Confirmed speakers include:
Tom Keatinge is the founding Director of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) at RUSI, where his research focuses on matters at the intersection of finance and security. He is also currently a specialist adviser on illicit finance to the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee ongoing enquiry.
He has a Master’s in Intelligence and International Security from King’s College London, where he studied the effectiveness of the global counterterror finance regime. Prior to joining RUSI in 2014, he was an investment banker for 20 years at J.P. Morgan.
His research on finance and security considers a number of themes including the financial dimension of state threats, sanctions, terrorist financing, proliferation financing and organised crime. He has contributed to a variety of publications and media outlets; has given evidence to UK parliamentary and US congressional hearings and spoken at a range of high-level multilateral forums including the UN Security Council and the Financial Action Task Force and a number of its regional bodies.
Will Lyne is currently the Head of Intelligence at the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), leading a range of multidisciplinary teams that lead, support and coordinate the Law Enforcement cybercrime response in the UK.
Will has worked in Law Enforcement over 12 years. From 2011 to 2013, Will worked in Afghanistan delivering counter narcotics investigations with local, military and international partners, before joining the NCCU in 2013. From 2016 to 2020, Will was an International Liaison Officer assigned to the FBI’s Cyber Division in Washington D.C., USA.
Will is an experienced and internationally respected leader in the field of serious and organised online investigations, leading on a number of high profile cases covering money laundering, fraud, kidnap & extortion and computer misuse.
A 2008 Graduate of University College London and a 2018 Graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Will is currently studying for PHD at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, focusing the ransomware threat.
Dr Susan Hawley is an anti-corruption expert who has researched and campaigned on the UK’s role in facilitating global corruption for over 20 years. Her work has included taking the UK Export Credits Guarantee Department to court for weakening anti-bribery procedures and being part of efforts to ensure that corporate liability was included in the Bribery Act. She is a founder of Spotlight on Corruption, having previously worked at Corruption Watch UK, The Corner House and Christian Aid on corruption issues.
Originally from Canada, Wendy has spent the past two decades of her career in Asia, specifically in Singapore and Hong Kong, within the financial services and banking sectors.
In July 2024, Wendy stepped into the role of Global Head, FCC Program and Engagement, principally focused on enabling the successful implementation of Financial Crime controls across Standard Chartered globally. In addition, Wendy leads Group-wide Financial Crime outreach and advocacy, in support of SCB’s strategy and purpose. Prior to this role Wendy double hatted as the Asia Head of Financial Crime and the Asia Head of CFCC Governance at SCB. She has held regional roles in Financial Crime, Operations and Sales at organizations including JPMorgan and American Express. Wendy was also a founding member of Mox Bank in Hong Kong, where she led the development of the financial crime function.
Wendy has chaired various committees and working groups in support of industry exchange and innovation in financial crime compliance.
Kathryn is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Financial Crime and Security at RUSI. She leads the Financial Crime Policy Programme which tracks the implementation and evolution of anti-financial crime policy both in the UK and globally. Her work focuses on anti-money laundering regulation and supervision, the policy response to fraud, corporate criminal liability and the role of new technologies. In 2022, she served as Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Committee on Digital Fraud.
Prior to joining RUSI, Kathryn spent 15 years at PwC, where she worked across the regulated sector, advising institutions on how best to manage their financial crime risks and meet their regulatory obligations. She also has experience of leading complex investigations into allegations of fraud, money laundering and corruption in the UK and overseas.
She has an MA (Hons) in Classics from the University of Cambridge and a LLM in Banking and Finance Law from the University of London. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
Tony Sales is the Co-Founder of We Fight Fraud and Underworld TV. As a child Tony, was drawn into a world of crime, that would lead into adulthood, with devastating consequences, not only for Tony but for financial institutions around the world. In 2009, after spending half a decade as a fugitive, Tony went to prison. During the sentence, and a visit from his wife and children he had an epiphany. He wanted to make up to his victims by using his knowledge to prevent financial crime. Everyone laughed at first but for Tony, it seemed like an obvious fit.
In 2012 Tony said “Data is the new cash. Criminals understand the value of data, so businesses should expect data ransom attacks to be coming.” The year after the prediction, in 2013 ransomware became mainstream.
Over a decade later, Tony is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on Social Engineering, Fraud, and Cyber Crime. Working alongside leaders from law enforcement and academia, he has advised Governments, financial institutions and some of the world’s biggest brands on their fraud and financial crime strategy. His criminal insight has become invaluable, making him a popular figure who regularly appears on TV and Radio.
Adrian Searle joined the National Crime Agency as Director, National Economic Crime Centre in March 2022. Adrian is a senior security and intelligence professional, with both government and private-sector experience. He has worked in a range of operational and policy roles, and led the cross-government response to significant cyber incidents as a Deputy Director in the National Cyber Security Centre. He joined the National Crime Agency from NatWest, where he was Group Head of Data and Security Risk. His current responsibilities include leading the multi-agency National Economic Crime Centre which has a strategic system leadership role for economic crime and illicit finance.
