Directors' Responsibilities in AML, CFT & Sanctions Oversight
Description
This webinar clarifies directors’ oversight duties for AML, CFT, and sanctions, and what effective board-level supervision looks like. We cover governance structures, risk appetite, resourcing, training, and the quality of management information expected by regulators. Participants learn how to challenge high-risk customer decisions, understand typologies and emerging risks, and test the effectiveness of controls and escalation routes. You’ll leave with a set of oversight questions and key evidence to request.
This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker.
Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.
Content
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Board responsibilities and accountability in FCC
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Risk appetite, governance, and resourcing
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MI expectations: indicators, thresholds, trends
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High-risk client decisions and escalation routes
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Testing control effectiveness and assurance
Presenter
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Dr. Anna Bradshaw Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP |
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Anna advises individuals and corporates on all aspects of financial crime and sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement. Anna is ranked by Chambers UK 2026 as Band 1 for Sanctions as a “financial crime and sanctions expert” and Band 2 for POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture, as having “an excellent reputation in the POCA space” and being “a well-known expert in anti-money laundering”. Anna is described by Legal 500 2025 as "outstanding" and "highly skilled at running complex cases", including those that involve financial crime or that overlap with sanctions violations. She is praised for her ability to traverse sanctions and export controls, combined with her expertise in financial crime and experience on cross-border matters. She is one of six lawyers ranked as a ‘Global Elite Thought Leaders’ by Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) for their work on Trade & Customs – International Sanctions, a ranking she has maintained since the inception of this category. She is also recommended for her work in Business Crime Defence (since 2021), and Investigations (since 2022). Anna is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), assisting the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) with its research on US, EU and UK sanctions. She is a founder of the Sanctions Practitioners Group (SPG), a member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) working group on sanctions and sits on the committee of the Fraud Lawyers Association (FLA). She has given evidence in Parliament on a number of EU criminal law and criminal justice cooperation matters in her former capacity as a member of the Law Society’s EU Committee. |