4th Annual ACAMS Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorism Financing Conference - Asia Pacific -  The Netherlands Bali, Indonesia April 2012
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"This is a very good opportunity to exchange experiences and share the best practices with colleagues." Mostafa Keshk
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HSBC Bank

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Learn from Leading Authorities

Join top regional AML experts from financial institutions, regulatory agencies, law enforcement and investigative agencies for a unique interactive learning experience. Our conference offers participants a valuable opportunity to benefit from peer-to-peer interaction, as well as one-on-one “face time” with these key industry leaders.

Muliaman D. Hadad

Muliaman D. Hadad, PhD.
Deputy Governor
Bank Indonesia

Born in Bekasi, on 3 April 1960, obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Muliaman D. Hadad obtained his Doctoral degree in Business and Economics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He began his career as a general staff at the Office of Bank Indonesia in Mataram in 1986. In 2003, he was appointed as Head of the Financial System Stability Bureau and as Director of the Directorate of Banking Research and Administration in 2005. He is also currently active in the management of the Indonesian Economist Association (ISEI) as Secretary General, and lecturer at several universities in Jakarta.

Muliaman D. Hadad was appointed as Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia pursuant to the Republic of Indonesia Presidential Decree Number 69/P/2006, dated 22 December 2006 and was inaugurated on January 11, 2007.

Muhamad Yusuf

Mr. Muhammad Yusuf
Head of PPATK
Pusat Pelaporan dan Analisis Transaksi Keuangan (PPATK)

Mr. Yusuf’s career as a prosecutor spanned almost 20 years, starting in 1988 at the Ujung Pandang Prosecution Office until his most recent role as Deputy High Prosecutor for the Office of Jakarta for Special Crime. He took on the role of Director of Law & Regulation at the Indonesian Financial Transaction & Analysis Centre (PPATK – FIU) in 2008. He was appointed to his current position as Head of PPATK in 2011. Mr. Yusuf’s educational background includes a Degree from the Law of Faculty, University of Indonesia, Magister Management of IPWI Jakarta, and currently as a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Law Postgraduate Program, University of Padjadjaran, coupled with extensive overseas training in Thailand, Japan, Australia, and Norway.

Vicente S. Aquino

Vicente S. Aquino
Executive Director, Anti-Money Laundering  Council Secretariat
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of Philippines)

ATTY. Vicente S. Aquino is the Executive Director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council Secretariat (AMLCS). He has held this position since 01 June 2002. Prior to his appointment as AMLCS Executive Director, he was the Director of the Office of Special Investigation of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. He has a B.S. Journalism degree from the Lyceum of the Philippines where he graduated with honors. He is a Bachelor of Laws graduate of the Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU) School of Law where he graduated on top of his class in 1979. He passed the 1979 bar examinations. He was a Law Professor at the MLQU School of Law teaching, at one time or another, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Banking Laws, Law on Natural Resources and Election Laws. Before his stint in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Anti-Money Laundering Council, he was a Special Counsel in the City Prosecutor’s Office of the Department of Justice, Manila, Trial Prosecutor in the Metropolitan and Regional Trial Courts of Manila and a deputized Tanodbayan Prosecutor. After leaving the DOJ service, he went into private practice of law and served as legal counsel for a number of Philippine banks and other financial institutions.

Rohan Bedi

Dr. Rohan Bedi
Managing Director
International AML Consulting (IAC)

Rohan is the Managing Director of International AML Consulting (IAC), Singapore. He was formerly the Chief MLRO for Asia, for Bank of America Merrill Lynch for four years covering Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Global Markets, and Corporate Banking across twelve countries. He is the author of the PwC Global publication ‘Money Laundering - Controls and Prevention'. He has been closely associated with NUS and NTU and has authored many AML papers for them. He is on the International Board of Advisors, and is Fellow of ICA, London. He holds a Professional Doctorate in AML from Middlesex University, UK.

Todd Brancroft

Todd Brancroft
Director, General Counsel Division
Credit Suisse AG

Todd Bancroft is a Director in the General Counsel Division of Credit Suisse AG in Hong Kong. He is the Deputy Regional Head of the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance program in Asia Pacific, as well as the Regional Head of both the Bank’s Anti-Fraud and Internal Investigations program. He has been with the Bank for five years. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Bancroft worked as an officer in the Hong Kong Police Force for more than 15 years, where he led various investigative units, including postings with Interpol (NCB HK), the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, and the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit. Mr. Bancroft holds a Bachelor Degree in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia (UK), a Master Degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of Leicester (UK), and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Financial Compliance from the Manchester Business School (UK).

