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Faradina Ghouse, CB
ChairmanAICB's Compliance Officers' Networking Group
Group Chief Compliance OfficerAmBank Group, Malaysia
The Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) and its Compliance Officers’ Networking Group (CONG) are delighted to bring you the IFCTF Masterclass 2024, supported by Bank Negara Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia and Labuan Financial Services Authority.
In today's fast-paced world, the demand for specialised skills and a deep understanding of financial sector developments has never been greater. Recognising this, we will be hosting a special two-day IFCTF Masterclass 2024 in place of a traditional conference, to provide an immersive learning experience focusing on key areas of the financial sector. Through a series of interactive breakout sessions that allows you to explore each topic comprehensively, we aim to foster a collaborative environment that promotes deeper understanding and stimulates innovative thinking, while creating opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals who can support your professional journey.
“Combatting Financial Crime and AML / CTF / CPF: A Technical Deep Dive”
The IFCTF Masterclass 2024 features an assembly of distinguished global and regional subject matter experts with a wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge who will discuss the latest developments and examine the critical issues and challenges faced by financial institutions in the following key areas:
Join us now and seize this golden opportunity to partake in the dynamic exchange of keen insights, innovative strategies and practical solutions to address the increasingly complex issues of financial crime and AML / CFT / CPF to further fortify banks’ defences against these crimes.
We look forward to welcoming you to the IFCTF Masterclass 2024 — see you there!
Who Should Attend
We encourage regulators, government officers, compliance officers, enforcement officers, accountants, auditors / internal auditors, advocates and solicitors, business consultants, insurance executives, fund managers, unit trust managers, remisiers and dealers, and risk managers, as well as trainers and individuals involved in AML / CFT functions to attend.
Programme Agenda
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Registration
Kindly note that registrations for the IFCTF Masterclass 2024 are now closed due to the overwhelming response received. To join the waiting list, please send us an email at [email protected].
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Enquiries
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*The International Conference on Financial Crime and Terrorism Financing (IFCTF) ranks among the region's most influential thought leadership platforms centred on combatting financial crime. Organised by AICB and its Compliance Officers’ Networking Group (CONG), with the support of Bank Negara Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia, and Labuan Financial Services Authority, IFCTF continues to play a vital role in elevating industry standards and fostering collaboration between banking professionals globally, empowering them with new knowledge on effective strategies and best practices in the fight against financial crime. IFCTF 2023 was attended by over 1,200 delegates from local and international financial institutions, with over 50 global subject matter experts contributing keen insights to discussions on critical aspects of integrity, transparency and accountability, particularly within the realm of financial crime, anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism.
ChairmanAICB's Compliance Officers' Networking Group
Group Chief Compliance OfficerAmBank Group, Malaysia
Faradina Ghouse, CB, is the Group Chief Compliance Officer for the AmBank Group. She has over 26 years of experience in the Malaysian, regional and global financial industry, covering anti-money laundering (AML) operations, transactions banking operations; payments, trade, securities and fund services operations, and audit. Prior to joining AmBank Group, Faradina was Citigroup’s Global Head of Transactions Monitoring, Standards and Training for Citi's AML Operations.
She began her career as a Dealer Representative with a stockbroking firm, before joining Citibank Malaysia as Management Associate. In Citi, she held various roles, including Account Manager and Head of Operations for Citigroup Securities & Fund Services Malaysia, and Trade Operations and Audit Manager with Citigroup’s APAC Audit & Risk Review division based in Singapore. She then returned to Malaysia as the Head of Operations for Citigroup’s Regional (APAC) AML Transaction Monitoring Operations Hub, based in Kuala Lumpur. Upon joining AmBank in 2016, she led the enterprise-wide Culture and Compliance transformation programme for the Group.
Faradina is a Chartered Banker and the Chairman of AICB's Compliance Officers' Networking Group. She holds a Bachelor of Management (Hons) degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and has completed the Executive Education programme from the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, UK.
