LexisNexis® Risk Solutions invites you to Risk Ready Qatar
Join us on 29 January at the JW Marriott Marquis City Center Doha Hotel, where we will be navigating around the main compliance challenges faced in Qatar. Risk Ready is a premier event hosted by LexisNexis® Risk Solutions around the globe, and this will be our first-ever edition in Qatar.
Date: 29 January 2025
Location: JW Marriott Marquis City Center Doha Hotel
Time: 09.00 - 14.00
Stay Ahead of the Curve: Navigate the Complex World of Compliance, Sanctions, and Financial Crime
We invite you to an insightful event designed for professionals navigating the complex world of compliance, sanctions, and financial crime. This agenda-packed session will cover the latest trends, challenges, and strategies in financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and trade compliance.
Agenda Highlights
- Financial Crime & Compliance – An overview
- Targeted Sanctions - Guidance of an effective sanctions programme in Qatar
- Panel Discussion: A practitioner's perspective on Compliance, Sanctions and Trade
- Model Validation
Speakers
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Muhammad Shahid Farid
Head of AML/CFT and Sanctions | Financial Crimes Compliance, The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C)Shahid is currently leading the Commercial Bank’s AML/CFT and Sanctions Compliance programme as the Group Head of AML/CFT and Sanctions Compliance Unit and he is also serving the role of Bank Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO). He is a highly qualified and seasoned AML/CFT and Sanctions Compliance Professional with 16 years hands-on experience and key competencies in designing, implementing, monitoring and testing AML/CFT/CPF and Sanctions Compliance Programme for Financial Institutions e.g. Banks, Insurance Intermediaries and Investment Management Companies. -
Syed Dawood Muddasir
Senior Manager – Financial Crime Compliance, MENA, Ernst & Young Middle East -
Saiful Islam Vaidhyakkaran
Compliance Officer & MLRO, Al Zaman Exchange W.L.L.Saiful is a qualified Compliance Officer with over a decade of experience in the exchange house industry. He is highly skilled in designing, implementing, monitoring, and testing Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Countering the Proliferation of Financing (CPF), and Sanctions Compliance Programs. Saiful holds a CMA (Certified Management Accountant) qualification and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He is currently serving as the Head of Compliance and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) at Al Zaman Exchange W.L.L, Qatar. -
Stephen Evans
Subject Matter Expert, AML/CFT Supervision, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory AuthorityStephen has over 37 years’ experience in compliance supervision, financial crime, and enforcement. Stephen currently works at the QFC Regulatory Authority as the AML/CFT Subject Matter Expert providing technical advice and guidance. Prior to this position, Stephen was the Director of AML/CFT Supervision at the QFC Regulatory Authority. Stephen also worked for four years with Qatar’s National Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Committee (NAMLC) in the preparation for FATFs mutual evaluation of Qatar.
Previously Stephen has worked with AUSTRAC (Australia’s FIU), ASIC (Australia’s corporate regulator) and as a Police Officer and Detective.
Stephen holds several degrees including a Master of Laws in Corporate Governance an Executive MBA, Graduate Certificate in Management, a Bachelor of Policing (Investigations) and an International Diploma in AML/CFT. Stephen also holds a CAMS certification in AML/CFT with ACAMS. -
Jonny Bell
Senior Director – Market Planning, LexisNexis® Risk SolutionsJonny Bell holds commercial and strategic responsibility for the financial crime and compliance portfolio for LexisNexis® Risk Solutions across the Middle East, Africa, CEE, CIS and EMEA strategic accounts.
With more than nine years of experience working in financial services, technology, compliance risk and strategy consulting, Bell applies his extensive project management expertise and experience towards driving business profitability and maintaining effective organic growth.
Bell began his career working with top global financial institutions focusing on horizontal functions including risk, compliance and technology. Following four years of consulting, he went on to work for London Stock Exchange Group (Refinitiv), where his most recent role was as head of business operations and strategy for the risk division.
Network and Share Ideas
Enjoy our networking buffet lunch where you can connect with professionals, discuss challenges, and share strategies.
Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity to engage with thought leaders, gain critical insights, and discover innovative compliance solutions.
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