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Program — Day 1

8:30am

Registration and morning refreshments

9:00am

Opening remarks & welcome

The Institute of Banking

Jamaan Al Wagdany, Director General, The Institute of Banking

9:10am

Official opening:

His Excellency Dr Muhammed Al Jasser, governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.

9:30am

Regulatory challenges & Objectives

  • How should regulators/ central banks strategies be adjusted in light of the lessons from the crisis?
  • Should the rules and regulations be harmonized in line with the Gulf Monetary Union?
  • Impact of Basel II

Nadim Kyriakos Saad, Senior Counsel, Legal Department , International Monetary Fund

Dr. François Valerian, Head of Private Sector Programmes, Transparency International

Michael Lesser, Managing Director, Supervision, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority

Marc Hambach, Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner, Gulfmena Alternative Investments Ltd

Atif Yusuf, Director, Forensic & Dispute Services, Deloitte

10:30am

Morning refreshments

11:00am

Recent developments in anti money laundering

  • The new international and regional regulations on AML/CFT
  • AML/Fraud Impact on the Compliance landscape
  • The Implementation of effective AML/CFT programs
  • The Role and challenges of the AML officer and fraud prevention personnel in the new banking environment
  • Are there sufficient provisions to regulate Hawala?
  • How to evaluate the implementation of the 40 recommendations and the other special recommendations from FATF.

Nadim Kyriakos Saad, Senior Counsel, Legal Department , International Monetary Fund

Brian Frazier, Resident Legal Advisor, US Department of Justice

Saeed Solangi, Assistant Manager, Risk Management, Riyad Bank

David Cafferty, Senior Consultant, CCL

11:45am

Compliance Risk Assessment Module

  • The purpose of Risk Assessment
  • How to identify and assess Compliance Risks?

Marc Hambach, Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner, Gulfmena Alternative Investments Ltd (Moderator)

Susan McAll, Risk Management Director, LIoyd’s TSB Bank, UK

Hany Abdul Fatah Faidy, Group Chief Compliance Officer, The National Commercial Bank

12:30pm

Prayer break / Afternoon refreshments

1:00pm

The need for greater level of transparency in the region

Simon Charlton, Managing Director, Forensic & Dispute Services, Deloitte Corporate Finance Limited

Dr. François Valerian, Head of Private Sector Programmes, Transparency International

1:45pm

Q&A session

2:00pm

Lunch & close of Day 1

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Speakers

Hany Abdul Fatah Faidy

Hany Abdul Fatah Faidy

Group Chief Compliance Officer

The National Commercial Bank

Michael Lesser

Michael Lesser

Managing Director of Supervision and Authorisation

Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority

Dr. Nasser Saidi

Dr. Nasser Saidi

Chief Economist – Dubai International Financial Centre Authority

Executive Director – Hawkamah- Institute for Corporate Governance

Brian Frazier

Brian Frazier

Resident Legal Advisor

US Department of Justice

Simon Charlton

Simon Charlton

Managing Director, Forensic & Dispute Services

Deloitte

Atif Yusuf

Atif Yusuf

Director, Financial Services Regulatory Practises

Deloitte