UAE

Ahmed Taimour Maouad, CAMS, CFE, CMA

Financial Crimes, AML/CTF, Regulatory Compliance,

Internal Audit

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