 Yevgeniya Balyasna-Hooghiemstra, CAMS
Senior Compliance Officer
Amsterdam Trade Bank
Yevgeniya recently joined Amsterdam Trade Bank after 9 years at ABN AMRO Bank in the Netherlands, about 5 of which were within the Global AML Group. Yevgeniya assisted in developing the Global AML policy, and was Product Manager of Transaction Filtering, FATF SR VII and Advisor on Sanctions compliance. For the past 1.5 years Yevgeniya was Senior Internal Auditor dealing with management of regulatory risks and compliance within the network. Prior to roles in Audit and Compliance, Yevgeniya advised on execution of client due diligence for EMEA clients from the business side. Yevgeniya is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) since 2007. She is also a current member of Dutch Association of Compliance Officers and holds ICA International Diploma in Compliance. Yevgeniya was an active member of FATF SR VII committee of Dutch Bankers Association. Yevgeniya is native speaker of Ukrainian and Russian and also speaks English and Dutch. |
 Kieran Beer
Editor-in-Chief
MoneyLaundering.com, ComplianceAdvantage.com
Kieran Beer is the founding editor of ComplianceAdantage.com and has been the editor-in-chief and editorial director for MoneyLaundering.com and ComplianceAdvantage.com since January 2007. Prior to that he was executive editor of Bloomberg Wealth Manager, a trade magazine for financial advisers to wealthy individuals and he also served as a staff writer for Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
Beer has been a financial journalist for more than 20 years, beginning his career at Institutional Investor, where he worked as a reporter and editor in the newsletter division and was a contributor to Institutional Investor magazine. After launching Capital Markets Analyst at Thomson Financial, Beer served as editor-in-chief of The Bond Buyer, founding editor of Thomson Municipal News/The Bond Buyer Wire and as the editor of the American Banker.
Beer writes a column and periodically reports on money laundering and bank compliance. He has served as a panelist and moderator at industry conferences and appeared on CNBC, WCBS and spoken on Bloomberg radio (WBBR) addressing banking and other financial issues. |
 Kabira Boulakchour
AML/Compliance Executive
Natixis Global Associates S.A.
With 17 years of banking experience in Luxembourg and UK, Kabira is currently AML/Compliance Executive at Natixis Global Associates S.A. In this role, Kabira is in charge of preparing the AML procedures and policies on a risk-based approach for the company and its branches in Europe. Kabira conducts and reports on Fund Distributor equivalency assessment in Europe, Asia, MENA and US; develops an on-going transaction monitoring program and delivers AML training to all EU staff and third country distributors (Asia, MENA, Africa). Before joining Natixis, Kabira spent many years in the Fund Industry working at Banque Pictet, Citibank, JPMorgan, Societe Generale (IFS) and Brown Brothers Harriman. |
 Jean-Francois Boulot
Substitut Principal du Procureur d'Etat
Parquet Economique et Financier de Luxembourg, Cellule de Renseignement Financier (FIU-LUX)
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 John J. Byrne, CAMS
Executive Vice President
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
John, for the past two years, has been the Executive Vice President (EVP) of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists or ACAMS. ACAMS is an over 12,000 private-public sector member global organization that develops anti-money laundering (AML) /sanctions/financial crime detection education programs and certifies specialists in these areas in both the financial sector and in the government in over 160 countries.
Byrne is a nationally known regulatory and legislative attorney with over 25 years of experience in a vast array of financial services issues, with particular expertise in all aspects of regulatory oversight, policy and management, anti-money laundering (AML), privacy and consumer compliance. He has written over 100 articles on AML and financial crime, trained thousands, represented the banking industry in these areas before the United States Congress, state legislatures and international bodies such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, the Today Show, and many other print and electronic media outlets.
Prior to becoming the EVP of ACAMS, John ran a regulatory advice firm, was the Global Regulatory Relations Executive for Bank of America and prior to that, the Director of the American Bankers Association's (ABA) Center for Regulatory Compliance. John led the fight for the civil safe harbor in the United States that allowed financial institutions to be able to successfully file reports on suspicious activity, and drafted the proposal on private-public sector partnerships that eventually became the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group (BSAAG) in the US.
