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Paul Hastings 100 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AG United Kingdom
UK Finance is delighted to welcome and collaborate with women in sanctions inclusive of all industry and government sectors internationally. With our ethos being to ‘Enrich, Evolve and Elevate,’ this initiative is growing from strength to strength with over 400 women registered from a wide range of industry sectors including, banking and finance, oil and gas, maritime, pharmaceuticals, government and advisory.
With the vast array of seniority levels, Women in Sanctions is recognised and celebrated as the key forum to candidly meet, discuss, benchmark best practices and network with peers and allies.
Learning Outcomes:
In-person registration will be capped at a maximum of two per organisation.
See some highlights from the March 2023 event:
9:00 – Registration opens, coffee and pastries
9:30 – UK Finance and Paul Hastings welcome
9:45 – Co-Chairs opening remarks
10:00 – HMG opening keynote address
10:15 – Part 1: Panel discussion on Personal Experiences
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Then: Success Stories and Lessons Learned
Drawing on personal experiences, impart with invaluable guidance from women at all career stages on how to manage stress and tight deadlines amidst the need for work-life balance within the current sanctions matrix.
During this panel the UK Finance Women in Sanctions Steering Committee will walk you through life experiences to overcome the barriers to career development and advancement, including:
Panellists
Moderator
11:00 – Coffee break
Sara Cerminara, FCRM and Sanctions Compliance Manager, KAYAK Facilitating discussions with on-line participants
11:15 – Part 2: Panel discussion on Personal Experiences
What it Takes to Work in Sanctions Compliance: Taking Charge in Challenging Times-and Fostering Effective Teamwork and Collaboration
The political landscape is complex presenting many grey areas and uncertainties within industry. With this comes a host of challenges whilst working in sanctions, such as the volatility of the global sanctions landscape in operations, technology, screening and ongoing monitoring to understand your sanctions risk exposure.
During this panel the Women in Sanctions Steering Committee will navigate the current challenges of working in sanctions to foster effective teamwork and collaboration, ensuring you are well equipped for success with the tools needed on:
12:00 – Spotlight keynote address
A New Age: Current Focus in Sanctions
12:15 – Chairs closing remarks
Followed by refreshments and networking
14:00 – Forum ends
Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Anne-Marie was previously Secretary of State for Transport between 6 September 2022 and 25 October 2022. She was Secretary of State for International ...
Anne-Marie was previously Secretary of State for Transport between 6 September 2022 and 25 October 2022. She was Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade from 15 September 2021 to 6 September 2022.
Previously Anne-Marie was the UK International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency between 7 November 2020 and 6 September 2022. She was Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change) at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from January 2021 to September 2021.
She was the Secretary of State for International Development from February to September 2020. She was Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 17 December 2019 to 13 February 2020, and Minister for Defence Procurement from 27 July 2019 to 16 December 2019.
Anne-Marie was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency at the 2015 general election.
A chartered accountant by trade, Anne-Marie sat on the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee from July 2015 to May 2017 and December 2018 to July 2019. She has previously served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence. As an MP, she has campaigned with colleagues for greater autism awareness and has focused on the Armed Forces Covenant.
Her wider interests involve spending time with her family, making the most of the incredible landscape her vast and varied constituency affords and putting her passion for singing to good use by taking part in Singing for Syrians concerts in Westminster.
Principal, Sanctions and Export Controls, UK Finance
Anila represents over 300 firms on sanctions compliance and export controls implementation at UK Finance, the collective voice for the banking and fin...
Anila represents over 300 firms on sanctions compliance and export controls implementation at UK Finance, the collective voice for the banking and finance sector. This includes advancing work with international regulatory bodies, governments and enforcement agencies to align on foreign policy objectives via public and private sector information.
Winner of the 2023 ICA Europe Awards, Anila is recognised and celebrated as Founder of the Women in Sanctions Forum and Co-host of the UK Finance Sanctions School podcast series, regularly bridging the gap as a generational leader promoting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
General Counsel, Trade Sanctions (EMEA), Honeywell
Currently the Global Head of Financial Crime for Bupa, Dara leads the financial crime risk management prevention agenda for the organization with a sp...
Currently the Global Head of Financial Crime for Bupa, Dara leads the financial crime risk management prevention agenda for the organization with a special focus on providing senior SME sanctions advice. Dara is a US qualified lawyer who has worked both in law firms and in house, having devoted much of her time in the last 9 years to sanctions compliance in the US, UK, and globally.
Director Group Sanctions Specialist, Standard Chartered Bank
Emily Dias joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2016 and works as a Sanctions Specialist. With over ten years’ experience in the financial services secto...
Emily Dias joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2016 and works as a Sanctions Specialist. With over ten years’ experience in the financial services sector, working for top tier international banks, Emily’s particular focus area is interpreting multi-jurisdictional regulations and guidance to formulate sanctions policies and providing advice with subject matter expertise.
Global Financial Crime Manager, Aviva Investors
Before joining Aviva Investors and the fight of wider financial crime in July 2017, Fiki was already enjoying fighting crime in general insurance side...
Before joining Aviva Investors and the fight of wider financial crime in July 2017, Fiki was already enjoying fighting crime in general insurance side of business tackling fraud for 10 years for commercial property claims. Since joining the team, Fiki has qualified and is a member of Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and has also gained Certificate of Global Sanctions Specialist.
During her time in AI, she has also been involved in projects in implementing new system of records for customer onboarding and risk assessment and due diligence of third parties, working with a number of stakeholders across AI and wider Aviva. Outside of work, she enjoys simpler things in life such as spending time with her family and her two cheeky Jack Russells. In addition, she loves reading, enjoying good food and wine and has discovered a painful passion in running to eliminate the effects of the wine and dine!
