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About the event

AFME’s European Compliance and Legal Conference is coming to Paris on 2-4 October. Over 250 senior industry and regulatory professionals registered in 2018 to meet and debate with 90 leading speakers.

The programme is designed for senior European compliance, legal, regulation and risk officers and guided by our advisory committee, AFME members, regulators and event sponsors.

Registration fees:
AFME member: €949 + VAT
non-member: €1,249 + VAT

Multi-booking discount
save 10% when you book 3 or more delegate passes at the same time
save 20% when you book 5 or more delegate passes at the same time

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Regulator: promo code REGULATOR
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Who attends?

  • Heads of compliance
  • Risk officers
  • General counsel
  • Heads of regulatory affairs
  • Heads of government affairs
  • Financial crime professionals
  • MLROs
  • Data protection officers
  • Investors
  • Law firms
  • Regulators
  • Policymakers
  • Central banks
  • Data services
  • Consultants
  • Technology providers
  • Financial press

Why attend?

  • Keynote speeches from heads of global financial regulators
  • A global audience of over 250 senior registrants
  • 90 leading speakers representing global banks, policymakers and regulators
  • Over 6 hours dedicated to networking in the exhibition space
  • Over 22 hours of content over two days of high-level debate and discussion

Registration enquiries

For registration enquiries, please contact Events on [email protected] for assistance.

Wednesday 2 October

17:30
Registration and refreshments
18:00
Pre-conference welcome drinks reception – The Winter Garden
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Thursday 3 October

09:00
Breakfast briefing registration and refreshments
09:30
Breakfast briefing: Trends in Outsourcing
  • Regulators views on outsourcing
  • EBA Guidance
  • ESMA back branching guidelines
  • Client bond building
  • Internal outsourcing
Moderator:
Mia Dassas,
Counsel, Allen & Overy
Speakers:
Emily Ballisat,
European Head of Regulatory Change, Compliance CIB BNP Paribas
Francesco Mauro,
Head of the EBA Unit on Supervisory Review, Recovery and Resolution, European Banking Authority
Ollythia Bernard-Stewart,
Executive Director, Compliance and Operational Risk Control UBS
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10:30
Conference registration and refreshments
11:00
Opening remarks
Chairs:
Bharat Samani,
Managing Director, Head of Compliance UK and Europe BBVA
James Kemp,
Managing Director, Global FX, Technology and Operations and Policy Divisions GFMA and AFME
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11:10
Keynote address
Speakers:
Robert Ophèle,
Chairman, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Sebastián Albella Amigo,
Chairman, Spanish Securities Markets Commission (CNMV)
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11:50
Update: KPMG Surveillance Report
Speaker:
Lucas Ocelewicz,
Director, Risk Consulting, KPMG
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12:05
Panel discussion: AI, Blockchain and Crypto assets – Compliance Challenges for a Technology-Driven Bank
  • Keeping pace with business use of technology and development of new products
  • Algorithmic trading and machine learning – how do you manage and enforce against machines?
  • Supervisory expectations on the compliance function
  • Opportunities to leverage technology for compliance processes
Moderator:
Fiona Willis,
Manager, Global FX and Compliance, AFME
Speakers:
Benjamin Bair,
Global Head of Compliance, BGC Partners
Stuart Davis,
Associate, Latham & Watkins
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Financial Crime: New Paradigm for European AML Supervision
  • Creation of an Anti-Money Laundering ‘Superagency’
  • EBA’s new powers as part of an improvement of the European supervisory agencies
  • Transformation of the Anti-Money Laundering Directives into a Regulation
  • Public/private partnerships to tackle Economic Crime
Moderator:
Antoine Juaristi,
Partner and Head of Disputes, Paris Herbert Smith Freehills
Speakers:
Andrei Stefanuc,
Team leader – anti-money laundering policy, European Commission
Isabella Fontana,
Senior Director at Treasury Department,  Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance
Valerie Tay,
Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
William Morgan,
Group Public Affairs, Financial Crime Policy, HSBC