John has received a number of awards, including the Director's Medal for Exceptional Service from the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the ABA's Distinguished Service Award for his career work in the compliance field.
John's blog, "AML, Fraud and Other Things," can be found at: www.ababj.com. |
David Clark, CAMS
Head of Financial Crime Intelligence & Analysis
Barclays Wealth
David has extensive global financial crime risk mitigation experience within banks and, previously, government customs agencies. David joined Barclays Wealth from ABN AMRO where he held a senior position in their global advisory and analysis team with specific responsibilities for global AML training & communication and Asia advisory. Prior to switching careers to work in Financial Services, his 18-year law enforcement career as a financial investigator & intelligence officer included 7 years in a crown dependent territory. Additionally, Clark worked on the ACAMS’ taskforces to revise the CAMS certification exam and produce the CAMS Online Training. |
 Gregory Coleman
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gregory joined the FBI in 1989 and until 1992 he investigated Ponzi schemes and advance fee schemes under the mail and wire fraud statutes and provided support for an undercover investigation targeting fraud in the commodities markets. In 1992, he became one of the original members of an investigative squad established to address securities fraud and commodities fraud on a full time basis. From 1992 until 2008, Gregory specialized in complex market manipulation and international money laundering investigations with a special emphasis on frauds where the illicit proceeds were laundered offshore. As the case agent in charge of those investigations, Gregory was responsible for the overall direction of all investigative activities including the tracing of illicit funds, witness interviews, confidential source development, and record analysis. In 2008, he moved to his current position as part of the Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering Team where he is involved in conducting money laundering investigations across all investigative programs as well as locating and seizing assets that are subject to forfeiture. Gregory has spoken on behalf of the FBI Academy, Financial Institution Regulatory Authority (FINRA), New York Stock Exchange, Georgetown Law School, Fordham Law School, Brooklyn Law School, Ontario Securities Commission, Comisión Nacional de Valores República Argentina, Comisión Nacional de Valores República de Panamá, the Malta Financial Services Authority, Superintendencia General de Valores (SUGEVAL – Costa Rica), Komisi Pemberantansan Korupsi (KPK-Indonesian Corruption Commission), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and numerous banking and brokerage institutions including Royal Bank of Canada, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and Depository Trust Company. |
 Gert Demmink
Managing Partner
The Eagle Compliance Company
Philip Sidney
Gert is the former Head of Department, Expert Centre for Integrity, in the Directorate of Supervision of the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.), responsible for the supervision of efforts to combat money laundering, financing of terrorism and (tax) fraud. In 2006 and 2007 Gert was the Director at the Netherlands Compliance Institute, later he set up The Eagle Compliance Company (TECC) and Philip Sidney (PS). Both companies operate in the global trade arena advising clients on issues related with trade and trade finance services, sanctions and AML/CTF, dual use commodities, among other issues. Gert is an actively involved deputy judge – presiding as the case may be – in the criminal courts of Amsterdam and Haarlem, trying fraud and money-laundering cases. Gert studied law and politics in Amsterdam and (forensic) auditing in Rotterdam. |
 Henrique Dominguez, CAMS
Legal & Compliance Manager
Banque Invik SA
Prior to join Banque Invik - Luxembourg, as responsible of Legal & Compliance for the Credit Cards division, Henrique managed the Compliance and Internal Controls department at Unibanco in Latin America for nine years. He was responsible for the supervision of the adherence with local regulation and internal policies of 18 branches in the region, fraud risk prevention, KYC / AML training for the bankers and the implementation of a High Risk Transactions Monitoring System. He has also an experience as Internal Audit Vice-President at EFG Bank Luxembourg, responsible for the audit of the European branches. |
