The International Compliance Association (ICA) – the leading professional body for the global regulatory and financial crime compliance community and part of Wilmington plc – is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural Malta Financial Crime Compliance Conference 2023 – which will take place on the 15th of May 2023 at The Hilton, Malta.
Organised in strategic partnership with Sigma Risk, this essential one-day conference will attract ICA members and financial crime prevention practitioners in Malta and beyond to hear from and meet the regulators, discuss the latest challenges facing the industry currently and benchmark their organisations’ practices against their peers.
Malta was removed from FATF’s grey list in June 20221 after the world's money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog confirmed it was satisfied with the country’s oversight of the financial sector and the improvements it has made to tackle money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
To discuss these issues and more, Matthew Scicluna, Head of Financial Crime, Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), will deliver the opening keynote address titled ‘Setting the regulatory scene for Malta in 2023’ and Alfred Zammit, Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, will discuss ‘Addressing the Strategic Enforcement Plan’ in a regulatory keynote address.
Key speakers at the conference include:
Daphne Hili, Financial Crime Compliance, MFSA
Rebecca Duca, Chief Regulatory Officer, MGA
Claudio Ghirlando, MLRO and Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Central Bank of Malta
Stefan-John Berry, Regulatory Director, Gauselmann Group
Cynthia Borg, Head of Financial Crime, APS Bank
Alessia Carbone, Sanctions Monitoring Board of Malta
Ingrid Bianco, Senior Manager Enforcements, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit
Aaron Zammit, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer & MLRO, Terra Partners
Ryan Caruana, MLRO & Head AFC Department, Bank of Valletta
Vanessa Vella, Head of Financial Crime Compliance, BNF Bank
Owen Baldacchino, Deputy MLRO, William Hill
Key themes to come under the spotlight include tackling financial crime, addressing recent enforcements, crypto compliance challenges, sanctions, suspicious activity identification and reporting in the digital era, and the future of compliance and financial crime in Malta.
ICA President, Bill Howarth, commented: ‘We look forward to welcoming the ICA community of regulatory compliance and financial crime prevention professionals to our inaugural conference in Malta which will uniquely position delegates to understand, engage in the solutions and develop their knowledge of the challenges facing the country’s regulatory and financial crime compliance landscape. This May, industry practitioners will have the opportunity to meet and hear first-hand from the regulators about the FATF visit in 2022, its findings and the implications for financial crime prevention professionals. This is a must-attend event for all professionals in the region.’
To book your place, visit: https://ica-futureofcompliance-malta.com/