22nd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-money Laundering and Financial Crime 2023 | The Canadian Institute | 7 June 2023 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Toronto Downtown, 108 Chestnut St, Toronto, ON M5G 1R3, Canada

Join key regulators, law enforcement and industry leaders for two days of discussion as we address the most pressing industry challenges through in-depth analysis of the financial crime landscape and industry driven conversations on compliance.

Join us in person to gain practical guidance and insights into how to develop and implement a compliance program that can adapt with the latest technological tools and sufficiently meet emerging regulatory obligations. Engage and network with our stellar speaker faculty and your peers so that you can stay on the cutting edge of the latest developments in law and practice.

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Donna Achimov
Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy Director, Fintrac

Erin Hunt
Director General, Financial Crimes and Security Division, Department of Finance Canada

Sarah Paquet
Director and Chief Executive Officer, Fintrac

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:

Andres Betancourt, CFCS, CAMS, CCI, CBE, FIS
Senior Manager, AML/ATF International, Banking Internal Controls, Scotiabank

Christine Ring
Vice President, AML Advisory,Canada and the Caribbean, Royal Bank of Canada, Former Managing Director, AML, and Compliance Division, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)

GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS:

Paul M. Bourassa
Barrister & Solicitor, Former Federal Crown Prosecutor, Government of Alberta

John Corelli
Chief Counsel Serious Fraud Officer, Crown Law Office – Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General

Kevin deBruyckere, MBA, CAMS
Director, AML & Investigations, Legal, Compliance, Security, British Columbia Lottery Corporation

Christine Do Souto
Chief AML Officer, iGaming Ontario, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)

Derek Ramm
Director, Anti-Money Laundering, The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

Jeff Simser
Barrister & Solicitor, Former Legal Director, Ministry of the Attorney General

Jeff Thomson
Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC)

John F. Tobon, CAMS
Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Rob Vingerhoets, CFCI
Proceeds of Crime Section, Financial Crimes Unit – Detective Constable, York Regional Police

Robert Whalen
Field Intelligence Officer, Toronto Community Housing

INDUSTRY SPEAKERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS:

Stephen Alsace
Global Head of Economic Sanctions, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Michael Bowman
Global Chief AML Officer, TD Bank

Garry Clement
Chief AML Officer, VersaBank

James Cohen
Executive Director, Transparency International Canada

Rosa Copetti
Director, AML Governance, SPARC, BMO Financial Group

Ross S. Delston
Attorney & Expert Witness, Former Assistant General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)

Fnan Desta, CAMS
Senior Manager, Financial Intelligence Unit, BMO Financial Group

Jill DeWitt
Senior Director - Industry Practice Lead, Financial Crime Compliance, Moody’s Analytics

Cameron Field
Vice President, Vidocq Group

Drew Galow, MSc, CAMS
Managing Director, AML Model Management, Analytics and Machine Learning, BMO Financial Group

Adam Garetson
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, WonderFi

Rebecca Ip, CPA, CA, CFF, CAMS – Audit
Partner, Forensic & Financial Crimes Services, KPMG LLP

Joseph Iuso, CAMS, CFCS
Chief AML Officer, BitBuy

Andrew Jensen
Managing Director and Global Head, Sanctions and Screening, Scotiabank

Bob Kapur
Director, Financial Crime Compliance & Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Sun Life

Rosalind Laruccia
AVP Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk & Corp. Functions, Laurentian Bank of Canada

Chris LeBlanc
Director of Compliance, Digital Gaming, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment

Marie-Andree Malo-Mongeau, CPA, CA, CAMS
Senior Director, Commerce Solutions Product & Client Experience, CIBC

Erika Postel, LLB (Arg.), CAMS
Director, AML Program Delivery – Consumer and Small Business, Scotiabank

Eric Richmond
Chief Operating Officer, Coinsquare

Nick Oscar Ruggiero, CAMS
Manager, Financial Intelligence Unit, Office of Law Enforcement Outreach & Investigations, Canada, Western Union

Khaled Shoeb, MFAcc, CFE
AVP - AML & Financial Crime Risk IT&V - Canada & Latin America, Wells Fargo

Sandy Stephens
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Alterna Credit and Alterna Bank

Rita Trichur
Senior Business Writer and Columnist, The Globe and Mail

Jay Turnbull
Director, Fraud Intelligence and Strategy, Mastercard

Peter Warrack, M.S.C.
Chief Compliance Officer, Bitfinex

John Weigelt
National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada, Law Firm Speakers

Suhuyini Abudalai, CAMS
Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Imran Ahmad
Senior Partner, Canadian Head of Technology, Co-Head of Information Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada

Marcus Asner
Partner & Co-chair, White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice

Arnold & Porter
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Former Chief, Major Crimes and Computer Hacking/Intellectual Property, Southern District of New York

Peter Aziz
Senior Counsel and Member, Financial Institutions Practice and the Payments and Cards Practice, Torys LLP

Lincoln Caylor
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

Deborah Connor
Partner, Litigation Department, Morrison Foerster

Norman Groot, LL.B., CFE, CFI
Director, Investigation Counsel Fraud Recovery Lawyers

2023 Sponsors

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Microsoft
• Moodys Analytics