John Gibson
Senior Manager, Fraud & Financial Crime
Lloyds Banking Group
John is currently Senior Manager, Fraud and Financial Crime Prevention in Lloyds Banking Group, providing oversight and assurance for Wholesale Division. He has twenty years in the financial services industry, of which he has spent the past twelve working in the financial crime prevention field, specialising in AML and sanctions. John has previously worked for Bank of Scotland, Capital Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. |
Mercedes González Alonso
Senior Compliance Officer – FEC Specialist
ING Corporate Compliance Risk Management
Mercedes initially developed her career within the Trading Systems department at Bloomberg (London and New York offices) that she joined in 1998. Since moving to ING in 2003, Mercedes has enjoyed a variety of business-facing compliance and compliance related project-management roles across key business process areas, such as Credit risk and Financial Markets. Most recently in her role as Senior Compliance Officer, Financial Economic Crime Department, she has been focused on the design and delivery of a new group-wide financial economic crime policy suite, leading the Customer Activity Monitoring policy area, and supporting delivery of CDD/AML and Sanctions policies generally. Mercedes advises the business, helping it to function better within the necessary control frameworks, and believes in listening to the business and enabling continual improvements in relevant policy and procedures. Mercedes qualified with a Law Degree from the University of Salamanca (Spain), and followed this with a Master of European Law from the University of Stockholm (Sweden). She continually develops her academic skill set, including a post-graduate Diploma in AML from the International Compliance Association, and a variety of professional training courses in Credit Risk, Financial Markets etc. |
 Renata Hoes
Head of Compliance
Schroders
Renata is Head of Compliance at Schroders in Luxembourg and has over 11 years of experience in building and leading compliance teams, devising compliance policies and procedures and defining business objectives whilst maintaining strict compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements. She is in charge of business compliance matters for the company which is an asset management firm providing central support to Schroders’ European mutual fund business. Prior to this, she was Head of Compliance at Zurich Eurolife SA in Luxembourg from 2009 to 2011 and held various positions with Lombard International Assurance from 2000 to 2009 where she gained experience in investment compliance, the implementation of anti-money laundering procedures, international compliance and global market development. Renata is a member of various compliance organizations including the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), the Association of Luxembourg Compliance Officers (ALCO) and the Association of Risk Management Professionals in Luxembourg (PRiM). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Bishops University in Canada and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Boston University Brussels. |
 Lester Joseph
International Investigations Manager - Financial Intelligence Unit
Wells Fargo & Company
es has been the International Investigations Manager in the Financial Intelligence Unit at Wells Fargo Bank since March 2010. The International Investigations Group (IIG) is made up of 35 Analysts, Supervisors, and Managers located in McLean, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Charlotte. The IIG’s primary mission is to identify, investigate, report, and trend suspicious activity conducted through the bank’s foreign correspondent customer accounts. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Les worked for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1984 to February 2010. From 2002-2010, he was the Principal Deputy Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (AFMLS). He was a Deputy Chief in the Section since October 1991.