Scott Burton

Scott Burton
Asia Pacific Regional Head for Anti Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Sanctions Compliance, and Global Co-Head of Client Identification Compliance
Credit Suisse AG

Scott Burton is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the General Counsel Division, based in Hong Kong. Mr. Burton is the Asia Pacific Regional Head for Anti Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption and Sanctions Compliance. He is also Global Co-Head of Client Identification Compliance.

Mr. Burton joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 1998. He has been based in Hong Kong since 2002, having also worked for the Bank in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Burton worked in Management Consulting and Investment Banking in both Australia and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Burton holds Bachelor degrees in both Arts and Economics from the University of Queensland and a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia. He is also a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.

Richard Butler

Richard Butler
Risk & Compliance Sales Director, Asia Pacific
Enterprise Sales
Dow Jones & Company

Richard works for Dow Jones & Company as the Risk & Compliance Sales Director in Asia Pacific. In this role, Richard is responsible for the growth of Risk and Compliance solutions such as Dow Jones Watchlist, Dow Jones Anti-Corruption, and Dow Jones Sanction Alert.

Previously Richard was Assistant Vice President of JPMorgan Treasury Services, Australia and New Zealand, where he was responsible for selling transactional banking products to the Financial Institutions and non Bank Financial Institutions. Prior to that Richard was the Sales Manager for ABN AMRO Treasury Solutions Group, Ireland where he was responsible for the Scandinavian Market as well as being the CAAML (Client Awareness and Anti-money Laundering) officer.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from University College Dublin, Ireland, and a Diploma in Financial Management from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

William A. Chapman

William A. Chapman, CAMS
Director
Aub Chapman Consulting Services Proprietary

Prior to his retirement, Aub Chapman was a career banker with over 42 years of professional experience. In his last role at Westpac Banking Corporation, he was responsible for managing a number of functions including Group Fraud Control, Physical Security, Business Continuity Services, Cash and ATM Services as well as managing the group’s compliance with AML/CTF legislation. Since his retirement, Aub has been consulting in both the public and private sectors, not only in Australia, but also internationally. He specialises in controls against financial crime and management of cash services. His international experience includes assignments for the United Nations, the Asian Development Bank, The Eurasian Group on Money Laundering (on behalf of the FSVC), Bank Negara Malaysia, Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia and the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority. He has been a guest speaker at a number of international AML/CTF conferences and international conferences associated with the cash services industry.

Aub Chapman

Tadeo Claravall Jr "Jun", CAMS
Compliance Director
Head of Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance for Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Citigroup

Jun joined Citi in November 2010 where he took up regional responsibility for two key areas of Citi's AML Program namely, Economic Sanctions Compliance and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance. 

Previously, he was a Compliance Director for APAC Regional AML Surveillance as well as the Global Investment Bank AML Surveillance Leader for UBS AG based in Hong Kong.  Immediately before that, he served as the AML Compliance Director for UBS AG Australia.

Before joining UBS, Jun spent 8 years at JPMorgan Chase where he served in the capacity of Vice President and Asia Regional Head for Surveillance based in Australia and Asia Deputy Head for AML Compliance based in Singapore. 

He has over 18 years of financial industry experience, 12 of which in the Compliance and AML field.

Jun holds a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy which he attained in 1993.  He obtained his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in 1997, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) credentials in 2000, and Certified Anti-Money Laundering (CAMS) designation in 2005.

Jun is active in the AML industry in the Asia Pacific.  He was at one point chairman of one of the largest financial industry AML groups in Australia.  He has written articles for global AML publications and continues to frequently share his AML, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery compliance knowledge and experience with the financial industry as a speaker at AML and Financial Crime conferences in the Asia.

David Cope

Diana Cojerean
Senior Manager, Internal Audit
Macquarie Group Limited

Diana is a Senior Internal Audit Manager at the Macquarie Group, a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. She has been with Macquarie Group since 2007. Diana is primarily responsible for leading Compliance related audits, including Anti-Money Laundering reviews globally. She is currently revising the current audit framework to include Anti-Bribery and Corruption considerations. Prior to Macquarie, Diana worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Sydney and Luxembourg for 4 years. Her role also involved anti-money laundering matters, including banking secrecy practices in Luxembourg. Diana holds two Bachelor degrees with the University of Technology Sydney and Reims Management School (France). She is a member of the Australian ACAMS chapter.

