April 17th-19th, 2024

Ms. Michelle Martin is Chairman & CEO, ComplianceAid, and AMLFC Institute. She possesses thirty years of experience in banking, insurance, regulatory compliance, public and private accounting. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Prevention Professional (CAMLFC) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS). Founder of the Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Institute (AMLFC Institute) in addition to founding co-chair of the ACAMS South Florida Chapter. She is also an Accredited Claims Adjuster. During the last few years; Ms. Martin was invited speaker at 76 Conferences/Seminars in 65 countries where 45,000+ Financial Industry executives were educated on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Counter Financing of Proliferation (CFP), Financial Crimes Prevention (FCP), Corporate Governance, Ethics, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)/Common Reporting Standard (CRS), De- Risking, Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBR), FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Central Bank Digital Currency, Data Privacy, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), CCPA & Cybersecurity topics. She dispensed Annual BSA/AML/OFAC/CTF/CFP Training to over 31,000 staff, management and board of 35 regional and local businesses. She educated, at 51 joint seminars with Government Entities and Professional Organization, 39,000 professionals including bankers, attorneys, accountants and compliance officers active in over 31 industries. Ms. Martin also trained over 2,000 Senior Public Officials, Members of Parliament and Ministers from the Caribbean. She developed and implemented over 100 BSA/AML/OFAC/CTF/CFP/FCP Policies, Procedures and Risk Assessment Program for Financial Institutions active in multi-jurisdiction that led to uniform risk mitigating procedures design to detect, deter, prevent for compliance with laws and regulations of 31 countries. She also contributed with 98 mainstream media (TV, Radio, Newspaper, Magazine) to produce reports on Anti-Money Laundering issues directed toward the general public or business community. Ms. Martin instituted the customer risk rating system of a top U.S. Bank with customer base of 7.5 million and coordinated an enhanced due diligence (EDD) remediation project of all high-risk customers. Ms. Martin holds a Bachelor in Accounting and a Master in Accounting Information Systems from the Florida International University.

Commissioner Weigel is an AV-rated securities attorney, with more than 30 years of legal experience, and a published author. In 2005, he founded a securities transactional and litigation law firm, which he ran until he became commissioner in March 2020. Prior to that, he served as a securities and transactional and litigation attorney in the private sector. He was also an enforcement attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and an assistant state attorney for the Office of the State Attorney, Tenth Judicial Circuit. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law.

Ms. Dawne Spicer is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Ms. Spicer is an Attorney by profession, with over thirty years’ experience in the area of AML/CFT/CPF and has participated both as an Assessor and Head of Mission for all Rounds of Mutual Evaluations of CFATF Member countries. Ms. Spicer provides training to Member countries and makes presentations at private sector conferences. She was a Co-Chair of the FATF Working Group - the Global Network Coordination Group (GNCG) from 2012-2021. Ms. Spicer has been involved in groups and projects focusing on issues such as Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, financial inclusion, de-risking and financial crime and as such has participated in UN FAST, FAST LATAMC Advisory Group and RUSI Advisory Board amongst others.

Milángelo (Angelo) Brete is currently serving as the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Aruba (FIU), concurrently holding the esteemed position of Chair of the Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce for the term spanning November 2023 to 2024. With a career marked by notable achievements, Angelo played a pivotal role in orchestrating Aruba's successful preparation for its fourth round of mutual evaluation. His journey began in 1995 as a senior auditor at a prominent accounting firm, and since then, he has ascended to senior roles encompassing prudential supervision of financial institutions, internal auditing, and academic business management. Driven by a deep-seated commitment to public service, Angelo transitioned into governmental advisory roles, initially as the Financial Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Aruba. Subsequently, he assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Finance, contributing significantly to the financial reporting discipline of the Aruban public sector. Angelo's leadership philosophy is rooted in core principles of self-awareness, authenticity, collaboration, and unwavering integrity. His academic journey, culminating in a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration from the University of the Netherlands Antilles and a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from the University of Groningen, has profoundly shaped both his character and career trajectory. Recognized as an accomplished professional in organizational management, Angelo Brete epitomizes a dynamic blend of academic competency, practical expertise, and principled leadership, poised to continue making impactful contributions in the realms of finance and governance.