Manager, Integrated Operation Division, National Anti-Financial Crime CentreBank Negara Malaysia
Ahmad Latifi Awaludin is currently attached to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as a Manager in the Integrated Operation Division of the National Anti-Financial Crime Centre (NFCC).
Prior to this role, he was with the Policy, Strategy and International Division of the Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department where he was in charge of policy matters for money services business and payment sectors apart from being a contact person in the areas of proliferation financing and the implementation of targeted financial sanctions for proliferation financing in Malaysia. Latifi is the IO owner for the upcoming ME, responsible for the portfolio of IO.11 (Prevention of Proliferation Financing). He is the key liaison officer with the Ministry of Investment, International Trade and Industry in spearheading the PF-related initiatives in the country, including the PF risk assessment.
Prior to that, Latifi assumed various roles, first as an investigator in the investigation of offences under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 and other laws under the purview of BNM, secondly as a supervisor in the AML/CFT supervision of designated financial businesses and professions, and finally as senior analyst for surveillance and financial intelligence. Latifi played a key role in operationalising the public-private partnership on financial intelligence for terrorism financing in 2017 and instrumental in the launching and establishment of Malaysia's brand for public-private partnership on financial intelligence, MyFINet in 2019. In 2021 he drafted a guidance to financial institutions in response to scams and was part of the policy team in the establishment of National Anti-Scam Response Centre in 2022.
Analyst, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
Ashraf Faris Alias is an experienced Analyst at Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), currently attached to the Organisation Security Management Department. Prior to this role, he served at Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department (FIED) in numerous capacities including as a Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (DNFBPs and NBFIs) AML/CFT supervisor and FIU officer.
With 15 years of experience in AML/CFT, Ashraf has garnered extensive knowledge and skills in this field. Ashraf holds a BSc. (Hons.) in Actuarial Science from Universiti Teknologi MARA and is a Certified Financial Investigator (CFI) recognised by the National Coordination Committee to Counter Money Laundering (NCC). He has represented BNM as a subject matter expert and speaker on financial intelligence in trainings conducted by the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT). Ashraf has undertaken pivotal roles throughout his career at BNM, including leading the AML/CFT Risk Assessment on Legal Arrangements in 2023. He has been instrumental in the development of BNM's enforcement and penalty frameworks that guide BNM’s regulatory actions.
Additionally, Ashraf has conducted comprehensive risk assessments, developed methodology used for the Malaysia National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing (NRA), and participated in high-level international discussions on AML/CFT. Ashraf's expertise extends to modernising processes through technology, providing extensive AML/CFT training to reporting institutions, and managing highly sensitive and classified financial intelligence projects.
Fraud Prevention SMEFeedzai
Daniel joined Feedzai in 2021 where he is responsible for working with banking customers, supporting them to understand the range of fraud prevention and detection capabilities offered by Feedzai, while in parallel ensuring that the company product strategy reflects future market direction.
Prior to joining Feedzai, Dan worked at LexisNexis Risk Solutions as a Director of Solutions and held several fraud-related roles at Lloyds Banking Group, UK, where accountabilities included using the latest digital fraud technology to protect the bank 15 million online and mobile users.
Deputy Assistant Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD)Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA
In April 2024, Eliza M. Odom was selected as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. Previously, Ms Odom served in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division as the Section Chief over the Target Discovery Section. In this role she was responsible for identifying new threat actors and networks in furtherance of the FBI’s international and domestic terrorism missions. Her section was also responsible for identifying financial fund raisers and facilitators (terror finance) and providing financial analysis and expertise to assist terrorism investigations. In her previous assignment, Ms Odom served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Portland Field Office.
Ms Odom entered on duty as a Special Agent in 2004 and was assigned to the New York Field Office where she initially worked on applicant and special background investigations and served on the joint terrorism task force. In July 2005, Ms Odom was assigned to a national security squad in the New York Field Office where she worked until May 2011 when she transferred to the Hudson Valley Resident Agency of the New York Field Office.
In December 2011, Ms Odom was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and served in the National Security Branch at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. where she managed counterproliferation investigations. In 2013, Ms Odom transferred to the Cincinnati Field Office to supervise a squad responsible for national security investigations where she led outreach efforts to educate public and private sector partners concerning national security threats.