Les began his career with the Department of Justice in 1984 as a Trial Attorney in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. From 1981-1984, he was an Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County (Chicago), Illinois. He received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and his B.A. from the University of Michigan. |
Hennie Kusters
Head of the FIU
The Netherlands
Hennie is appointed Head of the FIU- the Netherlands in 2008 by Royal Decree. Before that time she was head of the Unit South of the National Crime Squad and had a police career for over 20 years. Hennie is chair of the IT Working Group and by that a member of the steering committee of the Egmont Group. The FIU – the Netherlands is a hybrid FIU, it is partially administrative and partially police and is embedded in the KLPD, the Dutch National Police Force as an independent entity. Hennie Graduated Executive Master of Police Management with a thesis on how the police in the Netherlands performs within the networks of anti money laundering. |
 Gabriel Lansky
Partner
LANSKY, GANZGER + partner
Austria
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 André Nagelmaker
Vice-Chair
VIMS-DFA
The Dutch Association International Management Services (VIMS) represents the largest corporate and management services suppliers in the Netherlands, representing these vis-à-vis the Dutch Central Bank (DNB), the Ministries of Finance, of Justice and of Economic Affaires and the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM). André also holds the position of Statutory Director and Chairman of the Board for ANT Trust & Corporate Services N.V. This is an executive function with responsibility for the operational side of the business and responsibility for the overall performance. From 2003 to 2008 he performed as Managing Director at RCS Management and Business Unit Director and Member of the Management Board of of ATC Corporate Services. Starting in 1988 and onwards André has been actively involved in the set up and structuring of investment and finance companies owned by major international corporate and financial institutions. The responsibilities involved included compliance with Dutch and international legal, fiscal and financial regulations and laws, the evaluation of financial, legal and processing risks in such companies and supporting the development of their activities in general. André holds a Master Degree in Business Law form the University of Leiden. |
Wijnand Nuijts
Head of Department, culture, organisation and integrity
Dutch Central Bank, or DNB
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 Antal Ruitner
Principal Consultant
Capgemini Consulting
Antal leads the Payments Transformation & Control Practice at Capgemini Consulting in The Netherlands, focussing amongst others on Financial Crime Control and Anti-Money Laundering. He has over 14 years of experience in consulting and project management at Financial Services Institutions in Europe, Latin America and Australia, helping global retail and wholesale banks and insurance companies through large-scale transformations Antal has over 7 years experience in the field of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing, having led global projects in the field of Know Your Customer, Customer Identification Programs and AML Risk Management and implementation. Antal has helped large Global and Australian banks with their AML compliance strategy, managing global KYC programs and correspondent banking compliance, helping to define and implement the necessary changes in a banking environment and assisting in the AML vendor selection process of Large Australian Bank. Antal was born and raised in Mexico, has a University Degree (MBA) from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in The Netherlands. |
 Markus Schulz
Chief Compliance Officer, Global Life & Banking, Group Financial Crime Officer
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Markus is the chief compliance officer for Global Life & Banking and global head of financial crime for Zurich Insurance. Markus joined Zurich in January 2008 after 13 years at ABN AMRO Bank, where he held various senior global compliance positions, including global head of the Compliance Service Center and COO of AML Compliance. Prior to his time in compliance Markus served for almost a decade in a variety of senior in-country, regional and global management positions in Germany, UK and the Netherlands. |
 Richard A. Small
Vice President, Enterprise-Wide Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Risk Management
American Express
Rick is responsible for establishing and maintaining enterprise-wide anti-money laundering and sanctions policies and procedures. Prior to joining American Express, he was the Global Anti-Money Laundering Leader for GE Money, a division of General Electric. In this role, Rick had responsibility for anti-money laundering controls, processes and procedures for all GE Money businesses globally. Additionally, he is Chairman of the ACAMS Advisory Board. |
 Raul Vahtra
Head
Estonian FIU
Raul has been the head of the Estonian FIU since August 2004, previously and for almost 2 years he was the Head of Unit, Detective Superintendent at the Department of Special Operations for the Central Criminal Police. From 1998 to 2002 he was the Detective Leading Police Inspector at the Organize Crime Department. Since 2004 he has participated as an expert speaker in various international AML/CFT conferences and seminars as a COE Moneyval law enforcement expert. Raul is pursuing a Master Degree on Public Administration from the Tallinn University of Technology, he holds a Diploma in preliminary investigation from the Estonian National Defense Academy.