Alexander “Al” currently serves as the Downtown/Coral Gables campus pastor as well as a member of the teaching team at Christ Fellowship in Miami, Florida. Following graduation from the Master's University, Al began serving in full-time ministry in California in 2013 as a student pastor before joining the Christ Fellowship team in 2017 in the same capacity. Al lives in Miami with his wife Aubrey. Aside from ministry and spending time with his wife, Al enjoys reading, golfing as often as he can, and quoting Charles Spurgeon.

LaTeisha A.R. Sandy-Marks is a Barrister and Solicitor with fifteen (15) years of AML/CFT/CPF experience. She ia also a Notary Public and holds an LLM in Legislative Drafting. She joined the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in June 2009 as a Legal Officer and was appointed Deputy Director in February 2016 and Director on September 1st, 2018. Prior to her  appointment as Director she was responsible for making representations on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General in civil forfeiture and civil recovery matters, prosecution of money laundering cases alongside the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the preparation of legal documents, and facilitating stakeholder training. LaTeisha is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and is a trained Fourth Round Assessor of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and participated in the Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation (MEV) of Antigua and Barbuda as the Legal Expert. She has served as a member of the WGFI subworking group and as a Reviewer. LaTeisha was also the inaugural President of the Caribbean Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network (ARIN-CARIB).  She is also the former Chairperson of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Commission on Crime Prevention. She has benefitted from a wide range of training including from the Financial Action Task Force Training and Research Institute (FATF TREIN), Busan, and the Small Countries Financial Management Programme, Isle of Man/Oxford. She is also the Deputy Chairperson of the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee and the Mutual Evaluation Coordinator for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ 2023 MEV. Having dedicated her entire professional career to ensuring the social and economic security of Vincentians and by extension the regional and international community, LaTeisha remains passionate about the field of AML/CFT/CPF and is always ready and willing to share the lessons she’s learned over the years.

Mr. Langevine is the current Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in Guyana a post he has held from September 2016 - Present. As Director, Mr. Langevine manages the day-to-day operations of the FIU, which has a mandate to assist in protecting the integrity of Guyana’s financial system through the detection, prevention and deterrence of money laundering and the financing of terrorism in Guyana. He also represents the FIU on the country’s AMLCFT/PF National Coordinating Committee. Mr. Langevine is a trained assessor for the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation process. He also served as the Chairman of the CFATF Heads of FIU Forum from November 2017 – November 2018. Mr. Langevine worked at the Bank of Nova Scotia from September 1993 to September 2016 (23 Years). At Scotiabank Mr. Langevine he served as a Commercial Credit Assistant, Corporate and Commercial Account Officer, Corporate and Commercial Client Relationship Manager among other positions. He served as Branch Manager for several years including five years at the Bank’s flagship Carmichael Street Branch. Mr. Langevine spent six months (November 2011 – April 2012) on a developmental assignment with the Corporate and Commercial Banking Centre of Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. At Scotiabank, Mr. Langevine’s was involved in implementing and managing the Bank’s AMLCFT policies, procedures, systems of controls and strategies applicable to reporting entities, particularly in the Financial Sector. As a Branch Manager, his responsibilities included functioning as AMLCFT Compliance Officer at the branch level.

Mrs. Ligia Stella is Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Sint Maarten. Mrs. Stella Initiated the establishment of the FIU Sint Maarten from scratch and a year later realized the membership of FIU Sint Maarten in the Egmont Group of FIUs through an amendment of the National Ordinance reporting unusual transactions. In 2015 she initiated the amendment of the national AML/CTF legislation to get Sint Maarten compliant with the FATF recommendations (this is an ongoing process). From July 1997 to October 2010 Mrs. Stella served as Chief of Staff of the Cabinet of the Governor of Sint Maarten. She provided advice to the Governor in all the island’s affairs in his capacity of Chairman of the Island and Executive Councils, as Local Chief of Police and Representative of the Government Owned Companies. May 1992 – July 1996 Mrs. Stella served as Policy Advisor at the Department for Development Cooperation of the Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Mrs. Stella holds a MSc. in Political Science and International Economic Relations from the Catholic University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann is an Attorney-at-Law and the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Belize (FIU), with which organization she has served since 2013. As Director Leni has been a catalyst for change within the FIU, including piloting the implementation of recently enacted Civil Asset Recovery and Unexplained Wealth legislation. Prior to being appointed Director, Leni served as Deputy Director and Legal Officer in which capacity she served a driving role in prosecuting financial crimes and shaping organizational policy. Leni serves as the Chair of Belize’s National Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism Committee (NAMLC), leading national efforts to comply with international AML/CFT standards. In this regard, she leads two key national initiatives currently being carried out by the FIU: coordinating the country's efforts to address the various milestones encompassed in the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force mutual evaluation process and updating Belize’s National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment. Leni has been a key member of Belize’s delegation to CFATF since 2013 and has served as co- chair of the CFATF International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) since 2016. ICRG plays a critical role in the CFATF mutual evaluation follow-up process. She is also a certified assessor for the FATF 4th Round.Leni brings a cross-disciplinary background to her role at the FIU. She received her Legal Education Certificate from Norman Manley Law School (JA) in 2013 and her Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies (BAR) in 2011. She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Financial Markets from Anglia Ruskin University (UK) in 2007.

Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Keron Burrell has an extensive career in financial supervision dating back to 2008. He is currently the Executive Director of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), having been seconded from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) where he was the Chief Prudential Officer (CPO), Financial Institutions Supervisory Division (FISD). As Executive Director, Lt Col Burrell is charged with delivering an effective regulatory programme, which provides adequate safeguards for all stakeholders, and preserves confidence in Jamaica’s financial system. With the operationalization of the Twin Peaks Model of Supervision, designed to create a more robust financial system for the Jamaican economy, he is tasked with the build out and implementation of the Market Conduct and Consumer Protection (Risk-Based Supervision) Framework. Additionally, as Jamaica remains on the cutting edge of the financial landscape, the FSC and Lt Col Burrell have direct responsibility for the eventual supervision and regulation of the country’s Virtual and Digital Assets Framework. Lt Col Burrell also has an extensive Military career, which commenced in 2004. He currently serves in the Jamaica National Reserve as the Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion, the Jamaica Regiment National Reserve, where he has responsibility for the welfare of several service men and women. Lt Col Burrell holds a M.Sc. in Accounting and a B.Sc. in Economics and Accounting from the University of the West Indies. Lt Col Burrell is an avid reader and enjoys watching soccer and running in his spare time.

Susan S. François was the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2011 to August 2019. She is an Attorney-at-Law with a Master of Laws (LLM) in Corporate and Commercial Law focusing on Corporate Finance and Offshore Company Finance. As an AML/CFT/PF consultant Ms François is certified in AML/CFT technical fields such as Financial Analysis and Investigations; Tactical and Strategic Analyses; Illicit Finance & Criminal and Terrorist Networks; Prevention of Corruption on Public Procurement. She has conducted numerous training sessions and sensitisation programmes for domestic and regional industry actors including Law Enforcement Agencies, Financial Institutions and DNFBPs. Ms François is also a certified AML/CFT/FCP professional and teacher with the AMLFC Institute/St Thomas University. Ms. Francois is also a Commissioner with the Board of TCI FSC since 2020.

Mr. George was an Assessor trained in both the 3rd and 4th round mutual evaluation mechanism relative to the implementation of the FATF Recommendations. Mr. George was the Law Enforcement Assessor for the assessment of Belize. He is also a UN Expert in the implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), and have successfully completed the reviews of Qatar and Guatemala, and is currently undergoing the review of Afghanistan and Israel. He is a regional resource in the in the installation and configuration of analytical software systems and the e-filing platform AMLive; and has installed systems and trained persons in the following countries namely, Trinidad and Tobago, Tortola, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Barbados, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and St. Kitts and Nevis. A Trainer with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in Strategic Analysis, who brings with him over 29 years experience in the field of anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), and holds six (6) additional certifications in the fields of fraud risk management, cybersecurity, AML/CFT, foreign corrupt practices acts and AML/CFT regulatory supervision, all at the Instructor-Level with AMLFC Institute. Mr. George currently holds the position of Senior Financial Investigator/Analyst with the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Commonwealth of Dominica – and holds a certificate in Criminology from the University of the West Indies.

Mrs. T'sa James Hodge is the Compliance Manager at Ogier BVI, Chairwoman of the BVI Association of Compliance Officers & Practitioners (BVIACO) and Director of Driftwood Global Holdings Ltd. She is a qualified compliance professional with fifteen (15) years' experience in the BVI Financial Services Industry and sits on the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association Conference Committee. Ms. James Hodge worked as a Compliance Examiner in the Compliance and Enforcement Unit of the BVI Financial Investigation Agency where she assisted in the implementation of the Compliance and Enforcement regime for Non- Profit Organisations and Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professionals. She was appointed as an Assessor in the 2014/15 Virgin Islands National Risk Assessment and Commissioner for Oaths in 2018. In her spare time, Mrs. James Hodge lecturers the ICA Advance certificate in Regulatory Compliance course with Financial Services Institute at HLSCC.