Co-Founder, FincSelect
International Head of Global Financial Legal, Morgan Stanley
Lucy started her career as a litigator at Clifford Chance. For the last decade she has been in-house at Morgan Stanley as the Financial Crimes L...
Lucy started her career as a litigator at Clifford Chance. For the last decade she has been in-house at Morgan Stanley as the Financial Crimes Legal Counsel. Her practice started with a focus on Anti-Corruption, now more recently focused on Economic Sanctions legal and advisory work.
Head of Sanctions & AML, Marsh McLennan
Natalie has worked at Marsh McLennan for over 11 years covering the full range of financial crime risks including anti-bribery and corruption, money l...
Natalie has worked at Marsh McLennan for over 11 years covering the full range of financial crime risks including anti-bribery and corruption, money laundering and trade sanctions. Natalie is now Head of Sanctions & AML, responsible for the company’s sanctions and AML framework and providing advice to the business on the many and increasingly complex sanctions that may affect our company globally. Marsh McLennan’s services include insurance broking, health and benefits and management consultancy so sanctions questions are frequent and varied.
Previous jobs in communications and change management have provided an invaluable background for work on the many financial crime developments over recent years, such as implementing new anti-bribery laws and managing the increasing numbers of complex trade sanctions and export control regulations
Partner, Paul Hastings
Nina Moffatt is a partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. Ms. Moffatt focuses her practice on providing legal and commercial advice on reg...
Nina Moffatt is a partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. Ms. Moffatt focuses her practice on providing legal and commercial advice on regulatory requirements across the UK and Europe. Ms. Moffatt’s practice focuses on helping regulated firms comply with evolving regulatory obligations, including in respect of anti-money laundering and financial sanctions. She has particular expertise in large cross-border offerings and product design. She also regularly assists clients with their relations with the U.K. regulators, including applications for authorization and supervisory issues. Ms. Moffatt has spent time on secondment at a U.K. retail and investment bank and a multinational financial services company.
Head of Compliance, Emirates NBD
Head of Sanctions, BNP Paribas
Starting her career as a trader and then following her passion of geo-political topics into compliance and Sanctions for over fifteen years at a numbe...
Starting her career as a trader and then following her passion of geo-political topics into compliance and Sanctions for over fifteen years at a number of investment banks. Experience of the breadth of sanctions compliance framework topics.
EMEA Head, AML, Anti-Bribery and Sanctions Legal, Citi
Sinéad Goss is the General Counsel for AML, Anti-Bribery and Sanctions Legal across the UK, Europe and Middle East and Africa at Citi. Having original...
Sinéad Goss is the General Counsel for AML, Anti-Bribery and Sanctions Legal across the UK, Europe and Middle East and Africa at Citi. Having originally trained and qualified as a corporate solicitor she joined Citi in 2007 as the EMEA Head, Investment Banking Legal. Sinéad fulfilled this role for 7 years before moving into her current role in 2014. She provides legal advice to the bank on complex AML, Anti-bribery and sanctions issues across the region, including both advisory and investigations work, and has been substantially involved in navigation of the Russia/Ukraine sanctions.
Compliance Manager FCRM & Sanctions, KAYAK, GSK
Anti-money Laundering and Sanctions professional with a background gained over nine years across several sectors, including e-commerce, financial serv...
Anti-money Laundering and Sanctions professional with a background gained over nine years across several sectors, including e-commerce, financial services, banking, payments and corporate. Sara has been at GlaxoSmithKline for the past four years leading their sanctions compliance programme, a role that has allowed her to develop valuable experience in managing various stakeholder groups across the organisation, mastering resilience through the delivery of key sanctions compliance changes.
Principal Associate, Eversheds
Victoria is a Principal Associate in the Corporate Crime and Investigations Team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP. Her specific areas of ex...
Victoria is a Principal Associate in the Corporate Crime and Investigations Team at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP. Her specific areas of expertise are financial sanctions and anti-money laundering ("AML").
With over 10 years of experience, Victoria is a highly regarded specialist in areas of AML, international financial sanctions, internal investigations and remediation. She primarily advises a range of global top tier financial institutions and corporate entities and also has extensive experience in respect of criminal and regulatory investigations, prosecutions/enforcement and self-disclosure in the context of sanctions violations.
Victoria has experience in: • leading on large scale investigations in respect of potential US, EU and UK sanctions violations, working internationally across the US and UK; • providing strategic advice to a range of multinationals and financial institutions regarding sanctions and AML policies and procedures; • providing strategic advice regarding sanctions and AML remediation programmes; • conducting independent audits and risk assessments upon AML and sanctions control frameworks; • defending claims made under the Equality Act in so far as they relate to actions taken in alleged compliance with financial sanctions; and • advising on the day-today application of sanctions in the context of financial transactions and arrangements.
Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Zahra Mashhood is Counsel in the International Trade practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, based in Dubai. Her practice foc...
Zahra Mashhood is Counsel in the International Trade practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, based in Dubai. Her practice focuses on UK and EU economic sanctions, export controls, ABC and AML matters.
She advises clients on cross-border investigations, both regulatory and internal, in relation to sanctions, fraud, bribery, corruption, money laundering and competition breaches. She has assisted corporations and individuals in proceedings brought by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, Competition and Markets Authority, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Financial Services and Securities and Exchange Commission, and other international regulators. She also assists clients with reviewing and updating corporate compliance programs, and has advised on bribery, corruption and money laundering matters, particularly regarding compliance with the U.K. Bribery Act and the Proceeds of Crime Act.
With respect to sanctions, she advises on EU and U.K. sanctions advisory matters, internal and regulatory investigations, sanctions in the due diligence, M&A, private equity and banking contexts, sanctions licensing applications, and sanctions training and compliance programs. In 2022, Zahra was named to the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the United Kingdom.
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