Moderator
Dr Louise Beaumont works with legislators and regulators to create disruption, with corporates to cope with disruption, and with start-ups to exploit disruption – with open and accessible data as the guiding principle. She is an expert in innovations in Open Banking, Open Finance, Lending and Payments.
She works with legislators and regulators in her role chairing techUK’s Open Finance & Payments working group, as a member of Pay.UK’s End User Advisory Council and, through these roles, focuses on the full gamut from Open Banking to Open Data. She works with corporates to cope with disruption both in her advisory role to Bottomline and as a public speaker and commentator. She has invested in and holds board and advisory roles with start-ups in various sectors including, in the FinTech segment, Funding Options.
Speakers
Livia Benisty brings more than 15 years experience in financial crime and AML to the Banking Circle team. She is leading a team to develop stringent AML processes identifying how AI can be applied to enhance the effectiveness of AML, reducing the incidence of false positives.
Previously she was Head of AML, EMEA, for Citi's Trade and Treasury Solutions. She has also worked at BBVA Group and ComplyAdvantage where she gained experience in the role technology can play in managing and mitigating financial crime risk.
Dave Burns has 25 years of experience in software, services and solutions working with customers looking for innovative capabilities and technology. He has a proven track record of customer success working at several start-ups and large organisations such as SAP and JPMorgan. Customers have ranged from leading global 1000 companies to emerging category pioneers. He is inspired by the opportunity to fight financial crime and democratise the latest capabilities of big data platform and artificial intelligence for organisations of all sizes.
Chris Caruana is the Vice President of AML Solutions at Feedzai. In his capacity, Chris acts as a subject matter expert on all AML matters across organizational functions. He has over 13 years of experience in financial services as a regulator, compliance officer, and business executive. Chris is a certified anti-money laundering specialist and a member of the Carolinas ACAMS chapter. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Marist College and a Master's degree (MBA) in International Business from St. John's University. In his current role, Chris is helping Feedzai to further expand its financial crime-fighting capabilities with AI and advancing its best-in-class FRAML solution.
Jane Jee is CEO at Kompli-Global. After qualifying as a barrister, Jane worked in commercial and legal roles in compliance, credit and payments. She was Managing Director at Access credit cards and a Director at Worldpay Plc. In 2014 Jane obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance from the International Compliance Association (ICA) where she is a Fellow. Jane passionately believes that good compliance makes good business sense. A thorough knowledge of your customer enables you to retain their business and potentially better target your offerings.