Adam is an Australian lawyer who specialises in financial crime, including AML/CTF/CPF, Sanctions, Fraud, Bribery and Corruption. He has spent almost a decade in the UK and Europe, where his experience includes working as an investigative lawyer at the Serious Fraud Office in London, prosecuting some of the most egregious offences. He served as a MLRO in the UK, Ireland and Malta, and has worked on financial crime ‘skilled person’ reviews on behalf of the UK’s regulators. Adam works as a consultant lawyer, focusing on compliance with financial crime laws, and has recently returned to help Australian businesses prevent, detect, and respond to financial crime risks and exploring how AI can assist.

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Andrew is Chief Executive Officer and a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and has held senior executive positions within the accounting profession for more than 15 years. Prior to working with the IPA, Andrew was an Australian Government Treasury Ministry Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor. He also serves as Adjunct Professor at Deakin University Business School and co-founded the SME (Small-Medium Size Enterprises) Research Centre at Deakin University. Andrew is also a Professor of Accounting (honoris causa) at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Additionally, he serves on the Department of Foreign Affairs Ministerial Advisory Council on Free Trade Agreement Negotiations amongst other representative groups.

Andrew Jackson (AJ) is the founder of Allies of Finance, a mortgage broking business on Sydney’s Northern Beaches focused on helping individuals and businesses secure smarter financial solutions tailored to their unique needs.

As the former Head of Australia for First AML, a leading global AML software solution, Andrew has deep experience in how technology can be used to achieve both business compliance and customer satisfaction. Additionally, Andrew's passion to educate everyday Aussies about the risks posed by money laundering led to him becoming a leading voice for the new AML regulations within the mainstream media.

Andrew’s background spans software, financial, real estate and government industries, giving him a unique perspective on the importance of AML regulations and their practical application.

Andrew is also deeply involved in Vipers, a running community focused on men’s mental health and wellbeing.

Antonia Mercorella is the powerhouse Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ), a position she has held for the past decade. Under her leadership, the REIQ has become one of Australia’s most progressive, high-profile, and influential peak bodies. A qualified solicitor with more than 25 years’ experience in the property and legal sectors, Antonia has played a pivotal role in shaping real estate policy and legislative reform across multiple jurisdictions and with all levels of government.

Her career spans private practice and legal counsel roles for real estate industry bodies in both South Australia and Queensland. She is widely recognised for her expertise in regulatory matters, strategic advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. Antonia is also Chair of the Board of Carter Newell Lawyers, an award-winning multi-jurisdictional law firm. She holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, a Bachelor of Educational Theatre, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Bobbie Wan is the Head of Regulatory Policy and Strategy at the Law Society of NSW. In her role, Bobbie is responsible for developing legal policy, research, and advice concerning the Uniform Law and other regulatory issues affecting the NSW profession. Bobbie is also leading the NSW Law Society’s response to the Australian Government’s reforms to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation and is responsible for the strategic oversight of the delivery of the Law Society’s Professional Support Unit’s services to solicitors - in the areas of ethics, costs, regulatory compliance, and anti-money laundering – including developing and implementing strategies to enhance those services and ensure they align with the NSW Law Society’s regulatory and other objectives. Before joining the Law Society, Bobbie was a senior advisor at various government agencies and worked on legal policy and legislative reform on a range of issues, including the prevention of child sexual abuse, image-based abuse, and forensic mental health.

Christopher Frankish is a Partner at Madison Marcus and a recognised authority in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) compliance. His expertise spans the broader financial services sector, including governance, regulatory work, life and general insurance, superannuation, dispute resolution and litigation.

Chris has worked with banks, insurers, fund managers, managed investment schemes and digital asset providers on complex regulatory investigations, compliance uplift projects and remediation programs, including those arising from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. He has also designed and managed compliance frameworks across governance, KYC and CDD, transaction monitoring and regulator engagement.

Respected for his ability to simplify complex obligations, Chris delivers practical, risk-based strategies that balance compliance integrity with commercial objectives. He understands the pressures organisations face under heightened scrutiny and works with boards and executives to ensure regulatory obligations are understood and managed.