In 2016, Ms Odom returned to FBI Headquarters to serve as a Congressional Liaison in the Bureau’s Office of Congressional Affairs primarily serving as a liaison to House and Senate Leadership. In 2017, Ms Odom was promoted to a Unit Chief position in the Counterproliferation Center at FBI Headquarters where she led a unit charged with protecting sensitive U.S. technology and proprietary information and managed investigations into their illicit acquisition.
In 2019, Ms Odom transferred to Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters to lead a unit responsible for conducting internal risk-based audits. In November 2020, Ms Odom reported to the Portland Field Office as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge serving nearly two years in this role before returning to FBI Headquarters.
Ms Odom is the recipient of the FBI Director’s Award. Ms Odom also earned five Office of the Director of National Intelligence awards, to include the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal.
Ms Odom has a Bachelor of Science degree in management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from The Ohio State University.
Deputy Director, Banking Supervision Department (Head, AML Supervision)Bank Negara Malaysia
Farahnaz Ibrahim has more than 20 years' experience as a bank supervisor in Bank Negara Malaysia. She has a wide range of experience supervising various types of banking institutions. In this role, she is responsible to ensure the safety & soundness of banking institutions in preserving the public confidence of the financial system by looking at the implementation and compliance of prudential requirements. She is also heading the AML/CFT Supervisory function who is responsible to ensure banking institutions undertake effective assessment, management and compliance with AML/CFT regulatory obligations in preserving the financial integrity of banking system.
Associate Director, Financial Crime Practice LeadMoody's Analytics, Singapore
Grace Then holds the position of Financial Crime Practice Lead at Moody's Analytics and is a recognized Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. She is a prominent figure in the compliance community, with her influence spanning the public sector, banking, and corporate spaces, made evident by her presentations at diverse compliance events.
Her expertise in identifying and understanding the inherent risks associated with financial crimes is notable, and she plays a pivotal role in leading compliance-related operations across the Asia-Pacific region.
As part of her professional responsibilities, she offers consultation services and advises both existing and potential customers on crucial aspects of financial crime compliance, as well as regulatory best practices.
Grace's background includes extensive experience across banking and government sectors, where she served as a banking supervisor, assisting institutions in maneuvering through intricate regulatory landscapes. Her main areas of focus encompass AntiMoney Laundering (AML), Regulatory affairs, Trade Compliance, and Fraud.
Chief Compliance OfficerHong Leong Bank Berhad, Malaysia
Jack Babani joined Hong Leong Bank (HLB) in October 2019 as Chief Compliance Officer with close to 20 years of financial industry experience in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, and extensive involvement in the areas of Audit, Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime.
Prior to joining HLB, Jack was the Regional Lead for Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) for the Singapore and Asia region at Standard Chartered Bank. Jack was also the Vice-Chairman of the Outsourcing Advisory Committee (OAC) under the Association of Banks, Singapore (ABS).
Jack holds an MBA from Arcadia, Pennsylvania, USA and an IIA certificate from the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.
PrincipalOliver Wyman, Singapore
Jonas is a Principal in Oliver Wyman’s Financial Crime practice. He is passionate about helping financial institutions tackle financial crime through analytics and automation. Throughout his career, he helped multiple global and regional banks through multi-year transformation programmes. His work ranges from strategy and policy definition, effectiveness and cost benchmarking (across KYC, screening and transaction monitoring), to delivery of analytics capabilities and process automation. He started his journey in financial crime in Europe and has been based in Asia since 2017. Jonas holds a Master’s degree in financial economics from the University of Oxford, UK.
Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
June Lian is the Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department in Bank Negara Malaysia. She formulates policies to advance the development and effectiveness of the overall Malaysian AML/CFT/CPF regime. This includes ensuring alignment with global standards from the Financial Action Task Force, Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, etc. She also oversees the Bank’s relationships with regional and international stakeholders (in the area of AML/CFT/CPF). Prior to this, she served in several departments in the Bank including Financial Development and Innovation, Insurance Development, Human Capital Development Centre, Financial Sector Development, Financial Conglomerates Supervision, and Bank Regulation.