Shelley Nicholls-Hunte is the former Director, Financial Intelligence Unit of Barbados having served in that capacity for fourteen ( 14) years. In this role, she represented the Government of Barbados and served as ministerial representative at several fora on AML/CFT/CPF including plenary meetings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, held in the Caribbean, North, South and Central America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Mrs. Nicholls-Hunte served as Chairman of the CFATF Heads of Financial Intelligence Units Forum 2018-2019. Shelley has been instrumental in the drafting and preparation of the Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (Prevention and Control) Act, 2011-23 and the 2019 amendments of this Act and those of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act. Her research and preparation of opinions on civil forfeiture and criminal confiscation led to her contribution to the development of the Government of Barbados’ policy on the Proceeds of Instrumentalities of Crime Act, 2019. Shelley is a trained assessor in the Third and Fourth Rounds of the Financial ActionTask Force Methodology on Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism/ Counter-Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) Mutual Evaluation assessments and served as Law Enforcement Examiner of a Caribbean country in 2008. As Director, FIU she served in the preparation and the management of Barbados’ Mutual Evaluation Exercise in 2016 and was responsible for the successful hosting of the Egmont Group Plenary which was held in Barbados in 2015 attracting over 300 delegates in the AML/CFT/CPF field across the continents. This was the first conference of this kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. Shelley is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and has trained several financial institutions and Designated Non-Financial Business and Professions (DNFBPs) in their legislative obligations under the anti-money laundering legislation. She is also a trained trainer, speaker and coach with the John Maxwell Leadership Team and a member of the ACCA Global Forum on Ethics. She currently serves as the Legal and Compliance Manager at the Barbados Workers’ Union Cooperative Credit Union Limited.

Mr. Frank Morisano is an internationally recognized executive and acclaimed storyteller who has developed a unique style of combining highly emotional stories and strong visual artistry with emerging technologies. He has over 30 years of proven financial services accomplishments: globally growing businesses, steering profitable growth in new markets, guiding product development, leading the acquisition, divestment and restructuring of companies, promoting risk proficiency in companies, and implementing ESG standards, frameworks, and disclosure reporting software to comply with global regulatory requirements.

Previously, he was the Chief Risk Officer of the largest bank in the world with responsibility for the Americas risk profile, strategic planning, governance, consolidated enterprise risk management, BSA/AML, sustainable finance, compliance, credit risk management, liquidity, crisis management, fraud and operational resilience. He also established their compliant cybersecurity framework and activities as the Chief Information Security Officer as well as the ESG disclosure reporting.

Prior roles include the leadership of revenue generating businesses at PwC, GMAC, JPMorganChase, and Bank of America. He serves on private and public boards as a non-executive and independent director, where he is a member of the Audit, Risk, and Strategy committees and is known for establishing and implementing effective Board governance. He speaks regularly on ESG, Technology, and Cybersecurity.

Mr. Lorenzo Delzoppo is a Director with ComplianceAid and an Advisory Board Member of the AMLFC Institute. He has over fifteen years of substantial bank regulatory compliance, risk management, finance, and legal experience. He has developed compliance manuals, training manuals and videos, implemented compliance monitoring systems and interfaced state and federal examiners in numerous examinations. During his career in the financial sector, he was responsible for leading and coordinating company-wide risk management efforts by directly managing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework and supervising the Compliance Management System (CMS). In addition to permanent internal control functions, his accountabilities included strategy development, regulators relations, external audit coordination and exception tracking, as well as direct oversight of the areas of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing. He has a LL.M. from the University of Miami School of Law, a Juris Doctor from Italy and speaks five languages. He is an ABA Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager as well as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Andrew Tennant is the Director Gentium UK Limited an International company based in the United Kingdom, Mauritius and the United States. Gentium UK provide International trainings around all aspect of finance. Including AML procedures, International Money Laundering, Virtual Currency, Confiscation, Non conviction based forfeiture, asset management and illicit financial flows. Gentium UK hold international contract with Law Enforcement and Government agencies to recover, retain and realise virtual currency. Providing regulation in a field where regulation has been difficult to obtain. Andrew personally served in the Law Enforcement arena for over 23 years and is a recognised international expert in the fields of Money Laundering and Virtual Currency. He has worked across the globe including extensive appointments through the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Americas. A key partner to such companies as 5 Stones Intelligence, W1 and Chainalysis. Responsible for the creation of legislation and regulation to adhere to move toward virtual currencies. The Gentium UK Team have worked alongside FATF increased monitoring jurisdictions to ensure compliance with recent successes in Ghana and Mauritius.