With Tranche 2 AML/CTF reforms approaching, Chris is actively advising sectors such as real estate, financial advice, funds management and digital assets providers on readiness. His pragmatic and commercially focused approach ensures clients remain compliant while protecting operational efficiency and reputation.

Chris is a Partner-elect, specialising in corporate criminal and regulatory investigations, and risk and compliance advisory work.

Chris regularly helps clients to design and undertake compliance and risk assessments, policies and procedures reviews, gap analyses and uplift programs to improve their approach to compliance. Areas of compliance focus include bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions, market manipulation, insider trading, BEAR, modern slavery, AFSL obligations and whistleblower obligations.

When compliance issues or risks do arise, Chris is experienced in undertaking internal investigations, responding to regulatory investigations and compulsory notices to produce, and negotiating outcomes to resolve liability. Chris has worked across a
range of jurisdictions and with a number of Australian and international regulators and law enforcement agencies. Recent experience includes advising:
• the Australian subsidiary of a global bank in relation to the defence of potential criminal charges for alleged breach of the Corporations Act, including dealing with ASIC and the CDPP
• an Australian financial institution in relation to an investigation by AUSTRAC into alleged breaches of the Australian anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime
• a major Australian bank in connection with an investigation into corruption in an overseas subsidiary, involving self-reporting to the AFP, ASIC and equivalent foreign subsidiaries
• a number of Australian financial institutions in relation to issues arising during the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
• a financial institution on its self-assessment into governance, culture and accountability produced to APRA
• an Australian ASX 100 listed mining company in relation to investigations commenced by the UK Serious Fraud Office and the Sierra Leonean Anti-corruption authority. The investigation has involved dealing with the AFP and ASIC
• a global bank in relation to the investigation commenced by the Financial Conduct Authority, US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission into alleged misconduct in relation to the FX spot market, and resolution of those investigations
• numerous other internal investigations in the mining, energy and financial sectors into allegations of fraud, market manipulation and insider trading

Prior to joining Allens, Chris worked at Linklaters (London and Moscow) for nine years, a year of which he spent on secondment at the UK Serious Fraud Office, investigating alleged bribery within multinational companies.

Grace provides AML/CTF and financial crime compliance, risk, and assurance advisory across financial services, banking, gaming,
superannuation, remittance, digital currency exchanges and payments providers. She is experienced in advising on the design and operating effectiveness of AML/CTF frameworks and systems and aligning non-financial risk exposure with organisational strategy.

She has extensive financial crime experience and has been responsible for driving transformational change and navigating complexity in regulatory, intelligence, and policy environments.

Prior to joining KordaMentha in 2022, Grace spent over a decade at AUSTRAC working across regulatory, international, and intelligence functions. She is experienced in leading strategic
transformation and technology programs, including regional business engagement and program delivery in ASEAN and Europe.

Dr Hannah Harris is a leading expert in transnational crime and corporate regulation at Macquarie Law School. She is the host of the Financial Integrity Hub Podcast and founder of the Asia Pacific Forest Crime Network. Hannah’s current research includes investigating the intersection between financial crime and environmental crime and advancing models of corporate liability, including codification of corporate liability corruption under a proposed International Anti-Corruption Court.

Dr. Jamie Ferrill is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Crime Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University. She has nearly a decade of law enforcement experience, having worked for the Canadian federal government prior to commencing an academic career. Jamie researches threats to national and economic security; her current focus is on the nexus of money laundering with border governance, transnational cooperation and collaboration, and organizational processes. Her latest book is titled Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press). Jamie is a Research Fellow at the Financial Integrity Hub (Macquarie University), the Border Policy Research Institute (Western Washington University), Borders in Globalization (University of Victoria), the Institute of Intergovernmental Affairs (Queen’s University), and the Academy of International Affairs North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany).

Jamie Lynch is Head of AML at Gilbert + Tobin, where he leads the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing compliance programme across high-risk clients, complex legal structures and cross-border transactions. He partners with lawyers, risk teams and clients to embed AML/CTF controls into broader risk frameworks—enhancing onboarding efficiency, strengthening decision-making and safeguarding the firm’s reputation.

