The 9th Annual Forum For Heads Of Aml / Cft Compliance Units In Arab Banks & Financial Institutions 2019 | United of Arab Banks | 3 October 2019 | InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut, Phoenicia Hotel, Minet El Hosn, Beirut, Lebanon

This forum brings together the AML / CFT Unit Heads and compliance officers in Arab banks to discuss the latest developments and new challenges facing Arab banks in AML/CFT, as well as the challenges of compliance with sanctions, and their impact on relationship with correspondent banks and economies of states.

This forum will also discuss the role of financial intelligence units (FIU) and regulatory authorities in issuing directives and guidance that will help banks and financial institutions in complying and coping with international directives concerning anti-money laundering and combating terrorism financing, and how to cope with economic sanctions and its ramifications. It will highlight as well the new requirements FATF and mutual assessment and national risk assessment.

Who should attend this forum?
• Heads of Compliance Departments and their main assistants
• Heads of Combating Financial Crimes Depts. (AML/CFT) and their main assistants
• Heads of Internal Auditing Departments and their main assistants
• Heads of Credit Departments and their main assistants

2019 Sponsors

Dr. Joseph Torbey
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Union of Arab Banks & Chairman WUAB

Mr. Abdul Hafiz Mansour
Secretary General, Special Investigation Commission (SIC), Lebanon

Mrs. Dana Jonblat
Head of AML/CFT Unit, Central Bank of Jordan , Jordan

Dr. Al Walid Al Sheikh
Executive Secretary, MENAFATF, Bahrain

Mr. Wissam Fattouh
Secretary General, Union of Arab Banks

Mr. Tarek Zahran
Executive Director, Head of Compliance, Special Investigation Commission (SIC) Lebanon

Judge Imad Qabalan
Assistant to the General Prosecutor, Lebanon

Colonel Bashar Al Khatib
Head of the Combating Financial Crimes and Money Laundering of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Office, Lebanon

Mr. Chahdan E. Jebeyli
General Manager, Group head legal & Compliance Bank Audi s.a.l Lebanon

Mr. Fouad Khalifeh
Group Chief Compliance Officer Fransabank Group Lebanon

Mr. Ahmad Kiswani
Partner Kuwait Financial Services Leader PwC Kuwait

Mrs. Paige Berges
AML/CFT, AntiCorruption and Sanctions Advisory, financial crime compliance program specialist, qualified US & UK lawyer, CDC Group plc. UK

Mr. Amro Entabli
General Manager, Chief Compliance & Governance Officer Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, Egypt

Mr. Tamer Abdalla
Head of Compliance Barwa Bank, Qatar

Mr. Rashid Takash
Special Investigation Commission, Financial Investigator, Lebanon

Ms. Myriam Khairallah
Special Investigation Commission, Financial Investigator, Lebanon

Mr. Hisham Hamzeh
Executive Director, Head of Audit & Investigation Unit, Special Investigation Commission (SIC) Lebanon.

Mr. Adnan AlLahaseh
Executive Director, Money Exchange Supervision Department, Central Bank of Jordan, Jordan

Mr. Mohamad Araji
FS Tax Lead, Saudi Levant Cluster KSA

Mr. Wissam Abed
Senior Manager Global Investigations Western Union

Mr. Nizar Adeeb
CEO, PathPartners LLC, USA

Mr. Malek Costa
Head of Group Compliance Division Blom Bank SAL, Lebanon

Mr. Ali Kazimi
Managing Director Hansuke Consulting, London

Mr. Mohamad Daoud
Business Development Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance Refinitiv, UAE

Mr. Dean Rowan
Advisory Board Member & Regional Representitive (Middle East and Africa) International Compliance Association Bahrain

Mr. Amro Entabli
General Manager, Chief Compliance & Governance Officer Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, Egypt

Mrs. Paige Berges
AML/CFT, AntiCorruption and Sanctions Advisory, financial crime compliance program specialist, qualified US & UK lawyer – CDC Group plc. UK

2019 Sponsors & Partners

PARTNER SPONSOR:
• QNB

STRATEGIC SPONSOR:
• Arab Bank

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• KIB
• Jumhouria Bank
• Banqe Misr
• National Commercial Bank
• Rafidain Bank