Amrita Henriques is a Senior Manager at a Financial Institution in Guyana. She has held several positions during her Banking Career including the post of Compliance Manager where she was responsible for the development, implementation and management of all details of the Bank's Compliance Programme. She has experience with a regulatory entity, having worked several years at the Central Bank of Guyana as a Financial Analyst. Mrs. Henriques is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration with a Specialism in Finance from the Heriot-Watt University, UK and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Fraud Risk Management Professional.

Jeremy Stephen has extensive experience in private equity, and economic consulting the Region and in Barbados. He is a former President of the Barbados Economics, and his core consulting specialties include corporate advisory; financial due d economic analysis; economics of cryptocurrencies, and web and app development also a FAA Commercial Multiengine Pilot. He has provided business advisory services, inter alia, to the Food and Ag Organization; the Government of Barbados; the Nevis Island Administration, the Ca Development Bank; One Caribbean Media; The Craane Group (Merrill Lynch); a Communications and the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Authority. He served Chairman of the Board at COSCAP (Barbados). He lectured in Banking & Finance at the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus. His research in cryptocurrencies produced the widely regarded research p conjunction with Professor Winston Moore: “Should Cryptocurrencies be include Portfolio of International Reserves held by the Central Bank of Barbados?”. As a Commonwealth Scholar, Jeremy received his MSc. Finance degree concentration in Portfolio Management, Financial Statement Analysis and Entrepre from Imperial College London in 2007, and the BSc. Economics in 2005 from the U of the West Indies-Cave Hill Campus, with First Class Honours.

Ilieva is a trusted C-Suite Advisor to Board of Directors and CEOs of startups and private businesses. She is an accomplished transformative Fortune 100 senior executive with 30 year career and strong track record of leveraging data-driven technology innovation to drive business transformation with P/L and go-to-market responsibilities at Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Truist. Ilieva led a National Model Risk Management practice at Grant Thornton where she advised some of world’s most prominent financial institutions. She launched first commercial application of mobile banking in US market in a cross-industry partnership between banking and telecommunication. In addition, she has extensive direct business experience in the regulated and highly competitive three-tier alcohol beverage wholesale distribution system. Ilieva holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, a Masters in Mathematical Economics and Management. She is an author, mentor, and a frequent speaker and though leader on emerging technologies, AI, Fintech and Analytics.

Stuart H. Deming represents domestic and foreign clients in a range of business and investigatory matters. He provides advice on international transactions, develops and assists in the implementation of compliance programs, directs and conducts due diligence and internal investigations, and represents clients before federal and state agencies and international institutions. His regulatory practice focuses on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), including Sarbanes-Oxley, and a range of related issues like the UK Bribery Act, Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, and Brazil’s Clean Companies Act. He has successfully litigated on appeal complex international legal issues as well as handled delicate matters involving foreign figures. As a CPA with an MBA, he has also dealt with complex accounting-related issues. Mr. Deming began his legal career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Michigan where he managed a major grand jury investigation of kickbacks by a major German multinational corporation and litigated a landmark case requiring the production of foreign records by the Deutsche Bank AG. He later joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. where he managed the investigation of major corporations for violations of U.S. securities laws, including the successful investigation of a Fortune 500 company for accounting fraud. Before going into private practice, Mr. Deming prosecuted public figures, foreign nationals, and executives of major corporations at the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. After joining the Washington, D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson in 1987, Mr. Deming was directly involved in the representation of a major defense contractor. He later served with the U.S. Department of State in conjunction with the 1990 Economic Summit in Houston before serving with the U.S. Department of Defense. In 1992, Mr. Deming was asked to return to the Department of Justice to serve as one of the special prosecutors in a highly sensitive and complex investigation involving many members of the U.S. Congress. In 1996, he was one of the founding members of INMAN DEMING LLP where he practiced in Washington, D.C. and in Michigan until 2003 when he his established DEMING PLLC in Washington, D.C. and in Michigan. A recognized expert, Mr. Deming has written and spoken extensively in the United States and abroad on the FCPA and other anti-corruption initiatives. He is the author of Oxford University Press’ Anti-Bribery Laws in Common Law Jurisdictions; the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Designing an Effective Anti-Bribery Compliance Program: A Practical Guide for Business, the co-author with a leading English barrister of the ABA’s The FCPA and UK Bribery Act: A Ready Reference for Business; and the author of a best-selling ABA publication: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the New International Norms. For many years, he was a member of the Board of Editorial Advisers to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Reporter; he co-chaired the ABA's national institutes on the FCPA; and he co-founded what is now the ABA's Anti-Corruption Committee. Mr. Deming recieved his B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of Michigan.

