Adrian is a Global Sanctions Strategy Director at Western Union. He has worked for Western Union’s Compliance departments since 2010 and has experience in FCC Operations management, implementing global sanctions policies and procedures and ensuring sanctions compliance. Adrian is based in Vilnius, Lithuania since 2015.
Nate Bolin, Partner, Faegre Drinker
Nate Bolin is a noted authority on U.S. export controls, economic sanctions, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and related areas of national security and international trade laws. Nate helps corporations and investors use these laws to strategically grow their businesses and add value to their investments. He is particularly valued by clients in advancing and protecting their interests in these areas before federal agencies, Congress, and U.S. and international trade bodies.
Neela Das, Head of Innovation, Accuity
Neela Das leads Accuity’s global, multi-disciplinary innovation team with regional hubs in London, Paris, and Singapore. She is responsible for developing the innovation strategy, collaborating with the financial crime and payments business and technology teams across the globe. Her teams focus on driving ideas from concept to prototype quickly and efficiently using lean methodologies.
Innovation projects at Accuity have included everything from making use of maritime geolocation data to PoCs for distributed ledger technology. Neela currently has a particular focus on the implementation of AI, collaborating closely with clients to uncover pragmatic solutions to their problems.
Benjamin Davis, Chief Research Officer, Kharon
Ben heads the Kharon research and analysis team, which supports global institutions with highest caliber sanctions-related risk intelligence. Ben’s unparalleled expertise on the commercial and operational activities associated with sanctioned actors is built on over a decade of experience in the US government, academia, and private legal practice. Ben served as an analyst at the US Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, as the US Treasury’s Financial Attaché to the Palestinian Authority based in Jerusalem, and as co-lead of the Iraq Threat Finance Cell in Baghdad. As a practicing attorney, Ben litigated a number of complex financial crime cases. He has taught numerous university courses on terrorism and international law issues.
Vincent Gaudel, Compliance Expert, Accuity
Vincent Gaudel is Compliance Expert of Accuity. His responsibilities involve monitoring worldwide regulatory trends to guide product development, functionality growth, and client expansions. Through his previous experiences as a compliance and risk management consultant and compliance officer, Vincent guides expertise in anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism. His contribution has successfully supported sales process and sanctions data teams through in-depth regulatory analysis.
Vincent received his Master in Political Sciences and International and European Relations at Linköping University, Sweden and holds M.Sc in International Business from INSEEC, France.
Paul Gerbino, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Kharon
Paul manages Kharon's partnership efforts, leading and advancing its strategic relationships with technology companies, data providers, and professional services firms. Paul brings nearly a decade of experience in the AML risk and compliance space. Previously, Paul managed business development teams at Bureau van Dijk and also helped to launch and scale the U.S. presence of a UK-based financial crimes data firm.
Max Lerner, Global Head of Sanctions, State Street
Max Lerner is the Global Head of Sanctions for State Street, a leading global bank focused in custodial, asset management and advisory, and administrative services based in Boston. In his role, Max is responsible for: the design, management, and execution of State Street’s global sanctions program; providing global leadership on all sanctions issues and projects, including sanctions screening programs, regulatory remediation and engagement, and policy and business unit advisory; and personnel management and operational oversight of teams based across the globe. Max also sits on State Street’s AML & Sanctions Leadership team, wherein he advises on AML, PEP, cryptocurrency / digital assets, and marijuana issues.
Prior to his tenure at State Street, Max served as Legal Regulatory Counsel at Standard Chartered Bank, a major global bank focused on retail, trade finance, commercial, and correspondent banking, based at its New York office. In that role, Max’s practice focused on three areas: (1) AML & sanctions advisory, (2) dispute resolution management, and (3) regulatory engagement, investigations, and remediation. As the key AML & sanctions counsel based at the New York office, Max worked closely with business units and corporate functions to advise on business transactions and deals, compliance policies and programs, and audit findings. Max was the primary point of contact for government and third-party subpoenas and inquiries, engaged closely with government agencies on investigations, and acted as in-house counsel for US litigation matters. Further, Max was a foundational advisor and in-house counsel in the redesign of Standard Chartered’s AML & sanctions program and remediation plan stemming from its multiple regulatory orders.
Victoria Lumb, Senior Vice President, Kharon
Victoria leads Kharon’s global sales team and operations. She brings to Kharon over a decade of global business development and management experience in AML data and software solutions. Victoria worked ten years at Accuity/Fircosoft building and leading the global sales team and has advised multiple start-ups on launching sales operations and go-to-market strategies.
Howard Mendelsohn, Chief Client Officer, Kharon
Howard works closely with business, compliance and legal professionals to strengthen programs and controls for managing financial crime risk. Howard has over two decades of experience in combatting illicit financial activity, in both the government and the private sector. Howard served at the US Treasury Department from 2001 to 2011, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary (Acting) for Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis. Howard led Treasury’s intelligence functions, including oversight of analytical production, risk assessment, security, and strategic planning. Following his service at Treasury, Howard held leadership positions in Enterprise Compliance at PNC Financial Services Group. He is a recognized thought leader on Financial Crime matters and speaks regularly at conferences.
Adrian Muller, Director, Global Sanctions Strategy, Western Union
Diogo Palhano, Account Director, Kharon
Diogo leads Kharon’s engagement with financial institutions and corporates based in the Western Hemisphere. Diogo advises U.S. technology firms, Canadian banks and corporates, and major Latin American firms on sanctions-related risk typologies that impact commercial activity. Diogo worked at a French tech start-up company, where he was responsible for the firm’s expansion to German-speaking countries. Diogo also interned with the Association for the German Biofuel Industry and with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Diogo is a graduate of HEC Paris and the Free University of Berlin, and is fluent in six languages
Joshua Shrager, Senior Vice President, Kharon
Josh works with Kharon’s key clients on strategic initiatives and partnership opportunities, he also leads Kharon's thought leadership and training programs. Prior to Kharon, Josh was a director at data analytics firm Quid, where he managed east coast and Europe client relations operations as well as directed company wide client engagement strategy and implementation. Previously, Josh served in the US Department of the Treasury as the Deputy Financial Attaché to Saudi Arabia as well as co-lead of the Iraq Threat Finance Cell in Baghdad. He also was a US Department of State Foreign Service Officer, with postings in Mexico and The Gambia, where he oversaw the embassy’s Public Affairs office.