5th Annual Economic Crime & Compliance Symposium
Join your industry peers at the School of International Financial Services' 5th Annual Economic Crime & Compliance Symposium in November 2025.
Description
Join your industry peers at the School of International Financial Services' 5th Annual Economic Crime & Compliance Symposium in November 2025.
At this prestigious face-to-face event, you will have the opportunity to meet in person and hear from a range of world-leading experts who will share insights into the latest economic crime developments from AML/CFT and sanctions to tax evasion and bribery and corruption.
Suitable For
This event is suitable for all financial services compliance professionals, including MLROs, Compliance Officers and Directors with risk management oversight in Jersey.
Agenda
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08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
09:00-09:10 | Welcome from the Symposium Chair Helen Hatton, Executive Director at School of International Financial Services |
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09:10-09:55 | How Bribery & Corruption Undermines Society His Honour Judge Tony Baumgartner, Senior Circuit Judge and Resident Judge at Southwark Crown Court |
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09:55-10:25 | Panel Discussion: Managing PEPs: Risk-Based Approaches for Identifying and Mitigating Corruption Risks Rachel Cropper-Mawer (Moderator) and more speakers to be confirmed |
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10:25-11:05 | KYC as a Frontline Defence: Identifying Red Flags in Corruption and PEP Transactions ... |
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11:05-11:20 | Refreshment break | |
11:20-12:05 | The Role of AML in Safeguarding Society: Disrupting Criminal Networks Oonagh van den Berg, Founder of RAW Compliance & Virtual Risk Solutions |
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12:05-12:35 | Panel Discussion: Collaborating to Combat Crime: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in AML/CFT ... |
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12:35-13:10 | Jersey AML/CFT/CPF Update Kerry Petulla, Director of Enforcement at the Jersey Financial Services Commission |
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13:10-13:55 | Lunch break | |
13:55-14:40 | Close to Home: Financial Crime Case Studies with Real-World Consequences Caroline Dutot, Advocate & Non-Executive Director at Ardent Chambers |
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14:40-15:25 | Managing Offshore Structures: Protecting Against Illicit Financial Flows ... |
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15:25-15:40 | Refreshment break |
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15:40-16:20 | Cybercrime in Financial Services: Societal Impact Beyond the Numbers Craig Jones, Director at CyPol & Immediate Past Director of Cybercrime at INTERPOL |
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16:20-16:50 | Panel Discussion: Defending Against Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime: Proactive Strategies for Financial Institutions Helen Hatton (SIFS), Craig Jones (CyPol) & more speakers TBC |
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16:50-17:00 | Chair's closing summary and remarks Helen Hatton, Executive Director at School of International Financial Services |
Speakers
Helen Hatton (Chair) Executive Director at the School of International Financial Services |
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![]() Helen is a well-known figure in the offshore world and is widely recognised as the prime architect of the Jersey regulatory regime. She was Director of Enforcement for the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission; Deputy Director General, Jersey Financial Services Commission and founder of Sator Regulatory Consulting Limited and KYC Worldwide. Helen merged Sator with BDO in 2016 and became BDO Sator MD and BDO Group Chairman from 2016-2021. She has undertaken a wide range of major, international fact finding mandates including those for the World Bank, IMF, FATF, Commonwealth Secretariat, the UK Foreign Office and a fistful of Central Banks, regulatory authorities and governments. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Royal Society of Arts, and sits on the Editorial Board of the International Banker. Helen holds non-executive appointments at Santander International, Jersey Post International Limited, Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner, and is shareholder and director of KnowYourCountry.Com and the School of International Financial Services. Helen is Executive Chairman of Central Associates Limited, a London based, family owned and relationships driven, investigations, intelligence and surveillance company. |
His Honour Judge Tony Baumgartner (Keynote Speaker) Senior Circuit Judge and Resident Judge at Southwark Crown Court |
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![]() His Honour Judge Tony Baumgartner is an English Circuit Judge sitting in both the Crown Court and the High Court, with extensive experience in complex financial crime cases. He has presided over several high-profile fraud and insider trading cases, including the English restraint proceedings involved in the prosecution of Gianluigi Torzi, a London-based financier accused of defrauding the Vatican in a multi-million-pound property deal in Chelsea (Torzi v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] 3 WLUK 678; [2021] 3 WLUK 680). He has delivered judgments at first instance in several leading recent cases involving the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (UK), including Wieromiejczyk v Director of Public Prosecutions [2024] EWCA Crim 148 and Financial Conduct Authority v Wealthtek LLP (In Special Administration) [2024] EWHC 424. In February 2024, Judge Baumgartner presided over the Goldman Sachs insider trading case involving former analyst Mohammed Zina. Zina was convicted of six counts of insider dealing and three counts of fraud, having misused confidential information from Goldman Sachs’ Conflicts Resolution Group to trade shares in six companies between 2016 and 2017, generating £140,000 in illegal profits. He also fraudulently obtained £95,000 in personal loans. He was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment (Zina[2024] All ER (D) 111 (Feb)). He is a contributing author to Montgomery and Ormerod on Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure (forthcoming, 2025). Before his judicial appointment, Judge Baumgartner was a partner at Clyde & Co LLP, specialising in fine art and cultural property law. His practice included advising insurers, auction houses, galleries, dealers, and collectors. He is Deputy Chairman of the UK Spoliation Advisory Panel, a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts, and has lectured on Nazi-era spoliation at the Institute of Art and Law and Queen Mary University of London. |