Richard Served as a Police officer for more than 16 years specialising in financial crime, cyber criminality and virtual currency investigations. Richard is now a Director of GentiumUK Ltd; a consultancy firm that manages, writes and delivers specialist training to investigation agencies domestically and internationally, providing Anti Money Laundering(AML) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) solutions in line with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). He is the UK leading Cryptocurrency trainer for the City of London Police Crime academy, delivering training to all UK law enforcements, National Crime Agency (NCA) and other public sector investigation agencies. Aswell as a Certified Cryptocurrency Training Partner of Chainalysis, delivering Chainalysis Certified training courses to international clients. Richard leads the UK’s The National Police Chief Council (NPCC) framework agreement for providing the secure custody and realisation of all virtual asset seizures by UK law enforcement and public body investigation agencies. Including all the UK Police forces and regions, Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), HMRC and National Crime Agency (NCA). Richard has worked alongside numerous International Cryptocurrency training projects on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), American Bar Association (ABA), Abler Consulting, Interpol, 5Stones Intelligence, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Particip GmbH. Creating and establishing virtual currency task forces across a number of jurisdictions.

Richard Xiques is a seasoned professional with over twenty (20) years of experience in the financial industry. He has a proven track record in managing compliance risk, including economic sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML), fraud, and data privacy risk. Currently, he serves as a Director within Citi’s Independent Compliance Risk Management Sanctions program, responsible for the administration of Citi’s enterprise-wide sanctions screening tool. His twenty (20) years of experience primarily focus on the technical implementation and management of financial crimes applications, ensuring they are effective and efficient at mitigating financial crimes risk. Previously, Richard helped cofound the ACAMS South Florida Chapter and served in various positions, including Chairman of the Board. He is a graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and Finance, and has a Master of Business Administration in International Business and Business Analytics from Florida International University

Mr. Orozco is a Compliance Professional with experience spanning over 25 years. Mr. Orozco’s experience includes areas such as Cros Broder Payments, Correspondent Banking, Private Banking, Investments, and International/Domestic Banking. He has held senior managerial positions on a sustained basis, managing Consumer Compliance as well as the BSA/AML and Sanctions Programs teams and platforms. His focus on Regulatory Technology has driven him to acquire expertise in areas such as Payment Processing, Monitoring Systems’ implementation and calibration, BSA/AML and Sanctions Programs Risk Management Platforms and Data Analytics.

Patricia Marinho has over 15 years of legal and compliance experience. She is the Compliance Director – LatAm and Central America of Willis Towers Watson, the third largest insurance broker in the world. Patricia leads and manages the team of Local Compliance Officers responsible for the administration of Willis’ compliance program throughout the vast Latim America, Central America and Caribbean Regions. Patricia actively participated to international AML, Data Privacy conferences in the U.S. and Brazil. She also taught Computer Law for MBA classes at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She earned her J.D. at the University Candido Mendes of Rio de Janeiro and proceeded to broaden her studied with an Intellectual Property Course at the U.C. Berkeley, an LLM at the University of Miami School of Law and a CRCP at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. She is an active member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money laundering Specialist, the Programming Director of the ACAMS South Florida Chapter.

