Fraud & Financial Crime Australia 2026
Speakers
Leading names and thought-leaders
Regulation Asia’s speaker faculty brings together regulators, banking and financial leaders, and infrastructure specialists from Australia, the region, and globally—offering bold perspectives, practical takeaways, and forward-looking strategies. Expect sharp conversations, trusted insights, and a room full of people worth meeting.
2026 Speakers
Manesh Samtani
Editor
Regulation Asia
Faizal Aziz
Head of Business Change and Regulatory Relations
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Hiroki Tomiyasu
Head of Post Trade Japan
Head of Post Trade Solutions APAC
LSEG
Nick Wakefield
Co-founder
Regulation Asia
Brendan Thomas
CEO
AUSTRAC
Cherrica Li
Foreign Financial Liaison
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Megumi Hara
Regional Adviser on Transnational Organized Crime, Regional Office for SEA and the Pacific
UNODC
Suzie White
Deputy Executive Secretary
The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
Toby Evans
Head of Economic Crime
AusPayNet
Farhana Qaosar
Senior Vice President & MLRO Australia, Compliance & Control
BNY
Claudine Lamond
Director, Australian Sanctions Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mark Rysanek
Cybercrime Liaison Officer
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Debra Au
Co-Chair, Asia Pacific
Global Coalition To Fight Financial Crime
Jason Gordon
Head of Data, Technology & Program Management
Australia Financial Crime Exchange
Claire Shaw
Head of Fraud Risk Management
BOQ Group
Souveek Halder
Head of Data Science, Analytics & Intel Reporting – Financial Crime Surveillance
Westpac
Valerie-Leila Jaber
Senior Advisor
Crypto Council for Innovation
Nathan Newman
Acting Chief Financial Crime Risk Officer & Executive MLRO
NAB
Sophie Bowler
Global Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Zodia Custody
Colm Gannon
CEO
The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) Australia
Dr Hannah Harris
Senior Lecturer | Host, Financial Integrity Hub (FIH) Podcast
Macquarie Law School
Siddhant Sahai
SME & Adviser, Financial Crime Compliance & Risk Management
Miguel Aguado
VP of Compliance
Ria Money Transfer | Xe
Shiv Toor
Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO
ING
Amber King
Executive Director, Global Financial Crimes Compliance
Morgan Stanley
Bradley Maclean
Co-founder & Editorial Director
Regulation Asia
Anthony Hope
Group Head of AML, CTF & Fraud Risk
NAB Group
Karl Supit
Head of Financial Crime Compliance, AU Regional AML/CTF, Sanctions & Fraud Officer
Rabobank
Nathan Lynch
Chief Correspondent
Regulation Asia
Jeremy Moller
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Katrina Sharman
Special Counsel
Piper Alderman
Santanu Lodh
Chief Information Security Officer
OFX
Craig Robertson
Financial Crime & Compliance SME
SymphonyAI
Darren Yan
Partnerships Director
Sumsub
Paul Warren-Tape
Chief of Risk & Product Strategy
IDVerse, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Matthew Field
APAC Market Director AML
NICE Actimize
Keith Swanson
Regional Director, Fraud & Compliance – EME-AP
SAS
David Haynes
Chief Revenue Officer
Regulation Asia
Abhishek Chatterjee
Founder & CEO
Tookitaki
