Singapore Financial Crime Risk Assessment Roundtable – in Partnership with Themis

Carel has 35+ years broad international experience having lived and worked in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe for market-leading financial services firms. He was the Global COO for various sales & trading businesses at UBS Investment Bank, Head of Change Management, Group Sales, at Deutsche Börse, financial management consultant with Price Waterhouse and auditor with Arthur Young & Co. He is a Fellow of both the ICAEW and Association of Corporate Treasurers, holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and fluent in English, Dutch and Spanish. Carel developed a group-wide client strategy and supporting infrastructure to drive sales and revenue growth Deutsche Börse, established Fixed Income trading businesses for UBS Investment Bank in Moscow and Istanbul and developed country strategies for National Bank of Abu Dhabi.

Navin is a Partner at Dentons Rodyk & Davidson in Singapore. Navin’s practice focusses primarily on criminal defence litigation in the Singapore courts and working with corporations in regulatory/internal investigations. Prior to entering private practice, he was a former Deputy Public Prosecutor/Deputy Director (Corruption and Financial Crimes) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore. A graduate from the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law, Navin also has a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2023, Navin was recognised as a “Future Star” in the White-Collar Crime Category (2023) in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, and a “Recommended Lawyer” in the Doyle’s Guide’s Leading White-Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations Lawyer Rankings.

Sid oversees Compliance operations for Ogier in HK & Singapore. Sid advises different business lines of Ogier on AML/CTF/Sanctions and investigations. Prior to Ogier, he was a Public Prosecutor for the Enforcement Directorate in India leading anti-money laundering prosecutions, a brief stint at the Solicitor-General of India's office before moving onto working in cryptocurrency investigations and compliance for virtual asset exchanges in the UK, Europe, Japan and HK. He has worked with the Interpol and HK police force in recovering stolen crypto assets and acts as a consultant to a blockchain analytics firm AMLBot. He has also worked with a TCSP in HK as a MLRO. Sid qualified as a lawyer in 2010 and completed his Master of Laws (LLM) in Criminal Law & Justice from the University of Edinburgh.

Andrea Amatuzio is a Financial Crime leader with 20 years of international experience in the private sector as well as in international organisations. He has advised financial institutions, governments and large corporations on Anti Money Laundering (AML), sanctions and export control, Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF), financial crime technology and geopolitical matters. Multilingual, Andrea combines deep international regulatory knowledge with financial crime acumen, ensuring a balance between compliance and business needs. Additionally, Andrea advises large international companies in the fields of payments, banking, trade, oil and gas, pharma and shipping, among others.

Caroline Morgan is currently on secondment to the Financial Crime Strategy team from the Jersey Financial Services Commission where she has worked for 16.5 years. Caroline has worked in the finance industry for nearly 35 years, first in London and more recently in Jersey. She is a Chartered Accountant by background, has worked in all areas of financial policy and represented both the UK financial regulator and the JFSC on the international stage.

Nadia manages the Themis Insight team, working on threat-based analysis of a variety of topics related to financial crime, including Themis' jurisdictional risk programme. Nadia has a diverse background in international affairs and research. Prior to joining Themis, she completed assignments at the United Nations, FTI Consulting, NATO Parliamentary Assembly and European Commission. Nadia has a dual master’s from the London School of Economics and Sciences Po, Paris, and a Double First Class undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge, all in the sphere of International Relations.

Themis are a recognised financial crime specialist providing financial services firms with threat-based financial crime research on the latest techniques employed by criminals and the financial crime risks associated with specific industries and jurisdictions. They have a reputation for delivering insightful panel discussions with financial crime experts on discrete threats, industries and jurisdictions. Furthermore, their financial crime risk research of operating in and with customers and partners in higher risk jurisdictions provides the requisite information in a clear and concise format to conduct country risk assessments in line with market best practice and regulatory requirements.