Prior to joining the Bank, she was a corporate and conveyancing lawyer at Messrs Skrine. June Lian holds a degree in Law from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and a Master of Laws from University College London, England.
Senior Director, Risk & Compliance DivisionPayments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet)
Ken Yon Kian Guan is the Senior Director, Risk & Compliance Division with Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) which is the national payments operator offering, among others, retail payment services including DuitNow Instant Transfer, DuitNow QR, MyDebit, JomPAY, MEPS ATM, Direct Debit, IBG Shared ATM network and jointly owned by Bank Negara Malaysia and 11 local Malaysian banks.
Ken Yon’s responsibilities in PayNet includes providing strategic steer and direction in risk management and compliance practices. In addition, his responsibilities cover CISO Office of PayNet and oversees the scam and fraud area in PayNet and working closely with the National Scam Response Centre in combating scams.
He has accumulated approximately 30 years of experience in the field of risk management for commercial and Islamic banks and in the national retail payments operation both as a practitioner and with one of the big four accounting firms as a financial risk management consultant. In his early years of his career, he was involved in corporate lending and also a money market dealer and market risk control unit for a large Swedish Bank based in Singapore.
Manager, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
Lim Boon Beow is the Manager in the Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department (FIU Malaysia) of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). His responsibilities include overseeing the development and administration of analytical systems that support the collection, analysis and dissemination of financial intelligence. He is also overseeing the strategic analysis to continuously identify key and emerging money laundering, terrorism financing/proliferation financing activities.
Lim started his career in BNM in 2006 covering various portfolios in anti-money laundering, counter terrorism financing and counter proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF) including intelligence analysis, policy and strategy development, supervision of non-financial sectors as well as enforcement.
Analyst, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
Masya Zafira Supaat has over a decade of experience in the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime in Malaysia. At Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), she has built an extensive career within the Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department (FIED), handling diverse portfolios including policy formulation, risk assessment, supervision, financial intelligence, and financial investigation. Currently, Masya serves as a DNFBP Supervisor, where she conducts AML/CFT/CPF supervisory examinations on Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs). Additionally, she is spearheading Malaysia’s latest Proliferation Financing Risk Assessment (PFRA). She earned her degree in Accounting from the University of Malaya in 2011.
Director, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
Mohd Fuad Arshad is the Director of Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). His responsibilities include overseeing the implementation of the national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) measures in compliance with international standards. These include fostering strategic collaboration with relevant agencies through the National Coordination Committee to Counter Money Laundering (NCC) where he is the Chair of the NCC Working Group. Under current role, he is overseeing the investigation and enforcement of offences pursuant to laws within BNM’s jurisdictions, the function of Financial Intelligence Unit, AML/CFT policy and strategy implementation, supervision of compliance with AML/CFT requirements by the designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs), as well as fostering of the regional and international relations in AML/CFT areas.
Mohd Fuad holds an Honors degree in Economics from International Islamic University Malaysia and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Technology MARA.
Head of Compliance Academy, Planning & Strategy, Group ComplianceBank Islam Malaysia Berhad
Nurul Fitrah Md Nazri at present, is the Head of Compliance Academy, Planning & Strategy, Group Compliance at Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad. She obtained her law degree from the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) and has extensive working experience in the legal and regulatory field.
She started her legal career with the International Affairs Division, Attorney General’s Chambers, and has participated in international treaties negotiation and drafted several legislation relating to transnational organised crime. Later, she joined the Financial Intelligence Enforcement Department (FIED) of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as an AML/CFT policy analyst in AML and sanctions policies, and was a subject matter expert for terrorism financing legal framework. She was part of the team that drafted the AML/CFT Sector 1 policy and amendments to the AMLATFPUA Act 2001. She was also one of the resident speakers for BNM on AML/CFT under the capacity-building role of BNM for the National Co-ordination Committee for Money Laundering (NCC). She left BNM in 2018 to join Touch n Go as the Head of Compliance before she was transferred to CIMB Group AML Remediation Department under Group Compliance, and then she joined Bank Islam in March 2019.
