Seminars

Richard Ellis is the Advisor, Banking Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain.

Mr. Ellis has worked for a total of four central banks, including the Central Bank of Kuwait, the Central Bank of the Bahamas and the Bank of England. During this time he has worked in banking supervision, primarily on the drafting and implementation of regulatory policy and more latterly anti-money laundering measures, complemented by work in on and off-site supervision.

He has also worked in the private sector in the regulatory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and in the retail and corporate divisions of HSBC.

Mr. Ellis is a member of the CBB's Basel 2 Implementation Task Force, and the team that is producing the CBB's new Investment Business Rulebook. He also oversaw the compilation of the Conventional and Islamic Banks Prudential Rulebooks at the CBB in 2004 and 2005 which included the CBB's enhanced requirements for corporate governance of banks.

Mr Sealey holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Melbourne University in Australia and is admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia). Prior to joining the QFCRA, Mr Sealey worked for four years in the dispute resolution department of an international law firm in London and for three years at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At ASIC Mr Sealey worked in both the Enforcement Directorate and the Compliance (Financial Services) Directorate, conducting investigations and surveillances in relation to the provision of financial services

Marc Hambach is an Associate Director in the DFSA Supervision Department (Asset Management). He is responsible for the regulatory supervision of financial institutions as well as DFSA's Anti Money Laundering (AML) function.

Marc joined the DFSA in early 2003 as one of its initial staff and has taken a leading role in developing and implementing the DIFC AML/CTF rules and regulations. He has drafted and reviewed new civil and commercial legislation, is the author of the DIFC AML regulations, and is the co-author of DFSA's overall Risk Assessment Process.

Today, Marc is responsible for the prudential oversight and Conduct of Business supervision of several large European and U.S. institutions in areas of asset management, fund administration, private banking, investment banking, and Islamic Finance. As a Line Manager in Asset Management he has responsibility for a number of relationship managers to ensure effective and appropriate supervisory activities and policy developments. He is a member of DFSA's Senior Management Group and Legal and Regulatory Policy Committee. In his capacity as Head of AML, Marc is responsible for DFSA's AML/CTF activities.

He holds a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). Marc started his career at a German law firm and subsequently engaged as a legal and business consultant focusing on initial public offerings and admission to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. From 1999 to 2003 he worked for Clearstream International (former Cedel) in Luxembourg, one of the world's largest providers of securities clearing, settlement and custody services. His positions included Company Secretary, Legal Counsel and Head of Compliance.

In 2001, Marc completed the Young Managers Programme of INSEAD International Business School, France. He is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and is currently studying for his LLM in Banking and Finance at the University of London.

Tania Fabiani joined Deloitte as the Director of the Abu Dhabi office and is in charge of the Forensic Middle East Practice. Tania has more than 10 years of litigation, due diligence, investigative and advisory forensic experience, specializing in investigations and compliance related to:

• Anti-Money Laundering (AML), including USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC);
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); and
• Financial investigations.

Before joining Deloitte, Tania was a Director of Forensic services in the New York office at KPMG where she was involved in due diligence, investigative and compliance projects on behalf of US entities, the World Bank and government agencies, working in more than 60 countries with extensive experience in Latin America and Europe. These services included interviewing personnel in several languages, detailed review and analysis of financial records and transactions, reconstruction of financial information, analysis of impact on financial statements, the identification of persons involved and reporting to boards, audit committees and regulatory institutions.

She has served as the product leader for AML services and also conducted multi-faceted investigations relating to FCPA bribery allegations as well as investigative due diligence, asset tracing, and money laundering, addressing complex matters involving economic damages, white-collar crime, fraud and embezzlement for groups operating in the US and Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East-Africa and Europe.

Tania earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in Finance and Economics and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama. She is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) and a certified fraud examiner (CFE).

Leas is the founder and Managing Director of Complinet’s Middle East operation. His responsibility for the development of the business throughout the region. The Middle East has a rapidly developing financial services market with new regulators and exchanges in the region determined to set the highest standards and attract business and capital flows from around the world. Leas makes it his mission to assist regulators and market participants in this exciting new industry through the provision of innovate products and high quality solutions.