Before relocating to Australia, Jamie headed AML/CTF operations at Trade Me, New Zealand’s largest online marketplace, delivering an enterprise-wide uplift in compliance and fostering productive engagement with regulators under the evolving New Zealand AML regime.

A regular ACAMS contributor and industry speaker, Jamie writes and presents on emerging financial crime risks—from modern slavery and ESG-related offences to Tranche 2 reform readiness and onboarding red flags—championing compliance as a value-add function that builds client trust and firm-wide resilience.

Jeremy Moller is a risk advisory lawyer based in Sydney. He has over 15 years' experience working in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a lawyer specialising in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and international sanctions. Jeremy is experienced in dealing with a range of regulators both in Australia and overseas, including the Australian Transaction and Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC). Jeremy is a member of the Law Council of Australia’s AML/CTF Working Group, the NSW Law Society AML/CTF Working Group, the NSW Law Society Ethics Committee and is on the Advisory Board of the Australasian Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

John is the CEO of Identitii, an Australian RegTech helping some of the world’s largest and most innovative organisations manage their financial crime risk. With patents granted in Singapore and the USA, the company is also actively pursuing a patent infringement claim against JP Morgan Chase.

Prior to Identitii, John led businesses in Australia, Japan, UK and the USA, providing financial products and servicesto central banks, commercial banks, supermarkets and post offices in 77 countries around the world.

John is also a Non-Executive Director of Payble, and Board Advisor to the RegTech Association and Adaluma Tech.

Following consulting roles in the energy sector with IBM and PwC, Kate has spent the past 10 years in various general manager roles at PEXA leading industry transformation to electronic conveyancing with a focus on financial institutions and sector-wide operational deployment, technology and regulatory change programs and initiatives. The Australian Government's recent expansion of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime to the property sector is a significant change for industry and Kate is leading the delivery of PEXA's AML solution to connect real estate agents to lawyers and conveyancers and financial institutions to provide a streamlined, cost effective and integrated compliance solution that helps reduce cost, risk and impact to the property settlement experience.

Katie Miller is the Deputy CEO, Regulation, AUSTRAC and has strategic responsibility for AUSTRAC's regulatory, policy and legal functions.

Katie has extensive experience exercising regulatory functions and advising regulators at state and federal levels. Katie is a published author on issues involving regulation, law and technology and supports connections between government, practitioners, communities of practice and academia.

Luke is an AML and financial crime compliance expert with more than 15 years experience in banking and fintechs including NAB, Westpac, Square and Airwallex. He is the founder and principal consultant of Raven AML and specialises in practical training, policy and program development, and advisory for AML regulated firms

Based in Sydney, Madeleine Porter is Legal Industry Expert (APAC) for iManage, a cloud-enabled, secure knowledge work platform.

A trained solicitor, Madeleine has over 12 years of legal experience specialising in risk management, compliance and advising lawyers on how to meet their professional obligations.

In her current role as Legal Industry Expert at iManage APAC, she is responsible for bridging the gap between legal professionals and technologists, with a focus on how Gen AI can drive change in legal practice while upholding ethical standards and professional integrity.

Prior to iManage, Madeleine served as the Manager of Conflicts, Ethics, and Commercial Advisory at Ashurst, Australia. Here, she led the APAC Conflicts & Ethics team in championing compliance, safeguarding data security, and resolving high-level conflicts and compliance issues with precision and expertise.

Her topics of expertise include: Technology (specifically AI) and legal innovation, risk management, compliance, ethics, and safeguarding data security, to name a few.

She is passionate about supporting and empowering women in legal and tech, as well as encouraging positive mental health and wellbeing across the industry.

Nathan is a writer and international speaker who has spent two decades investigating the hidden world of dark money that fuels organised crime, corruption and violent extremism around the globe. His work peels back the layers of complex financial crime schemes.