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13:00
Networking lunch
14:00
MiFID in-focus: Market Structure
  • What can we expect to be covered in MiFID III
  • Market access, competition and consolidated tape as with existing MiFID II regulations.
  • Where are the pressure points following MiFID II implementation?
Moderator:
Hannah Meakin,
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Speakers:
Elisa Menardo,
Director, Public Policy Europe and UK Credit Suisse
Matthew Coupe,
Director, Cross Asset Market Structure, Barclays
Patrice Aguesse,
Director, Head of Market Regulation Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers
Tilman Lueder,
Head of the Securities Markets Unit, European Commission
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Legal issues: Managing Internal Investigations
  • An interactive session on handling a regulatory
  • investigation
  • Scenario based look at the various considerations
  • Focus on the overlap between regulatory issues and
  • anti-competitive practices.
Moderator:
Rob Moulton,
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Speakers:
Antony Whitehouse,
UK Head of Compliance, Natixis
Jeremy Stockwell,
Conduct, Compliance & Operational Risk Director   Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
Martin Mackenzie,
EMEA Head of Antitrust & Competition Compliance, J.P. Morgan
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14:50
Interval
14:55
MiFID in-focus: Investor Protection
Key issues in investor protection, including:
  • The wholesale/retail split
  • The equity/non-equity split
  • Costs and charges
  • Product governance
  • Post-trade transparency
Moderator:
Julian Allen-Ellis,
Director, MiFID
Speakers:
Katsuko Ishizeki-Chaudhari,
Head of UK Global Markets Compliance, Natixis
Michael Phillips,
Head of UK Wholesale Banking Compliance, Société Générale
Pauline Laurent,
Director of Compliance, AMAFI
Simon Andrews,
Executive Director, Group Public and Regulatory Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank
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Legal issues: Brexit – Remaining Challenges and Future Prospects
  • What are the possible scenarios ahead of 31 October?
  • What remaining challenges are banks facing?
  • Where do we stand on no-deal planning at EU and national level?
  • What does the future look like for financial services post-Brexit?
Moderator:
Etienne Dessy,
Partner, Linklaters LLP
Speakers:
Alison Debattista,
Director – Regulatory Policy, Barclays
Almoro Rubin de Cervin,
Acting Director General Affairs, Head of Unit International Affairs, European Commission
Marc Benzler,
Partner, Clifford Chance Deutschland
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Financial crime: Financial Crime Technological Trends
  • Transforming detection and prevention of financial crime
  • Surveillance techniques and financial crime
  • AI and proactive AML systems
  • Facilitation of the cross-border use of electronic identification (eID) and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) portability
Moderator:
Francesco Vivarelli,
Director - Forensic Data Analytics – Financial Crime Technology
Speakers:
Clive Gordon,
Head of Financial Crime Specialist Supervision Department, Financial Conduct Authority
Marie-Christine Baldy,
Chair, European Commission Expert Group
Stéphane Mouy,
Project Leader of the European Commission Expert Group on eID
Valerie Tay,
Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
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15:45
Networking break
16:25
Panel discussion: Regulatory Review and Pipeline
  • What’s coming from the new Commission?
  • What’s coming from IOSCO?
  • What keeps EU regulators awake at night?
  • Post Brexit, will the PRA and FCA have any relevance in Europe?
Moderator:
Will Dennis,
Managing Director, Head of Compliance, AFME
Speakers:
Natasha Cazenave,
Managing Director of Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Paul Andrews,
Secretary General, IOSCO
Rodrigo Buenaventura,
Director General for Markets, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)
Tilman Lueder,
Head of the Securities Markets Unit, European Commission
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17:25
Keynote address
Speaker:
Thomas Sexton,
President and CEO, National Futures Association (NFA)
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18:00
Day one closing remarks
Moderator:
Richard Middleton,
Managing Director, Head of Policy Division, AFME
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18:05
Networking drinks reception

