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 Richard Small
Chairman
Enterprise Wide Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Risk Management,
American Express
Vice president, enterprise-wide AML and sanctions risk management, American Express, New York, he previously served as global AML leader for GE Money. Prior to joining American Express he was the managing director of global anti-money laundering at Citigroup, overseeing and helping to develop AML policies and procedures. He joined the Federal Reserve System as special counsel in 1989, with responsibility for all Bank Secrecy Act and money laundering matters, conducting investigations of complex financial transactions, suspicious activities and related enforcement actions.
Email: rick.small@aexp.com
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 Alberto Ávila, CAMS
Executive Director, COMLAFT
Alberto is executive director of COMLAFT, a firm dedicated to offering services to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. With 15 years of experience in the AML field, he advises and works for financial and non-financial institutions, governments, financial intelligence units and political parties in the development of compliance programs, money laundering and compliance risk administration, creation of AML controls, review and maintenance of automated systems, amongst other key areas in the AML sphere. He was a Mexican Government Official during the creation of the unit in charge of money laundering prevention and regulation; likewise, he has been a compliance officer for financial institutions in Latin America, has a book on AML and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.
Email: avila@comlaft.com
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 Samar Baasiri, CAMS
Head of Anti-Money Laundering Unit, BankMed
Samar is currently the head of the Anti-Money Laundering unit at BankMed in Beirut, Lebanon and has been in charge of preparing the bank’s Anti-Money Laundering policies and procedures on a risk-based approach. She also participated in building the AML risk matrix model now used in the bank and implemented Anti-Money Laundering software for the AML unit for monitoring customers and internal accounts. Previously she was the head of operations division and trade finance at the United Bank of Lebanon, the customer relations manager at Bank Audi and is the former assistant head of operations & trade finance at HSBC, Canada.
Email: baasiris@bankmed.com.lb
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David Clark, CAMS
Head of Intelligence and Analysis for Barclays Wealth Financial Crime
David has extensive global financial crime risk mitigation experience within banks and, previously, government customs agencies. David joined Barclays Wealth from ABN AMRO where he held a senior position in their global advisory and analysis team with specific responsibilities for global AML training & communication and Asia advisory. Prior to switching careers to work in Financial Services, his 18-year law enforcement career as a financial investigator & intelligence officer included 7 years in a crown dependent territory. Additionally, Clark worked on the ACAMS’ taskforces to revise the CAMS certification exam and produce the CAMS Online Training.
Email: david.t.clark@barclayswealth.com
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 Brian L. Ferrell
Assistant Vice President
Assistant General Counsel
AML/OFAC/FCPA Compliance
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Brian currently heads The Hartford’s AML team and is responsible for the development and implementation of a global AML program, and ensuring the overall compliance with the policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines for all lines of The Hartford's business subject to AML regulation. Brian’s compliance responsibilities also extend to OFAC and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Brian represents The Hartford on the ACLI's Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee and the AIA's AML-OFAC Issues Subcommittee.
Prior to joining The Hartford, Brian spent five years at the U.S. Department of Treasury in a number of different positions, including as Chief Counsel for Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Prior to his appointment as Chief Counsel at FinCEN, Brian served as Chief Counsel for the Bureau of the Public Debt, the Treasury bureau charged with issuing debt for the United States, and also served as Senior Counsel for Litigation in the Office of the General Counsel at Treasury.
Email: Brian.Ferrell@thehartford.com
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 William J. Fox
Senior Vice President, Global AML and Economic Sanctions Executive
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
William is Global Anti-Money (AML) Laundering and Economic Sanctions Executive for Bank of America Corporation, one of the largest financial institutions in the world. He is responsible for directing the company’s Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Program.
Prior to joining Bank of America in 2006, Fox served as the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the U.S. Financial Intelligence Unit. Fox was appointed by Treasury Secretary John Snow in 2003. Among other things, Fox led the administration of the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which is the United States anti-money laundering regulatory regime. Before his appointment as FinCEN Director, Fox served in the Department of the Treasury from 2000 to 2003 as Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement, Associate Deputy General Counsel, and finally, Acting Deputy General Counsel. After September 11, 2001, he was the principal assistant and senior advisor to the Treasury’s General Counsel on issues related to terrorist financing and financial crime. Fox received a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award for his work on these issues.
Prior to his service at Treasury, Fox served for twelve years at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in various legal positions, including Deputy Chief Counsel. During his tenure at ATF, Fox provided legal support to several large scale criminal investigations; helped oversee ATF’s regulatory program; served as a legal point person for ATF’s alcohol and tobacco diversion program; worked on several important legislative initiatives; and, served as principal legal support for the United States Trade Representative’s Office for wine trade negotiations with the EU and other wine producing countries.
Email: william.fox@bankofamerica.com
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 Susan Galli, CAMS
Currently Susan J. Galli is the Chief Risk Management Officer at Pacific National Bank, N.A. where she has responsibility for the oversight of the compliance risk management functions. Prior to that, she was the Managing Director of Galli AML Advisory, L.L.C. She specialized in Financial Institution Regulatory compliance with an emphasis in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Advisory and risk management.