Nurul Fitrah was one of the trainers for the Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Financing of Terrorism Practices (SCAM) certification - formerly known CAMCO — for the Asian Banking School (ABS) — and was an AML/CFT Level 1 course examination committee member. She has also conducted tailor-made training for board members of financial institutions, th etrain-the-trainer programme with BNM for the DNFBPs sector, and a sanctions course for a fintech/remittance company in her capacity as external trainer for ABS.
Partner, Financial Services Consulting, Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) Leader – ASEANEY, Singapore
Radish leads EY’s FSRM practice for ASEAN. She has over 26 years of experience as compliance and risk professional in financial services. She is an expert in financial crime compliance (FCC), regulatory compliance, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud and data protection, conduct of business regulations.
Prior to EY, she led Deloitte Southeast Asia’s FCC practice. Radish has previously worked as a regulator and held in-house compliance and risk roles with global institutions before embarking into consulting.
She is holds and LL.B with Honors and MBA in Finance (UK). She is a CPA Australia member and holds memberships in BAFT Trade Committee Asia, and International advisory board member of London Institute of Banking and Finance. Radish is currently a member of the MAS led / ACIP initiatives on audit peer group, proliferation financing and digital assets. She was previously a member of the ACIP TBML working group.
Partner — Financial Services PracticeOliver Wyman, Hong Kong
Rod Francis is a Partner in Oliver Wyman’s Financial Services Practice, based in Hong Kong. With over 30 years of experience in banking and finance, Rod helps clients design and implement robust anti-financial crime risk management programmes that fully comply with the laws and regulations in their jurisdictions. He specialises in financial crime compliance and core compliance, with deep knowledge of anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing, economic sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption. He is a board member (and founding member) of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). He has also represented several global banks at the Wolfsberg Group, an association of 11 global banks established to develop finance industry standards and products relating to financial crime compliance.
Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement DepartmentBank Negara Malaysia
Tai Kuan Thye is the lead for the DNFBP supervision division and is responsible for effectively discharging Bank Negara Malaysia’s mandated role as the AML/CFT supervisory authority for DNFBPs and other FIs, mainly through risk-based supervision, prompt identification of key/emerging risks, and the implementation of counter measures, as well as capacity building of reporting institutions.
Assistant ProfessorMultimedia University, Malaysia
Dr Olivia Tan Swee Leng is an esteemed professional who currently holds the position of Director of Technology Transfer at Multimedia University. She was granted the Women of Strategic Trade (academia) awarded by WIST, USA and MITI in Malaysia in 2023. In June 2024, Dr Tan was chosen to take part in Cohort II of the WITSMI Mentorship Programme. This prestigious recognition by Coalescion and the U.S. Department of State acknowledges Dr Tan's exceptional expertise and contributions in the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (ECC/EXBS). Previously, Dr Tan worked as a lawyer in the High Court of Malaya, focusing on corporate litigation and trademark. Her knowledge in Strategic Trade and intangible technology transfer has enabled her to collaborate with Trade Excellence in Singapore and was appointed as the Focus Group member for Intangible Technology Transfer by the Malaysia Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) and also was selected by CRDF in the USA to speak at the Safe Research and Innovation Talk - Internal Compliance Programme on 19-20 June 2024. Dr Tan's diverse expertise in law, technology transfer, strategic trade, and compliance showcases her dedication to excellence and innovation in her field.
Head of Anti Money Laundering & KYC Solutions, Asia-PacificQuantexa
Tom is an experienced advisor within anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), and sanctions screening technologies. As Quantexa's head of AML across the Asia-Pacific region, Tom is focused on ensuring Australian and other international financial institutions across Asia Pacific are winning the fight against financial crime and fraud, and preventing terrorist financing. Tom is also a regular Anti-Financial Crime conference speaker and author.
Note: More speakers to be confirmed.
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