Money Laundering 2008 - (Page 7) The Experts You Will Hear and Meet Alan S. Abel AML global practice leader at Crowe Chizek, Fort Lauderdale, he has advised the boards and senior managers of more than 100 global and regional financial institutions in developing and strengthening their AML processes. He has also assisted governments around the world in evaluating their money laundering control efforts. In 2006, he participated in the Financial Action Task Force’s evaluation of the money laundering control efforts of the United States. partment’s Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group and Terrorist Finance Working Group. John H. Atkinson Assistant vice president in the Supervision and Regulation Division of the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, where he oversees anti-money laundering and fraud examinations, investigations, training, and outreach. He directs the supervision of all aspects of international and domestic wealth management activities and coordinates all enforcement actions in the Sixth Federal Reserve District. Previously, he served two years as the Federal Reserve System’s associate product manager for the Fedwire program. He is also a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and seminars on money laundering matters. and civil and criminal forfeitures. Baldwin also assists clients in developing and implementing corporate compliance and AML programs. Previously he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, in Miami, and as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Herbert A. Biern Former executive vice president and head of regulatory affairs and compliance at ABN AMRO Bank in North America, he is now its advisor in New York. As head of regulatory affairs he coordinated and implemented compliance and regulatory policies and procedures in the bank’s North American operations. Prior to 2005, he was senior associate director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System and was responsible for the anti-money laundering enforcement, investigations and activities of the U.S. central bank. Hany Abou-El-Fotouh, CAMS First vice president and group head of corporate governance and compliance, ABC Bank, Egypt, he is a leading expert on money laundering and terrorist financing controls in the Middle East-North Africa region with extensive experience in AML compliance and training. Founder of the Middle East Compliance Officers’ Forum, he has been honored for his work in promoting compliance awareness in Egypt and the MENA region. Previously, he held top compliance positions in multinational institutions, such as United Bank of Egypt, HSBC Egypt and Egyptian British Bank Egypt. David Bagley Head of group compliance, HSBC, London, he coordinates and assures implementation of the institut i o n ’s anti-money 4 laundering policies in 84 e countries, where some 2,500 compliance . officers are under his ultimate supervision. He has substantial experience in manage ing money laundering risks across multiple business lines and in countries with distinct regulatory environments. He is cochair of the Wolfsberg Group, a global asl sociation of twelve major financial d institutions that develop compliance and risk management standards for the finans cial services sector worldwide. He has served in this role since September 2005. Lisa D. Arquette Associate director of the new anti-money laundering and risk analysis branch of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, she is an experienced expert in U.S. money laundering controls and serves as chair of the federal banking supervisory interagency group on Bank Secrecy Act examinations. She was a key player in the development, testing and launch in 2004 of the revolutionary interagency United States Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examiners’ Manual, which serves as a useful compliance guide to financial institutions that do business in the United States. Previously, she was chief of the FDIC’s AML and special activities section. She sits on the Treasury De- “ Excellent program with very high quality speakers providing sufficient answers to the major issues of the day. Gregory A. Baldwin, CAMS Partner at Holland & Knight, , e Miami, he practices in the area of complex commern cial litigation, specifically in l matters involving federal g and state money laundering , laws, the Bank Secrecy Act, s securities fraud and racketeering laws. His , practice also includes white collar crime, Robert A. Petix National Bank of Kuwait SAK New York USA ” Speakers 7
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