Nathan is an international financial crime expert who has worked with organisations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, which provide support to developing countries to help them combat the scourges of money laundering and other serious financial crimes. Nathan has trained police, government officials and bankers across Asia and the Middle East on the techniques the world's criminals use to conceal and clean their dirty money. This work has taken him to countries including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia and across Australia.

Nathan is certified by the US Department of Justice's elite CCIPS Cybercrime Laboratory as a Digital Forensic Incident Response Specialist.

He has written for some of the world’s leading publishers, including Thomson Reuters and Harper Collins, and has appeared across the world’s media as an expert commentator on money laundering, corruption and organised crime.

Neil has a unique background in financial crime risk management spanning almost 30 years, including working at senior levels managing AML/CTF, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery compliance across Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia, and Australia within two major global investment banks, one European financial services company, and a major Australian bank.

He has also worked within law enforcement agencies investigating financial crime and money laundering, and as a financial services regulator developing AML/CTF regulation and AML/CTF regulatory supervision techniques.

Neil has been providing specialist AML/CTF consultancy services since 2012, including giving advice and support to businesses subject to AML/CTF regulation, developing and delivering ML/TF risk assessments and AML/CTF programs, undertaking independent reviews of the adequacy of AML/CTF compliance and the supporting systems and controls, and providing advisory services in relation to regulatory compliance and regulatory enforcement activity.

As well as supporting businesses in achieving and maintaining AML/CTF compliance, Neil has supported businesses in responding to formal AUSTRAC investigations, has acted as an AUSTRAC authorised external auditor, has acted as an expert witness in AML/CTF enforcement actions, and has undertaken reviews to confirm the completion of AML/CTF remediation activity.

Nick is a regulatory technology entrepreneur who co-founded LAB Group in 2010. Under his leadership, LAB Group has developed innovative solutions that address critical challenges in AML/KYC compliance, client lifecycle management, identity verification, governance, risk management, and fraud prevention for regulated entities domestically in Australia and overseas.

LAB Group's technology and services have successfully facilitated more than 2 million consumer engagements across diverse financial sectors, including Banking, Asset Management, Stockbroking, Online Trading, and Wealth Management. The company's expertise and reliability have earned the trust of half of the world's top ten Asset Managers, who rely on LAB Group for their KYC and compliance requirements.

Nick plays an instrumental role in addressing industry-wide identity and regulatory challenges, drawing upon his extensive experience and deep understanding of compliance requirements across local and international markets. His strategic vision continues to shape the evolution of technology solutions in an increasingly complex global governance risk and compliance environment.

Dr Rachel Southworth has worked internationally in a range of senior Financial Crime Compliance, Risk and Operations positions for major financial institutions in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK since 2012, including Westpac, CBA, Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Prior to this, Rachel worked in various policy roles, with the UK Regulator, the Financial Services Authority (now Financial Conduct Authority); the UK Treasury in Financial Crime Policy; and Surrey Police in Policing Policy.

Dr Rachel Southworth has a Ph.D. in financial crime control: risk, regulation and the role of the UK banking sector from Cardiff University (UK), and is passionate about research informing policy setting in the areas of financial crime risk, leadership and regulatory compliance. Dr Rachel Southworth is an alumni of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where she was awarded her MSc in Criminal Justice Policy and BSc in Sociology.

Rhiannon Davies is an Associate at AML Sorted, currently based in Melbourne to support Australian solicitors and conveyancers as they prepare for the Tranche 2 AML/CTF reforms.

With over 20 years of experience in the UK’s AML sector, Rhiannon has worked with a wide range of law firms, from high street practices to large national firms, helping them build robust compliance frameworks and foster strong AML cultures. Her approach is known for being practical, collaborative and engaging.

Rhiannon also brings valuable insight from the banking sector, giving her a unique perspective on how AML strategies need to adapt across industries, particularly when bridging the gap between financial institutions and legal service providers.

Richard has over 30 years’ experience in financial crime regulation and investigation, including executive leadership roles with Australia’s AML/CTF regulator, AUSTRAC where he led teams responsible for enforcement, supervision, and education of a broad range of industry sectors, represented Australia at major international AML forums and has acted as a financial crime expert on Asia Pacific Group mutual evaluations of member countries.

