The Assembly MENA

noviembre 11 - noviembre 12, 2025

Dubai, UAE

12 Credits

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MENA has long been a critical geopolitical and economic hub. As a result, fighting financial crime is equally vital. Longstanding challenges evolve and defy neat solutions.

But transformative opportunities also abound. Fintech and open banking are accelerating financial inclusion. Technology such as Generative AI brings promise, not just peril.

Meeting these challenges requires deep insights and broader connections. You’ll find both at The Assembly MENA Nov. 11 and 12 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai.

50+

Expert Speakers

Full Days

ACAMS Credits*

*ACAMS members can earn 12 ACAMS Credits for attending the conference, and 3 additional credits for attending the workshop. These credits count towards maintaining your ACAMS Certifications.

Technology as Friend and Foe

Challenges of Financial Innovations

Compliance Consequences of Global Conflict

Program

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Pre-Conference Registration

12:00pm-5:30pm

Workshop Check-in

12:00pm-1:00pm

WORKSHOP: Getting Smarter About Intelligence Gathering

1:00pm-4:00pm

Registration Desk Open

8:00am-5:00pm

Exhibit Area open

8:00am-5:00pm

Networking Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area

8:00am-9:00am

Welcome Remarks

9:00am-9:10am

Keynote Address with Q&A

9:10am-9:40am

Rules, Reviews and Regulations: A Regional Overview of Supervisory Developments

9:40am-10:40am

Networking Break in Exhibit Area

10:40am-11:10am

A Custom Fit: Prioritizing AFC Efforts Through Risk Assessment

11:10am-12:00pm

Networking Lunch

12:00pm-1:00pm

Fortifying Defenses Against Financial Crime in Conflict Zones

1:00pm-1:50pm

Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

1:50pm-2:20pm

Real Talk About Virtual Assets

2:20pm-3:10pm

Networking Break in Exhibit Area

3:10pm-3:40pm

Fireside Chat: Dirty Dealing: How Environmental Crime Harms More than the Planet

3:40pm-4:10pm

The Wider View: Sanctions and Related Issues Through a Geopolitical Lens

4:10pm-4:50pm

Special Presentation (Virtual) Syria: The Road Towards Sanctions Relief

4:50pm-5:10pm

Closing Remarks

5:10pm-5:15pm

ACAMS Connect Crypto and Payments (Limited seats available)

5:15pm-6:15pm

Ver Todos

Registration Desk Open

8:00am-4:20pm

Exhibit Area Open

8:00am-4:20pm

Networking Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area

8:00am-9:00am

Special Presentation with VARA

9:00am-9:30am

Headlines & Horizons: Executive Insights on What's Happening Now and Next in AFC

9:30am-10:30am

Networking Break in Exhibit Area

10:30am-11:00am

ACAMS TALK - Outsmarting the Outlaws: Why and How to Develop a Fraud Risk Assessment

11:00am-11:30am

The Compliance Challenges of “Challenger Banks” and Other Financial Innovations

11:30am-12:20pm

Networking Lunch

12:20pm-1:20pm

Micro-Learning: Fighting Tech with Tech: How Fraudsters Outsmart AFC Systems

1:20pm-1:40pm

Micro-Learning: Fighting Tech with Tech: Strengthening FinCrime Defenses

1:40pm-2:10pm

Networking Break in Exhibit Area

2:10pm-2:40pm

The ACAMS Great Debate: Do Virtual Assets Raise the Risk of Financial Crime?