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 Pieter van den Akker
Senior Partner
i-kyc.com
Pieter has over 25 years of international banking experience in a variety of line management functions. He has run banking operations in Asia, Middle East and Northern Europe in addition to being the founding Director of the ABN AMRO Academy. Until he left ABN AMRO Bank following its takeover to start an AML advisory and training firm he was the Group Head of AML Operations and responsible for co-creating the bank's revamped AML control framework and for managing a team of approximately 475 CDD and Transaction Surveillance specialists worldwide. Pieter has conducted seminars and provided guest lectures on the topic of AML for Rotterdam School of Management and Webster University and holds a Masters degree in International Law from the University of Amsterdam. |
 Peter Van Crombrugge
Vice President, Chief Analytics Officer
INTELLI+
Peter is a renowned expert in the areas of Crime Analysis, AML, Sanctions, Compliance, and Investigation. As co-founder and one of INTELLI+ driving forces, he is ensuring that there software solutions offers a complete variety of visualization and analytical tools making possible the timely delivery of intelligence to Financial Institutions, Insurance companies, and other regulated institutions. His relation with AML goes back to his Law Enforcement years where he was performing investigations in the areas of organised since 1985. In 2000 he joined Europol (European Police Organisation) and continued with investigations towards organised crime. For the analysis on suspicious transactions Peter delivered the hands-on technical expertise and liaised with various FIU’s all over Europe. He has been the author of a variety of Intelligence AML reports and ML capabilities in Criminal Organisations. As project manager for the Europol Analysis System, he introduced data mining and risk profiling capabilities next to advanced intelligence analysis possibilities allowing early ML warnings in investigations.
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 Jaap van der Molen
Director
VDM Global
Jaap is an accomplished and active professional with over thirteen years of experience in the financial services industry. Having developed a strong working knowledge in the AML/CTF and Credit Risk Management domains, Jaap has extensive knowledge and proficiency in AML/CTF laws and regulations, regulatory inquiries and credit risk management practices and processes and is intrinsically focused on improving internal processes. Jaap has successfully led and executed a variety of projects and interim positions and has consulted for senior compliance and business professionals. Since 2008 he has directed his own company, VDM Global, active as independent AML/CTF Consultant and Project/Interim Manager for the financial services industry. Jaap holds a Master degree in Monetary Macro Economics from Tilburg University.
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 Gonzalo Vila, CAMS
Director of Latin America Operations
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
Gonzalo is the Director of Operations for Latin America at the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) where for the past 5 year he has led the developments of the association in the region, promoting a wide array of initiatives, from training to certification of AML professionals. Previously, he was the Editorial Director for Alerta de Lavado de Dinero and Lavadodinero.com, publications specialized in Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. He worked for more than 7 years for The Wall Street Journal, first for the Latin American print edition and then as a managing editor for the Internet edition in Spanish. Gonzalo has a vast experience in investigative journalism. He has participated as an international speaker in AML/CTF issues at several conferences throughout Latin America and has organized dozen of conferences, seminars and other events for Alert Global Media and ACAMS. |
 Will Vorhees
Director of the FIU
SVB Financial Group
Will Voorhees is the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit at SVB Financial Group, a Silicon Valley- based, international financial institution that serves technology, life science, and venture capital markets. SVB operates globally with offices in the US, UK, Cayman Islands, India, Israel and China. In this role, Will worked to combine fraud and AML into one distinct group, increasing efficiency through sharing a single case management system and aligning synergies within the group. Over the past two years, Will directed the design of an anti-efraud program to successfully thwart cyber attacks against SVB’s commercial clients. Due to the uniqueness of SVB’s client base in high tech, Will has had the opportunity to be involved with emerging technologies in virtual platforms, electronic currencies, and nontraditional payment methods. Will is a Gulf War veteran, prior municipal police officer and holds a Masters degree in Forensic Accounting. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and is the founding co-chair of the ACAMS Northern California Chapter and also serves on the speaker faculty for ACAMS conferences and learning events. |
 Marco Zwick
Global Head of Compliance
Schroder
Marco is one of the Conducting Officers for Schroder Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A., Schroders’ Global Head of Compliance (Private Bank) and Head of Compliance and Risk (Asset Management) for Continental Europe and the Middle East. In Luxembourg, Marco is the President of the Association of Professionals of Risk Management (PRiM) and chairs the Luxembourg investment fund association’s (ALFI) Anti-Money Laundering Working Group. He is the author of the book “Banking Secrecy and Money Laundering – The Challenge of Consolidating Banking Secrecy Rules and the Active Fight against Money Laundering” published by editions Promoculture in February 2003. |
