UK Financial Crime Risk Assessment Roundtable | Finance Events in Jersey, CI

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Jersey Finance, in partnership with Themis, is delighted to be hosting a roundtable event on assessing UK financial crime risk. This is a CPD-accredited event for finance firms in Jersey.

Understanding financial crime risks is a cornerstone of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation. The majority of clients and customers serviced by Jersey’s finance industry are non-resident; therefore, an area of focus is our approach to understanding and managing financial crime risks and threats associated with conducting business in higher-risk jurisdictions.

To help our industry’s risk understanding, Jersey Finance has engaged Themis, a financial crime specialist, to jointly host a discussion with experts, focussing on the UK.

Attendees will hear from an expert panel of practitioners and have the opportunity to ask questions about key financial crime threats to the UK, as well as explore the implications for the operations of finance firms in Jersey or firms with clients and partners based in the UK.

This event is highly recommended for representatives from compliance functions and other business areas. We welcome multiple attendees from finance firms in Jersey.

If you have any queries about this event, please contact a member of our events team.

Speakers

Chris JenkinsGlobal Head of Market Development, Jersey Finance

Profile

Chris joined Jersey Finance in April 2024 and has 30 years of international financial services experience, with particular expertise in the digital and fintech space.

In his role as Global Head of Market Development, Chris has a pivotal role as part of Jersey Finance’s leadership team, overseeing the organisation’s global team of market development specialists in key strategic markets, including Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the US and the UK.

Nadia O'ShaughnessyHead of Insight, Themis

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.

Henry WyardPolicy Manager, Themis

Henry leads Themis's work on illicit finance policy. He works with international public and private sector partners to deliver research and strategic recommendations on a wide range of policy issues including financial crime, environmental crime, and sanctions. He also works within Themis's technology research and development team, focusing on novel artificial intelligence applications for anti-financial crime.

Ian McDonaldActing Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (on secondment from the Department for the Economy)

Ian McDonald is the Acting Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (on secondment from the Department for the Economy). He previously served as Jersey’s Head of Delegation to MONEYVAL and the Council of Europe, and as Senior Policy Adviser on financial crime. In this role, he led the Government of Jersey’s strategic engagement with key international standard setters, including the FATF, MONEYVAL and the Council of Europe, and served as a FATF assessor for Latvia — the first jurisdiction evaluated in the current round of mutual evaluations — as well as a member of the FATF Americas Joint Group reviewing jurisdictions’ progress on the Grey List. Ian joined the Government of Jersey in 2022 to support preparations for the jurisdiction’s MONEYVAL assessment and has since played a central role in strengthening the Island’s financial crime strategy.

Jennie HaslettHead of FATF and International Branch, HM Treasury

Jennie has worked as Deputy Head of the UK delegation to the Financial Action Task Force for the past eight years. Prior to this Jennie worked on anti-corruption, counter-terrorism and offshore tax evasion across HMRC, Home Office and the Foreign Office.

Alun Milford Partner, Criminal Litigation, Kingsley Napley

Alun is a partner in the Criminal Litigation team and specialises in serious or complex financial crime, proceeds of crime litigation, sanctions and corporate investigations. He has particular knowledge and experience of issues surrounding cross-border criminal investigations, corporate crime and deferred prosecution agreements. Alun advises companies and individuals on the full range of white-collar and business crime-related issues, including fraud, bribery, money laundering, confiscation, civil recovery (including account freezing orders) and sanctions. Typically his clients are caught up in investigations undertaken by domestic enforcement authorities such as the Serious Fraud Office, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the National Crime Agency and the police, and he also acts in cases where the investigation is conducted by an overseas authority, such as the US Department of Justice, which has asked the United Kingdom for mutual legal assistance.

Anna Kostus Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Anna Kostus is a financial crime regulatory expert who helps clients understand the changing supervisory landscape, build and implement strong controls and anti-financial crime capabilities. Ms. Kostus has more than 12 years’ experience within the financial services industry in the UK, the Middle East and continental Europe. She has worked with a diverse range of clients from banks, private wealth and asset managers through to Money Service Businesses (“MSBs”) and gaming operators for whom she has delivered financial crime function reviews (including several s.166 Skilled Person Reviews) and led people and projects varying from responding to regulatory events and criticism through designing financial crime controls to providing regulatory advisory and delivering process improvements. In addition to leading larger project teams, Ms. Kostus has provided clients with ongoing advisory support on a personal retainer-basis and has been seconded into interim financial crime SME roles.

Agenda

8.30 am

Registration and Breakfast

9.00 am

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