Email: sgalli@pnb.com
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 Peter Richard Hazlewood
Managing Director Compliance Services & Security Group Legal, Compliance, Secretariat and Security, DBS Bank
Peter joined DBS Bank, the largest financial services group in the South East Asia, in April 2005 as Senior Vice President of Compliance Services. In 2006, he was promoted to Managing Director and Corporate Security was added to his portfolio. This was followed by the addition of Business Continuity Management in 2008. Hazlewood previously served in Hong Kong law enforcement, specializing in complex white collar crime. He was recruited by JP Morgan in 1996 and worked in various positions in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York. His last appointment at JPMC was in Corporate AML Compliance, New York. At DBS, Peter has group-wide responsibility for all areas of financial crime risk including; the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing programmes, group investigations, customer complaint handling, compliance surveillance, subpoena management and business intelligence.
Email: peterhazlewood@dbs.com
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 Mike Kelsey, CAMS
MVP, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering and Enterprise Training
Mike Kelsey is responsible for the development, implementation and management of Capital One’s enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering compliance program, including legacy Capital One businesses and the banking segment. These responsibilities include the detection, investigation and reporting of suspicious activities and compliance with Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations, as well as traditional Bank Secrecy Act compliance requirements, including Customer Identification Program compliance, experience in bank compliance, Anti-Money Laundering techniques and examination/audit management. Mike also manages the Enterprise Compliance Training team and serves as the primary liaison for GRC and Risk Management Streamlining.
Mike has 21 years of legal and compliance banking experience, including serving as Corporate AML Officer for a large diversified regional bank (PNC) for eight years. Mike is a recognized industry expertise in AML subjects, and has consulted with several international banks and foreign government banking regulators in high risk countries. He is a member of the American Banker’s Association and was recently appointed to the ABA Chairman’s Committee on BSA Reform. The work of this committee will provide ideas and identify opportunities to strengthen the effectiveness of the BSA program.
Emial: Michael.Kelsey@capitalone.com
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William D. Langford
Senior Vice President and Director of Global AML, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
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 Nancy J. Saur, CAMS, FICA
Regional Head of Compliance & Risk Management (Caribbean) , ATC Group N.V.
Nancy is currently responsible for compliance and risk management for the Caribbean and Asian offices of the ATC Group. In 2004, she co-founded a successful compliance consulting company headquartered in the Cayman Islands. She founded the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, managed the development of computer-based training for its members and created a Cayman Islands module for an international compliance training program.
Email: nancy.saur@atctrust.ky
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 Markus E. Schulz
Chief Compliance Officer Global Life & Banking, Zurich Insurance Company, Ltd.
Markus joined Zurich in January 2008 after 13 years at ABN AMRO Bank, where he held various senior global Compliance positions, including Global Head Compliance Service Center and COO AML Compliance, as Corporate Senior Vice President and a member of the Global Compliance Management Team. Prior to his time in Compliance he served in a variety of senior in-country, Regional and Global management positions in the Back-, Mid- and Front-Office located in Germany, UK and the Netherlands for almost a decade.
He was an active member of multiple Banking industry Compliance, a.o. the Wolfsberg Group, and is a very frequent and regular presenter, panellist, key note speaker, moderator and chairman at Compliance, AML, Financial Crime and Anti-Fraud conferences in Europe, Middle-East and the US. He is also featuring Webinars.
Email: markus.e.schulz@zurich.com
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 Daniel D. Soto, CAMS
Executive Compliance Director and BSA Officer, Ally Financial, Inc.
Soto is the Bank Secrecy Act compliance officer for Ally Financial, Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is responsible for Ally Financial’s enterprise anti-money laundering compliance activities, as well as other general compliance matters. Before joining Ally Financial, Soto spent time with Wachovia/Wells Fargo in the BSA area, nearly three years with Royal Bank of Canada-Centura, as the chief compliance officer, and eight years with Bank of America, where he was the global anti-money laundering compliance executive. Prior to joining Bank of America, he was a bank examiner with the FDIC and the Federal Reserve and helped develop the Fed’s anti-money laundering compliance examination policies. Soto is currently on the advisory board of the Association for Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
Email: dan.soto@ally.com
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 Anthony Luis Rodriguez, CAMS, CPA
Chief Global Compliance Officer, RIA Financial Services
Anthony Luis Rodriguez is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, and the Chief Global Compliance Officer for Continental Exchange Solutions, Inc. DBA RIA Financial Services; Associated Foreign Exchange (“RIA”), a Euronet Worldwide Company. RIA is the third largest global money transfer company. RIA, established in 1987, has a global network of over 82,000 locations offering consumer money transfer services in more than 100 countries and territories. RIA's primary services include money transfer, bill payment, money orders, check cashing, and pre-paid cards. Mr. Rodriguez’s extensive experience spans over 10 years in the MSB industry and prior to RIA held a position with JPMorgan Chase as a Vice President of Compliance.
Email: arodriguez@riafinancial.com
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