David Cope

David Cope
Executive Director, Legal and Compliance   
Morgan Stanley

David Cope is the Regional Coverage Manager for Anti-Money Laundering and Sanction Compliance issues in the Asia Pacific Region including Japan.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2008, Mr. Cope was a Detective Chief Inspector in the Hong Kong Police Force.   His Police service included postings to the Commercial Crime Bureau, Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, Joint Financial Intelligence Unit and Narcotics Bureau. Mr. Cope holds an LLB and a Masters in Criminology, is trained as a FATF Evaluator, and has lectured widely on Anti -Money Laundering and Sanction Compliance issues in the Asia Pacific region.

Hue Dang

Hue Dang, CAMS
Head of Asia
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)

Hue is the Regional Head or Asia Pacific of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (“ACAMS”) based in Hong Kong. She has more than 10 years experience in banking and finance. She was previously a Bank Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Manager with Barclays Capital’s Investment Banking Division in Singapore, Director for Business Development at Citibank’s Global Consumer Banking Group in Singapore and Director of Business Development, Asia/Pacific, for Thomson Financial in Hong Kong. Ms. Dang holds a Bachelors Degree with honors from Amherst College and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Al Demeter

Al Demeter, CAMS
Regional Director of Investigations
Citigroup Security & Investigative Services (Hong Kong)

Al is a former Criminal Investigator of the US Treasury Department, Criminal Investigation Division where he served as a Special Agent and in various management roles. He was the Special Agent in Charge of the Asia Pacific Region, assigned to the US Consulate in Hong Kong, where he acted as the US Treasury, Criminal Investigation Division Attaché prior to his retirement, covering responsibility for the Asia/Pacific region. During his 28 year career as Special Agent Mr. Demeter conducted and managed numerous financial crimes and money laundering investigations involving narcotics trafficking, organized crime, bank fraud, loan fraud, healthcare and labor fraud, tax evasion and many other federal crimes, as well as conducting and managing undercover operations. Mr. Demeter served as a US Delegate to the OECD Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering, and was involved in various projects for the Agency for International Development (AID) relating to financial crimes. Mr. Demeter instructed in Basic and Advanced Criminal Investigation techniques for financial and other crimes and management of criminal investigations at the Federal Law Enforcement Academy and the International Law Enforcement Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Demeter has been with Citigroup Investigations since October 2001 and is the Regional Director of Investigations where he manages and conducts investigation ns of internal and external financial crimes and other frauds.

Rod Francis

Rod Francis
Managing Director, Regional Head, AML, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery, Asia/Pacific Compliance
Citibank

Rod is a career Compliance professional, and is currently the APAC Regional Head of AML, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery Compliance at Citi across all geographic and business lines. Prior to this role Rod was the Asia Pacific Regional Head of AML and Sanctions Compliance at UBS. Amongst other Compliance roles for Financial Institutions in London, Rod was also previously the Regional Head of AML in EMEA for both Credit Suisse Securities and Morgan Stanley, incorporating Central Compliance and Operations Compliance for each respectively.

DR. Yunus Husein

Dr. Yunus Husein, S.H., LLM.
Head of Public Governance Sub Committee, National Committee of Governance (KNKG), Team Head for Drafting of Assets Forfeiture Act and Terrorism Funding Act
Bank Indonesia

For almost a decade until end 2011, Dr. Yunus was the Head of the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (FIU). He was also Co-Chair Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering (2006-2008), and a Member of Justice Mafia Eradication Task Force (2010-2011). Dr. Yunus was instrumental in many legislative efforts regarding the eradication of corruption and the prevention of money-laundering and terrorist-financing. As member of the team, he contributed to the drafting of the Anti- Money Laundering Act, the Corruption Crime Eradication Act, and its subsequent amendments in 2000, the International Convention Ratification for Ratifikasi Terrorism Funding Act, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act (2003); and as Team Head Deputy, he led the efforts in the Government Regulation Draft on Witness and Reporting Protection in AML Crime (2003).

