Keynotes, panels and board briefings

Engagements

• Beyond Compliance: Protecting financial integrity against the new geopolitical risks
  Keynote · AML International Summit 2026: Financial Integrity and Effectiveness, organized by UNIFIMEX, Mexico, September 2026
• Unexplained Wealth — So What?
  43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, Jesus College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, August 2026
• BACEE International AML and Compliance Conference
  Keynote address · Budapest, Hungary, June 2026

• Current U.S. enforcement trends and implications for European financial institutions
  17th International AML & Compliance Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia, December 2025
• What every financial institution in Mexico should do now: given the increased U.S. extraterritorial enforcement
  Summit on the Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and International Sanctions in Virtual Assets 2025, organized by UNIFIMEX with IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Mexico City, December 2025
• Implications of the U.S. designation of cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)
  Mexico City, Mexico, November 2025
• FinCEN's recent actions: how to best prepare your financial institution now
  27.º Foro de Prevención y Combate de Delitos Financieros de la Asociación de Bancos de México, Mexico City, Mexico, October 2025

• Current financial crimes enforcement trends
  4to Simposio de Gobierno Corporativo, Mexico City, Mexico, November 2024
• U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, and sanctions developments, and their implications for non-U.S. financial institutions
  14th International AML and Compliance Conference, Budapest, Hungary, June 2024
• Breaking Down the Nuts and Bolts of FinCEN's Compliance Guidance on the AML Act of 2020
  14th Annual AML & OFAC Compliance Forum for the Insurance Industry, New York, February 2024

• Ongoing challenges with sanctions risk management and correspondent bank expectations
  13th International AML and Compliance Conference, Budapest, Hungary, December 2023
• The Impact of Macro Economic Trends on Global Gaming
  2023 Global Gaming Expo, Las Vegas, USA, October 2023
• No more “business as usual”: The challenges and unintended consequences of a new era of sanctions
  12th International AML and Compliance Conference, Budapest, Hungary, June 2023
• The Troika of Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Corruption
  2023 General Audit Management Conference, USA, March 2023

• How to conduct a proper risk assessment
  FIBA LatAm Financial Crimes Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, December 2022
• Obtaining and maintaining a successful correspondent relationship
  FIBA LatAm Financial Crimes Conference, Mexico City, December 2022
• Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Risk with Cryptocurrencies
  Jamaica Bankers' Association 11th Annual Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism Conference, Jamaica, October 2022
• The Troika of Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Corruption
  10th International Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Conference, Hungary, June 2022

• Anti-money Laundering and Sanctions Challenges for European Banks in 2022 and Beyond
  9th International Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Conference, Hungary, December 2021

• Virtual Currencies and AML Risks
  Jamaica Bankers' Association 9th Annual Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism Conference, Jamaica, November 2020

• Accountability for money laundering risk in the first line of defense
  1LoD Summit, London, November 2019
• Corporate governance and enterprise-wide risk management challenges for financial institutions in Mexico and globally
  FIBA LatAm Financial Crimes Conference, Mexico, June 2019
• Europe – Paradise Lost or a Money Laundering Paradise? What policymakers, regulators and banks got wrong in light of recent money laundering scandals and the path forward
  Harvard University – Kennedy School, April 2019
• Global trends and challenges in anti-money laundering, sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption compliance and the role of the board of directors
  EGADE Business School - Formacion de Consejeros de Administracion Program, Mexico, April 2019

Earlier keynotes and sessions (2006–2018) include keynotes in Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong on U.S. enforcement for Asian financial institutions; the Institute of International Bankers, New York; the Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking Compliance Conference, Singapore; the U.S.–Middle East/North Africa Treasury Private Sector Dialogue, Dubai; the Central Bank of Uruguay; the Chilean, Peruvian and Mexican bankers associations; the American Bankers Association; the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists; and the Bankers Association for Central and Eastern Europe, where he co-chaired the 2009 and 2010 conferences.