Friday 4 October

08:00
Registration and refreshments
08:15
Breakfast briefing: What Compliance Officers Need to Know About Sustainable Finance
  • Regulatory initiatives – what are the views from global, European and national level on taxonomy, disclosure, integrated reporting and investor protection (under MIFID II) in the context of sustainable finance?
  • Are regulators aligned and consistent in their proposals and obligations – whose advise should market participants follow?
  • Do government, regulator and client expectations of ’sustainable finance’ match up?
  • Best practice reporting standards – what should be expected to be included in the reports?
  • Client demand for ESG investments – what are the key sustainability factors for clients and how can the risks be identified? How do clients balance stainability objectives with returns?
  • What actions should governments, industry and society be responsible for in taking sustainability forward?
Moderator:
Mats Isaksson,
Head of the Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance Division, OECD
Speakers:
Martin Parkes,
Managing Director, Global Public Policy BlackRock
Rebecca Self,
CFO Sustainable Finance, HSBC
Yann Pouezat,
Yann Pouezat, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Corporate Financing and Financial Markets, French Treasury
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09:10
Opening remarks
Louise Rodger,
Director, Compliance, AFME
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09:15
Global Heads of Compliance roundtable: Future of the Compliance Function, Trends in Conduct and Culture
  • What keeps global heads of compliance awake at night?
  • Do compliance heads get enough support from your senior management / your regulator?
  • How will the skillset of your successor differ from yours?
  • Will compliance officers ever be replaced by robots?
  • How do you change the culture of an organisation?
Etienne Valence,
Head of Compliance, BNP Paribas
Moderator:
Richard Middleton,
Managing Director, Head of Policy Division, AFME
Speakers:
Edouard-Malo Henry,
Group Head of Compliance, Société Générale
Mark Carawan,
Chief Compliance Officer, Citigroup
Tracey McDermott,
Group Head - Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing, Group Head – Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance Standard Chartered Bank
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10:05
Keynote address
Speaker:
Steven Maijoor,
Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
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10:35
Networking break
11:05
Regulation in- focus: Navigating the paths to risk-free rates: plans, progress, achievements and challenges
Speakers:
Carlos Molinas,
Managing Director, Global Head of Business Compliance Crédit Agricole CIB
Edwin Schooling Latter,
Director, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Frédérick Lacroix,
Partner, Head of Financial Services and Asset Management, Paris Clifford Chance
James Grand,
Partner – Head of Global LIBOR Initiative, Simmons & Simmons
Tilman Lueder,
Head of the Securities Markets Unit, European Commission
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Data workshops: Beyond GDPR
  • Published enforcement decisions
  • Reconciling PSD2 and data protection
  • Usage of data in R&D and sandboxes in the finance sector
  • Transaction data further usage
  • Data analysis and AI
  • EBA outsourcing guidelines from a data protection viewpoint
Moderator:
Patrice Navarro,
Counsel, Hogan Lovells
Speakers:
Agnes Chatellier,
Head of Regulatory Digital- Legal, BNP Paribas
Anne Fealey,
Global Head of Privacy, Citi
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Emerging leaders’ seminar: Creating Your Path to Senior Management
Moderator:
Michael Cole-Fontayn,
Chairman, AFME
Speakers:
Gleennia Napper,
Vice President – Investment Banking Compliance, Deutsche Bank
Marjan Quadir,
Director, Global Markets Compliance Citigroup Global Markets
Raj Bahia,
Head of Legal & Compliance, Europe / Middle East / Asia, Evercore
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11:55
Interval
12:00
Regulation in- focus: MAR Review
Moderator:
Chris Ninan,
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Speakers:
Carlo Milia,
Ollythia Bernard-Stewart,
Executive Director, Compliance and Operational Risk Control UBS
Rodrigo Buenaventura,
Director General for Markets, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)
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Data workshops: Trends in Surveillance
Moderator:
Paul Tombleson,
Partner, KPMG LLP
Speakers:
Alexandra Givry,
Head of Market Surveillance, AMF – Autorité des Marchés Financiers
Cliffe Allen,
Director, OTC Derivatives, National Futures Association (NFA)
Paul Clulow-Phillips,
Co-Global Head of Markets Compliance, Global Head of Surveillance Societe Generale
Stephen Strombelline,
Managing Director, Capital Forensics, Inc.
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Emerging leaders’ seminar: Creating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion
  • Building LGBT plus and BAME equality within the financial service sector
  • What can banks do to be inclusive
Speakers:
Katia Merlini,
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Sharon Lewis,
Partner and Financial Institutions Sector Head, Hogan Lovells
Shaun McEvoy,
Head of CIB Legal EMEA & BNP Paribas Securities Services, BNP Paribas
Todd Sears,
Founder & Principal, Out Leadership
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12:50
Networking lunch
13:50
Panel discussion: Fitness and Propriety
Moderator:
Andrew Procter,
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Speakers:
Ana Rita Campos,
Head of the Boards Suitability Assessment Section, European Central Bank
Joseph Zangri,
Managing, Director National Futures Association (NFA)
Megan Butler,
Executive Director of Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority
Seána Cunningham,
Director of Enforcement and Anti-Money Laundering Directorate, Central Bank of Ireland
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14:50
Keynote address
Speaker:
Elisabeth Roegele,
Chief Executive Director, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
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15:30
Closing remarks
Moderator:
Will Dennis,
Managing Director, Head of Compliance, AFME
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Keynote Speakers

Elisabeth Roegele

Chief Executive Director, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)

Robert Ophèle

Chairman, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Sebastián Albella Amigo

Chairman, Spanish Securities Markets Commission (CNMV)

Steven Maijoor

Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Thomas Sexton

President and CEO, National Futures Association (NFA)

Other Speakers

Agnes Chatellier

Head of Regulatory Digital- Legal BNP Paribas

Alexandra Givry

Head of Market Surveillance, AMF – Autorité des Marchés Financiers

Alison Debattista

Director – Regulatory Policy, Barclays

Almoro Rubin de Cervin

Acting Director General Affairs, Head of Unit International Affairs, European Commission