As one of the world’s leading journalists covering organised crime and tech, Geoff White has spent decades investigating the shadowy forces of fraudsters, hackers and money launderers. His work’s been featured by BBC News, Audible, Sky News, The Sunday Times and many more.
His latest book, Rinsed, reveals technology’s impact on the world of money laundering. It springs from his work on the hit podcast and book The Lazarus Heist, which explored North Korea’s computer hacking campaign.
He has given more than 300 keynote talks for some of the biggest global brands, including Microsoft, HSBC, Sky, Mastercard and Atos.
David O’Sullivan was appointed as EU’s Sanctions Envoy in December 2022 and formally took up his role in the second half of January 2023. Prior to his appointment as Sanctions Envoy, he was a Director General of the Institute for International and European Affairs, a leading Irish think tank. Prior to that, he joined the Brussels office of the law firm of Steptoe and Johnson LLP as a Senior Counsellor (2019-2022). David O’Sullivan served as Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to the United States from November 2014 until February 2019.
Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, he was the Chief Operating Officer of the EU's new diplomatic service, the ‘European External Action Service’. He had previously held a number senior positions within the European Commission including Director General for Trade (2005- 2010); Secretary General of the European Commission (2000-2005); and Chief of Staff to Commission President Romano Prodi (1999-2000). Before joining the Commission, he started his career with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (1977-1979). He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and the College of Europe (Bruges), and holds Honorary Doctorates from the Dublin Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin. He was awarded the EU Transatlantic Business Award by the American Chamber of Commerce in 2014.
In 2019, he was awarded the Légion D’Honneur by France and made a Grand Officier de l’Ordre de Léopold by Belgium. He is a Member of the Governing Board of the European Policy Centre, and a Member of the Governing Board of the King Baudouin Foundation.
J. Edward 'Ned' Conway is the Executive Secretary of the Wolfsberg Group, an association of 12 global banks which aims to develop frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks. Mr. Conway is also on the advisory board of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and he chairs the UN’s Private Sector Dialogue on the disruption of financial crimes related to environmental crime. He has previously held positions at Santander, Barclays, PwC, and the US Department of Defense.
Tom has represented Tonbridge, Edenbridge, and Malling since 2015, working on better transport, rural communities and supporting the fantastic schools and businesses in our community.
After a career in journalism, the Foreign Office, and the British Army, serving on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, he was elected to Parliament and elected as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in 2017. Focusing on Russian corruption and China’s attempts to threaten Britain’s economy and democracy. He published reports that exposed the challenges we face and how to make the UK safer and more prosperous.
Tom founded the China Research Group (CRG) and led the debate on re-evaluating our relationship with Beijing.
In 2022, Tom was asked to serve in Cabinet as Security Minister and has been focused on promoting Britain’s national security from the Home Office. He has worked on combating child sexual exploitation online, fighting fraud, hostile states, organised crime, and terrorism.
Catherine Belton is an international investigative reporter for The Washington Post, reporting on Russia, and the author of “Putin's People,” a New York Times Critics’ Book of 2020. She worked previously as the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times, and as the newspaper’s legal correspondent.
Elad Wieder is the Head of the International Department at the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA), which is the Israeli Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and serves as the Head of the Israeli Delegation to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In his role, Elad leads a team of liaison officers, policy, and operational analysts, attending to financial intelligence analysis, information exchange and other forms of operational cooperation with other FIUs. Additionally, Elad leads the work of the Israeli delegations to the FATF and to Moneyval, and coordinates IMPA’s delegation to the Egmont Group of FIUs.
At The FATF Elad is a Co-Chair of the Policy Development Group (PDG); beforehand he co-led the policy project that prepared the recent reform of the global Asset Recovery regime, actively contributed to the work of the Virtual Assets Contact Group, and otherwise participated in all the FATF working groups. At the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, Elad served as a Vice-Chair of the Information Exchange Working Group (IEWG) from 2018 to 2022 and led an IT-oriented project aimed at standardising and structuring information exchange between FIUs. Prior to joining IMPA, Elad was a partner at Herzog Fox & Neeman (“Herzog”), a prominent Israeli law firm; in his practice, Elad gained extensive experience in a wide range of aspects within the financial industry, with particular emphasis on technology, including virtual assets, online platforms, digital payment solutions and other financial services. While working at Herzog, Elad has spent time on secondments at Allen & Overy in London and at Barclays in Tel Aviv.
Elad holds LL.B. and B.A. in economics from the University of Haifa, and LL.M. in economic analysis of law from the European Masters in Law and Economics (EMLE) Erasmus program, where he studied at the universities of Hamburg, Bologna and Aix-En-Provence. During his studies Elad served as the Coordinator of the Haifa Center of Law & Technology and as the Project Lead of Creative Commons Israel.
Oliver Bullough is an award-winning investigative journalist specialising in the area of corruption. He is the author of Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back. His previous books include Last Man in Russia: the Struggle to Save a Dying Nation and Let Our Fame Be Great. Oliver has written extensively in newspapers on issues of financial transparency and corruption. He is currently on the board of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre (AntAC) in Ukraine.
