The British Bankers’ Association’s fifth annual financial crime conference runs on November 27 and 28 at Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London, WC1B 5BE.
Invited speakers include Bob Upton, Head of Financial Crime Monitoring and Prevention, Lloyds TSB; Bill Hughes, Director General, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA); City of London Police Commissioner Mike Bowron; Sandra Quinn, Project Leader, Fraud Review Team, National Fraud Strategic Authority; and Bob Ferguson, Head of Financial Crime Policy and Intelligence, at regulator the Financial Services Authority. On day one you also get to hear from a convicted money launderer, speaking on the disarming topics of ‘how I got away with it, why I was finally caught and what you can do to protect your organisation from people like me’.
On November 20, investigations consultancy ebis is taking a workshop, aimed at financial institutions, on detecting, investigating and preventing employee fraud. Taking the day are Richard Veale; and David Bacon, formerly Director of Digital Investigation Services (DIS) within QinetiQ. Other BBA events, all in London, are on business continuity management conference on November 6; a money laundering induction workshop
on October 11; and a cyber-security seminar on October 9. There the speakers include Ray Stanton, Global Head Business Continuity, Security and Governance, BT; and Douglas Gilbert, eCrime Intelligence Manager, Group Financial Crime Management, Barclays.