Craig Jones (Keynote Speaker) Director at CyPol & Immediate Past Director of Cybercrime at INTERPOL |
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![]() With over four decades in public service Craig has held key roles in UK and international law enforcement, coordinating national, regional, and international responses to cybercrime. From 2019 to 2024, he led INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Programme, under his leadership it delivered a step-change in the credibility and confidence between the organization's 196 member countries and partners. He used strategic insights and innovative approaches, managing successful operations, projects, and initiatives which disrupted cybercriminals and their infrastructure utilizing both the public and private sector. Craig now holds several senior advisory and board roles in prominent regional and global organizations, where he strives to foster international confidence and build trust in the cyber ecosystem. |
Oonagh van den Berg Founder of RAW Compliance & Virtual Risk Solutions |
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![]() Oonagh van den Berg, founder of RAW Compliance and Virtual Risk Solutions, is a globally recognized Compliance Officer with 20+ years of experience. She specializes in regulatory compliance, financial crime risk, and GRC, working with top firms like HSBC and Citi Bank. A keynote speaker and thought leader, Oonagh drives compliance training and AI-powered e-learning, empowering professionals worldwide. She champions ethical compliance through innovation and automation. |
Rachel Copper-Mawer Group Partner at Ogier |
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![]() Rachel is a highly experienced lawyer, specialising in advice on contentious and non-contentious regulatory and compliance matters as well as fraud and asset recovery matters for both domestic and cross-border cases. She has extensive experience of High Court litigation and arbitration. She regularly conducts internal investigations, co-ordinating international investigations, defence and management of external investigations by regulatory authorities and litigation. She advises c-suite executives and boards. She managed risk and compliance for the Middle East and Africa region and developed the non-operated joint venture anti-bribery and corruption risk management programme at BP plc, and also worked for Willis Insurance Brokers (International), where she took on the role of chief compliance and risk officer, sitting on the executive team and risk committee, and advising the audit committee. Rachel has worked across across sectors - primarily financial services, manufacturing, extractives and construction / engineering. Rachel's risk management and programme development expertise extends across the gambit of financial crime risk, ESG and financial regulations. In her career Rachel had a year-long secondment to the Financial Conduct Authority in London, working on insider dealing and other complex wholesale financial services investigations in the Enforcement team at the Financial Conduct Authority. She also spent six months seconded to insurance company Hannover Re in Germany. She was also formerly co-chair of the Global Regulatory and Investigations team at one of the largest international litigation firms. |
Caroline DutotAdvocate & Non-Executive Director at Ardent Chambers |
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![]() Advocate, NED and Mediator Caroline Dutot has a wealth of legal experience and a wide range of skills built up throughout her career. Caroline qualified as a Jersey Advocate in 2009 and founded Ardent Chambers in 2015. Caroline founded Ardent Chambers to provide personable and professional legal services to a wide range of clients. Caroline is able to provide a range of services, from representation in disputes, NED services and independent mediation. Caroline often advises her clients on regulatory, employment, contractual and licensing matters. Having previously worked for the Attorney General in Jersey, as well as the Jersey Financial Services Commission, she is uniquely placed to advise clients and Boards on Corporate Governance and regulatory issues. Caroline’s unique cross-section of skills particularly come to the fore in those instances where both regulatory and employment issues are intertwined. As an Advocate, advisor, NED and mediator effective communication skills are key to all areas of her work. Caroline’s passion for communication and ability to understand her client’s point of view underpins all her work, helping her to assist others in achieving pragmatic solutions. She frequently provides training on topics including Director’s duties, span of control, corporate governance, data protection, GDPR, anti-bribery and corruption practices and financial sanctions – an area in which she drafted the Jersey Financial Service Commission’s industry guidance. |
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Educational Partner
Jersey Compliance Officers Association (JCOA)The Jersey Compliance Officers Association is a professional body which provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. The JCOA actively encourages, and provides the environment for those 'experienced' or 'new to' compliance and risk professionals, both from within and outside financial services and the other regulated industries in Jersey, to support others for the benefit of the compliance and risk profession and the Jersey. For more information, please visit: www.jcoa.co.uk JCOA members qualify for a 20% discount when registering to attend this event.
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