Dr. Yunus joined Bank Indonesia in 1982, and in 2002, held the position of Deputy Director of Law Directorate - Bank Indonesia. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Law University of Indonesia (1981), a Master of Laws (LL.M) in the field International Legal Studies from Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington D.C. USA (1986), and a Doctoral Degree in Law from University of Indonesia (2003). Dr. Yunus continues to lecture in the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia , specialization in banking laws.

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Nicholas McTaggart
Detective Superintendent
Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce
Serious & Organised Crime
Australian Federal Police

Nicholas is a career police officer with 34 years involved in transnational organised crime and money laundering investigations. He has been involved in and lead a number of Royal Commissions and some of the organisations biggest and more complex criminal investigations. In more recent years he helped formulate and headed up the AFP investigations into Project Wickenby in Sydney, a whole of Government strategy focussing on illegal use of Tax Havens. Nicholas is currently the National Coordinator of the Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce which is another new Australian Government initiative focussing on the ‘profit of crime’. It is for this reason he is present today.

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Mr. Sigit Pramono
Chairman
PERBANAS (Indonesian Banks Association)

Mr. Sigit Pramono is an experienced senior banker who has worked in the financial services industry in Indonesia for more than 25 years. In addition to top positions in several leading banks in Indonesia, he also served as a Director at financial institutions such as LKBB, Leasing and Securities.

Mr. Pramono began his career at Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia in 1984 until in 2008, when he was pointed as an Independent Commissioner at Bank Central Asia.

Currently, in addition to his role as an Independent Commisioner at several banking insitutions, he also served as Chairman of PERBANAS (2006-present), ASPI (2010-present), FIAB (2007-present) and Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Indonesian Bankers Institute (2011-present).

Mr. Pramono’s educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Diponegoro University in 1983, and a master degree in International Business Management (Prasetya Mulya, 1995). In addition, he is also a graduate of the International Treasury Management Program from Morgan Bank (Singapore, 1985), the Leasing School conducted by Amembal, Halladay & Isom (lease education & consultant firm, Utah, USA, 1990), and the Syndicated Loan program (Singapore, 1997).

Maggie Qiu

Maggie Qiu
Vice President, China AML Risk Manager
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Maggie is responsible for leading Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions efforts in China, ensuring compliance with laws requiring development of programs to prevent, detect and report suspected financial crimes. Previously, Maggie worked for Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s headquarters in USA. Before joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Maggie also worked in Wells Forgo, Wachovia on the various risk management roles.

Billy Tan

Billy Tan
AML Compliance
Credit Suisse AG
Singapore Branch

Billy has more than 10 years of experience in the fields of anti-money laundering and financial crime investigation, having worked in private consulting and within international financial institutions. Billy is currently the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and head of the private banking AML surveillance and monitoring program at Credit Suisse AG, Singapore Branch.

Dr. Wimboh Santoso

Dr. Wimboh Santoso
Director, Directorate of Banking Research and Regulation
Bank Indonesia

Dr. Santoso commenced his career at Bank Indonesia as a bank examiner in Bank Supervison Department in 1984. Upon achieving his PhD in 1999, he joined the Banking Reasearch and Regulation Directorate as Senior Researcher. He was assigned to lead the transformation program in banking sector in 2002 as a response to improve banking sector supervision in Indonesia as a result of the impact of the financial crisis in 1998. He was subsequently appointed as Executive Researcher in 2005 in the Banking Reasearch and Regulation Directorate in order to implement programs of transformation. In 2006, he was designated as Head of Financial Stability before appointed as Director of Banking Reasearch and Regulation Directorate in 2010.

Dr. Santoso holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Sebelas Maret, Solo in 1983, a Master of Science in Business Administration at University of Illinois, USA in 1993, and obtained his Doctoral in Economic and Banking at Loughborough University, United Kingdom in 1999.

Erik Wilgenhof Plante

Erik Wilgenhof Plante
Head of Compliance
DZ PRIVATBANK

Erik’s banking career started in 1996 with ABNAMRO in The Netherlands. In 2007 he transferred to Singapore and joined Commerzbank two years later. His current role is Head of Compliance for DZ PRIVATBANK Singapore. Erik studied law at the University of Amsterdam, holds an MBA from Webster University, St.Louis, USA. He is board member of ACAMS Singapore and network chairman of the International Compliance Association.