Women in Economic Crime: Strengthening the System

Overview

Registration is open to women only, and we kindly ask that only women sign up.

Economic Crime is evolving faster than ever, more organised, more industrialised, and more interconnected across borders, technologies, and sectors. Yet too often, the systems designed to stop them remain fragmented. At the same time, the pressure on the people fighting these threats continues to intensify.

Marking International Women’s Day, ThreatFabric, the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI, and Plenitude bring together women from across the economic crime ecosystem - spanning policy, national security, intelligence, fraud prevention, cyber and governance - for an honest, cross-sector conversation about what it takes to build stronger defences and sustainable careers in high-stakes environments.

Panel One: From Silos to Systems, Building a Connected Defence
Criminal networks collaborate seamlessly across fraud, cyber, money laundering and geopolitics. Institutions still lag behind. This panel examines the risks created by fragmented structures, where intelligence fails to translate into action, accountability becomes blurred, and incentives clash. Our speakers will explore what it will take to move from siloed responses to genuinely connected, cross-functional defence.

Speakers

Lydia van Schaik (ThreatFabric)
Liliya Gelemerova (Crédit Agricole CIB)
Sarah Browne (Allica Bank)
Aminah Samad (Barclays, former UK Finance)

Panel Two: The Hidden Cost of Fighting Economic Crime
Behind every decision, escalation and investigation are people operating under constant pressure. This panel looks at the personal and professional realities of high-stakes financial crime work, from decision fatigue and crisis leadership to sustaining ambition without burnout. Our speakers will discuss what resilience really means in practice, and how leaders can build careers and teams that last.

Speakers