Simone E. Martin is Director of Special Projects at the BVI Financial Services Commission. She has worked as a regulator for over twenty-one (21) years with the BVI Financial Services Commission She also worked as a regulator with the Anguilla Financial Services Commission (on secondment). Her diverse experience encompasses several sectors which include fiduciary services, insurance, and investment business. During this period, she has contributed to legislative reform, the conduct of compliance inspections (primarily in relation to trust and company management business), as well as created and delivered training for local, regional, and international regulators as well as financial services professionals. From 2008 – 2019, Simone served as the Secretary of the Joint Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Committee of the Virgin Islands and was
a member of the National Risk Assessment Steering Group of the Virgin Islands (2014 -2016). In addition, she has participated in a mutual evaluation as a Financial Expert with CFATF and has been a contributor to other FATF Working Group papers. Simone was also a core member of the Working Group for Trust and Corporate Service Providers established by the Group of International Finance Centre Supervisors (“GIFCS”) that developed the international standard for Trust and Corporate Services Provider. Simone holds a Masters’ degree in Business Administration, conferred at the University of the West Indies (October 2002), and an undergraduate degree in Accounting conferred at the University of the Virgin Islands (May, 1998). She is a Fellow of The Governance Institute: Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) of the UK, a Fellow of the International Compliance Association of the UK and a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. In keeping with her passion for being a part of the learning process, Simone has facilitated diploma and certificate courses in Compliance,
AML and GRC for the International Compliance Association of the UK, and mentored students seeking AML/CFT and other financial services qualifications. Simone is also the CEO and Founder of IGNUS SOLUTIONS LIMITED – a platform created to deliver online compliance courses.

Kevin Lowell is a former senior DOJ federal prosecutor with expertise in complex investigations. He began his career with the DOJ when he was selected to join the Attorney General’s Honors program with the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. In this role, he evaluated the corporate compliance programs of domestic and global financial institutions; investigated individuals for money laundering and economic sanctions violations; and worked closely with domestic banking regulators, including the OCC and Federal Reserve. Lowell next served in DOJ’s Fraud Section where he investigated companies and individuals across a variety of markets, including the securities, commodities, digital asset and health care markets. He developed the Section’s SAR Review Initiative, which was designed to leverage FinCEN SAR data to support financial investigations. A first-chair trial lawyer, he has secured successful outcomes in white-collar cases around the country, including in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego and Houston. He also supervised and managed the Fraud Section’s cryptocurrency enforcement program. In this role, he directed the U.S. government’s first national cryptocurrency enforcement action, which resulted in charged cases involving over $100 million in losses to investors and consumers. He collaborated closely with the SEC and CFTC on confronting the enforcement challenges posed by cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Lowell’s investigations were global in scope and included strategic coordination with authorities from Asia, Australia, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. His investigations involved over $2 billion in financial losses, corporate resolutions with international financial institutions, charges against senior executives of companies, and the recovery of millions of dollars for victims of financial fraud. For his work, he received a number of awards, including a two-time recipient of the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service; the FinCEN Director’s Award for Safeguarding the Financial System from Abuse; Council of the Inspectors General Award for Excellence in Investigation; and the FBI’s National Award for Integrity and Commitment to Public Service.

Lawyer, professor and certified specialist in prevention and detection of money laundering, risk management, compliance, among others. It has several Masters, among which the economic criminal law and the security of goods and people stand out. Lawyer García Rojas has been a representative of our country in various international forums such as the United Nations Organization, FATF, Council of Europe, OECD, Eurojust, among others. Their participation in issues such as the fight against corruption, money laundering, terrorism and its financing, the fight against organized crime and international cooperation stand out. He has practiced the profession in both the public and private sectors. Among others, he has been Head of the International Affairs Unit of the former Attorney General's Office, also representative of the PGR before the European Union and Switzerland, Head of the Legal and Fiduciary Area of the Asset Administration and Disposal Service (SAE) of the SHCP. In the National Banking and Securities Commission, he served for just over 3 years as General Director of Prevention of Operations with Resources of Illicit Origin and 6 years as Vice President of Supervision of Preventive Processes, in the same. His participation and publications in national and foreign magazines stand out, and his column as a collaborator in the newspaper El Heraldo de México, as well as his teaching work in universities in Mexico, Latin America and Europe.

Mr. Dylan Marin is a Senior Intelligence Analyst at the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Prevention Professional (CAMLFC) and a Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS). Mr. Marin is a trained assessor for the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)’s 4th round mutual evaluation process and is also a certified trainer by the CFATF in Open-Source Internet Investigations. He is certified teacher for i2 Analysts’ Notebook Charting and iBase. Mr. Marin is the holder of a BSc. in Computer Science and Management from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. He previously worked in academia in the field of computer science and has been in law enforcement for over 12 years; the last nine years being spent in the field of AML/CFT/CPF intelligence analysis and investigations. He has extensive experience and training in intelligence analysis and investigations.