Fighting Financial Crime in a New Era of Information Sharing

For over a decade, Michelle has excelled in progressively senior roles across Nasdaq Verafin, from product development and enterprise sales to her role today as the Head of AML Product Marketing where she spearheads innovation in the fight against financial crime. Through her dedication to customer success, strategic thinking and creativity, Michelle is passionate about helping financial institutions navigate today’s increasingly challenging AML and compliance landscape.

Since joining Nasdaq Verafin in 2013, Fouad has excelled in a wide range of roles. In his current role as VP, Head of AML Product Strategy, Fouad is responsible for defining the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. He helps Nasdaq Verafin deliver solutions that leverage artificial intelligence to effectively detect money laundering, while helping institutions maintain compliance. Working in close collaboration with Nasdaq Verafin colleagues, customers and senior stakeholders, Fouad applies his extensive knowledge of the AML/CFT and fraud landscapes to guide innovations and enhancements to product management and analytics. Fouad is passionate about creating value for customers and society by combating financial crime with cutting-edge technology.

Nick Maxwell leads the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing (FFIS) research programme, hosted within the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies. The mission of the FFIS programme is to examine evidence related to the effectiveness, proportionality and efficiency of public-private and private-private information sharing partnerships and processes, and to share good practice between existing partnership models around the world. Prior to this role, Nick’s professional career has included Head of Research and Advocacy for Transparency International UK; providing anti-money laundering specialist advice to NATO; managing the International Economics Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs); and leading the public policy function at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Nick is HSBC’s US Head of Financial Crime Strategy & Framework, where he oversees HSBC’s external engagement and public-private partnership efforts in the US, amongst other responsibilities. He is also a US Army Reserve officer with multiple overseas deployments and serves as a leader for HSBC’s Employee Resource Group for veterans.

Before joining HSBC in 2015, Nick spent nearly seven years with the US Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, where he supported the development of targeted financial measures against national security threats with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. While at Treasury, he served as the Senior US Treasury Representative to US Southern Command (Southcom) in Miami, FL where he helped establish their Counter-Threat Finance Branch.

He earned his MBA and BA (History) from the University of Florida, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University. He is CAMS certified, served as co-chair of the ACAMS South Florida Chapter (2022 – 2024), and was honored as the 2023 ACAMS AFC Professional of the Year.