He is currently heading KordaMentha’s strategy on Tranche 2 and is working with impacted businesses to ensure they meet their requirements by the 1 July 2026 deadline.

Rosie Campo is the Head of Collaboration at ICMEC Australia, where she focuses on strengthening the ability of financial services to detect and disrupt child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA).

Over the past two years, Rosie has helped shape ICMEC Australia’s strategy and deepen its presence in the financial sector—bringing together banks, payment providers, remitters, fintech, crypto, technology and data partners to collaborate on innovative solutions. With experience in managing stakeholders in both the public and private sectors, Rosie has a strong belief in the power of cross-sector collaboration and is dedicated to growing awareness and building partnerships that deliver meaningful impact for children.

Sachin is a Senior Principal at IBM Promontory where he specialises in several areas of financial crime risk management such as customer due diligence, financial crime risk analytics and risk assessments. Sachin focuses on advising clients on financial crime risk management and conducts advanced data analytics to assess an organisation’s ability to comply with AML/CTF regulation. He is passionate about using analytical techniques to identify areas where organisations can improve their operational efficiencies and compliance with regulation in order to better serve and protect customers. Sachin carries a broad range of experience having worked with large financial institutions in their retail and business banking, superannuation, financial advice and risk management divisions. Prior to joining IBM Promontory, Sachin worked at KPMG in the risk advisory team and held several positions at NAB in regulatory risk, credit risk and 2nd line operational risk roles.

Shaun Doyle is the Agency Compliance Manager for the Ray White Group, where he leads strategic compliance initiatives across Australia to uphold trust, transparency, and legal integrity in real estate practices. With over 15 years in the industry in both residential and commercial real estate, including 7 years in leadership roles with the Ray White Group, Shaun has been instrumental in shaping operational standards, agent conduct protocols, and national compliance rollout strategies, including the group’s AML/CTF implementation plan ahead of the 2026 reforms.

Sophie is an experienced leader in financial crime risk recruitment, with over ten years of expertise across the London and Sydney markets. She excels in partnering with organisations to navigate their resourcing strategies in high-pressure regulatory environments. Throughout her career, Sophie has collaborated with major firms such as Westpac, Macquarie, Sportsbet, and Vanguard, playing a pivotal role in building teams across advisory and operations.

Tim is the Executive Chairman of Identitii and its subsidiary BNDRY based in Brisbane. He has extensive experience in financial crime consulting and regulatory technology, advising startups in the Asia Pacific on AI technologies to combat financial crime.

From 2000 to 2021, he was a partner at Deloitte, initially in Australia and later in Singapore, where he served as the inaugural Global Leader of Deloitte Analytics, growing it to over 10,000 employees and generating $4 billion in revenue.

He also led the Global Forensic & Financial Crime Practice, managing high-profile bribery, corruption, and anti-money laundering compliance projects for major companies and financial institutions.

Previously, Tim was a regulator and Director of Enforcement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), where he successfully led investigations, including high-profile cases against Alan Bond and a senior Macquarie Bank executive for insider trading.

Tim is a Director in KPMG’s financial crime practice where he specialises in financial crime transformation. Tim works with clients in the financial services and gaming industries across the financial crime ecosystem including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, targeted operating models, technology, data, risk assessments and programs.

Prior to KPMG, Tim worked for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) where he spent 5 years in France and South Korea. At the FATF, Tim led global research and policy projects on beneficial ownership, human trafficking, and virtual assets, working closely with FATF members and international bodies. Tim also undertook country assessments against the FATF Standards and designed and delivered AML/CTF training to government officials from over 120 countries. Prior to joining the FATF, Tim was the Director, Financial Crime at the Australian Attorney-General’s Department where he led Australia’s financial crime policy and legislation, and previously worked at AUSTRAC.

Tim has represented Australia and the FATF internationally in various international fora, including at the FATF, G20, OECD, United Nations, Asia-Pacific Group, and the Basel Committee.