Ana Rita Campos

Head of the Boards Suitability Assessment Section, European Central Bank

Andrei Stefanuc

Team leader – anti-money laundering policy, European Commission

Andrew Procter

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Anne Fealey

Global Head of Privacy, Citi

Antoine Juaristi

Partner and Head of Disputes, Paris Herbert Smith Freehills

Antony Whitehouse

UK Head of Compliance, Natixis

Benjamin Bair

Global Head of Compliance, BGC Partners

Bharat Samani

Managing Director, Head of Compliance UK and Europe, BBVA

Carlo Milia

Head of Market Abuse Investigation Office, CONSOB

Carlos Molinas

Managing Director, Global Head of Business Compliance, Crédit Agricole CIB

Chris Ninan

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Cliffe Allen

Director, OTC Derivatives, National Futures Association (NFA)

Clive Gordon

Head of Financial Crime Specialist Supervision Department, Financial Conduct Authority

Edouard-Malo Henry

Group Head of Compliance, Société Générale

Edwin Schooling Latter

Director, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Elisa Menardo

Director, Public Policy Europe and UK, Credit Suisse

Emily Ballisat

European Head of Regulatory Change, Compliance CIB BNP Paribas

Etienne Dessy

Partner, Linklaters LLP

Fiona Willis

Manager, Global FX and Compliance, AFME

Florence Raynal

Deputy Director, Head of the European and International Affairs Department, CNIL

Francesco Mauro

Head of the EBA Unit on Supervisory Review, Recovery and Resolution, European Banking Authority

Francesco Vivarelli

Director - Forensic Data Analytics – Financial Crime Technology

Frédérick Lacroix

Partner, Head of Financial Services and Asset Management, Paris Clifford Chance

Gleennia Napper

Vice President – Investment Banking Compliance, Deutsche Bank

Hannah Meakin

Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Isabella Fontana

Senior Director at Treasury Department, Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance

James Grand

Partner – Head of Global LIBOR Initiative, Simmons & Simmons

James Kemp

Managing Director, Global FX, Technology and Operations and Policy Divisions GFMA and AFME

Jeremy Stockwell

CCOR Director, Markets (Global Corporates, Financial Institutions, CB Markets) & GCT, Lloyds Banking Group

Joseph Zangri

Managing, Director National Futures Association (NFA)

Katia Merlini

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Katsuko Ishizeki-Chaudhari

Head of UK Global Markets Compliance, Natixis

Lucas Ocelewicz

Director, Risk Consulting - KPMG

Lydie Hudson

Chief Compliance Officer / Member of the Executive Board, Credit Suisse Group AG

Marc Benzler

Partner, Clifford Chance Deutschland

Marie-Christine Baldy

Chair, European Commission Expert Group

Marjan Quadir

Director, Global Markets Compliance Citigroup Global Markets

Mark Carawan

Chief Compliance Officer, Citigroup

Martin Parkes

Managing Director, BlackRock

Mats Isaksson

Head of the Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance Division, OECD

Matthew Coupe

Director, Cross Asset Market Structure, Barclays

Megan Butler

Executive Director of Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority

Mia Dassas

Counsel, Allen & Overy

Michael Cole-Fontayn

Chairman, AFME

Michael Phillips

Head of UK Wholesale Banking Compliance, Société Générale

Natasha Cazenave

Managing Director of Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Ollythia Bernard-Stewart

Executive Director, Compliance and Operational Risk Control, UBS

Patrice Aguesse

Director, Head of Market Regulation Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers

Patrice Navarro

Counsel, Hogan Lovells

Paul Andrews

Secretary General, IOSCO

Paul Clulow-Phillips

Co-Global Head of Markets Compliance, Global Head of Surveillance Societe Generale

Paul Tombleson

Partner, KPMG LLP

Pauline Laurent

Director of Compliance, AMAFI

Raj Bahia

Head of Legal & Compliance, Europe / Middle East / Asia, Evercore

Rebecca Self

CFO Sustainable Finance, HSBC

Richard Hopkin

Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income, AFME

Rob Moulton

Partner, Latham & Watkins

Rodrigo Buenaventura

Director General for Markets, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)

Seána Cunningham

Director of Enforcement and Anti-Money Laundering Directorate, Central Bank of Ireland

Sebastien Raspiller

Head of Financial Sector Department, French Treasury

Sharon Lewis

Partner and Financial Institutions Sector Head, Hogan Lovells

Shaun McEvoy

Head of CIB Legal EMEA & BNP Paribas Securities Services, BNP Paribas

Simon Andrews

Executive Director, Group Public and Regulatory Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank

Stéphane Mouy

Project Leader of the European Commission Expert Group on eID

Stephen Strombelline

Managing Director, Capital Forensics

Stuart Davis

Associate, Latham & Watkins

Tilman Lueder

Head of the Securities Markets Unit, European Commission

Todd Sears

Founder & Principal, Out Leadership

Tracey McDermott

Group Head - Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing, Group Head – Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance Standard Chartered Bank

Valerie Tay

Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

Virginie Mennesson

Senior Manager, Regulatory Change, CIB UK Compliance, BNP Paribas

William Morgan

Group Public Affairs, Financial Crime Policy, HSBC