2:40pm-3:30pm

Networking Break in Exhibit Area

3:30pm-4:00pm

High Tech, Low Risk: Use Cases for Institutions of all Sizes

4:00pm-4:50pm

Closing Remarks

4:50pm-4:55pm

Ver Todos

Speakers and Task Force

Shawki Ahwash, CAMS, CGSS

Anti-Financial Crime Consultant - AML/CFT and Sanctions Expert

Sameena Ali, CAMS, CGSS

Associate Director, FCC, Sanctions Investigations
Standard Chartered Bank

Sara Al Mansoori

Manager – Financial & Cyber Crime Prevention from Financial & Cyber Crime Prevention Department
Abu Dhabi Global Market

Osama Al Rahma

Head of Business Development
Emirates Investment Bank

Dr. Reem Mohammed Alshamsi

Senior Director of Research and Strategic Analysis
UAE Financial Intelligence Unit

Jude Al Share

Head of Sanctions
Doha Bank

Haseeb Ansari

Chief Compliance Officer
Emirates Islamic

Shilpa Arora, CAMS

Head of AFC Product and Solutions Management
ACAMS

Muhammad Babar, CAMS, CAFCA

Digital Assets Compliance Lead
MENA Fintech Association

Kieran Beer, CAMS

Chief Analyst, Director of Editorial Content
ACAMS

Madhavi Bhatia

Head of Corporate Governance, Digital Transformation Expert, UAE

Dr. Ayesha Binlootah

Assistant Vice President - Licensing, Supervision and Assurance
Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)

Christos Christou, CAMS, CGSS, CCAS

Director Compliance
Lulu Financial Holdings

Mohamed Daoud

Director - Industry Practice Lead, Financial Crime and Third-Party Supply Chain Compliance
Moody's

Ivonne Duarte-Peña

Political Affairs Officer - Sanctions Lead
United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Syria

Dmitry Fedotov

Head Emerging Technologies
ADGM

Hassan Gulamali

Director, Head of Financial Crime Controls & Risk Management
Barclays

Sam Hasham

Financial Crime Compliance Consultant
LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Sebastian Heine

Chief Compliance Officer / MLRO UAE
MANTRA Finance

Jo Jeyaseelan

Head of Fraud Risk
Wio Bank

Nermine Kamal

Assistant Sub-Governor - Compliance AML/CFT Supervision
The Central Bank of Egypt

Sercan Karapoyraz

VP Compliance Global Fin. Crime
Crypto.com

Tejal Kaur

Fraud & Identity Subject Matter Expert
Feedzai

Lana Kershaw

Director of Financial Crime Prevention
VARA

Siddiq Khawaja

Cluster AML Head - Middle East & Africa
Citi

Collin Lobo

Regional Head of Financial Crime & MLRO MENAT
HSBC

Rick McDonell

Former Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Executive Advisor, ACAMS

Chris McLeese

Head of GCC
Mozn

Scott Ramsay

Senior Executive Vice President - Group Head of Compliance and MLRO
Mashreq Bank

Jamal Saleh

Director General
UAE Banks Federation

Najma Salman

Managing Director
Deutsche Bank

Thomas Saminaden

FinCrime Technology Consultant
SymphonyAI

Sumit Sarkar

Senior Vice President, Group Head of Sanctions Compliance
Mashreq Bank

Lynne Stewart

Head of Sanctions, Africa and Middle East
Standard Chartered Bank

Ilham Tamimi

Senior Compliance Executive

Sarah Tariq, CAMS

Head of Compliance & AFC & DPO
Deutsche Bank

Craig Timm

Senior Director of Anti-Money Laundering
ACAMS

George Voloshin, CAMS, CGSS

Global Expert, Anti-Financial Crime
ACAMS

Dr. Justine Walker

Global Head - Sanctions, Compliance and Risk
ACAMS

Shaune Williamson, CAMS-Audit

Associate Director, Anti Money Laundering and Combating Financial Crime
Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority

Alex Zerden

Founder and Principal
Capitol Peak Strategies

Hotel and Accommodation

Event Venue:

Jumeirah Emirates Towers

Sheikh Zayed Rd
Trade Centre - Trade Centre 2
Dubai, UAE

A block of rooms is reserved at a special rate for this conference. We recommend that you book your room as soon as possible to ensure your preferred rate and stay at the event venue.

Group Name: The Assembly MENA 2025 by ACAMS

Group Code: ACA051125

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