Join the FinCrime & Surveillance Summit
on 15 April 2026

Anna Urbańska, CEO Poland, Standard Chartered
Cezary Piekarski, Group Chief Information Security Officer, Standard Chartered

Ruth Bailey, Global Head, Sanctions Compliance, Standard Chartered
Marcus Woodcock, Head, Financial Crime Risks, Sanctions, UK and Europe, Standard Chartered

Hemanshu Parekh, Executive Director, Financial Crime Surveillance Operations, Standard Chartered

Environment degradation may have reached irreversible levels. Crimes against nature amount of hundreds of millions dollars annually. And that’s where banks can help. By following the money – you follow the crime – hitting the criminals where it hurts – their pocket. Come – let’s catch some environmental criminals together – after all, we don’t have a “PLAN(et) B”!

Esme Hodson, Chief Compliance Officer, SC Ventures

The session focuses on a frontier risk of composable finance in decentralised and centralised environments.

Alex Fisher, Director, FCC, Strategic Intelligence, Group i3, Standard Chartered (moderator)
Martin Ayrton, Head, Crime and Intelligence, Standard Chartered
Kristina Amerhauser, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)
Ridhi Bhatnagar, Director, Fraud Risk, Payments & Digital at Standard Chartered

Łukasz Matysiak, Cryptocurrency Specialist, Central Cybercrime Bureau, Poland

Yulia Murat, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Global Ledger Switzerland

Digital asset ecosystems operate differently from traditional fiat systems, requiring a distinct supervisory lens. This session will highlight key structural differences between blockchain and banking oversight, examine crypto transaction flow patterns, nesting, layering and cross-chain activity, and discuss how multi-hop and indirect exposure reshape sanctions and AML risk assessment. Drawing on supervisory and central bank training experience, the presentation will translate blockchain analytics into practical approaches for financial crime and surveillance teams.

TBA

William Newton, Lead, Ransomware Affiliates Threat Area, Standard Chartered
Slawomir Kiraga, Lead, Intelligence Enablement, Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered’s Cyber Intelligence Centre demonstrates how the synthesis of multiple intelligence streams creates a holistic view of the threat landscape, and reveals opportunities to disrupt cybercrime.

Lech Kurkliński, PhD, Professor, Warsaw School of Economics

What are the key challenges associated with attempts to regulate the crypto-asset market? From a regulatory standpoint, to what extent do crypto-assets differ substantively from traditional financial instruments? What initial experiences and opinions have emerged regarding the implementation of the MiCA Regulation? At the current stage, to what degree is it possible to conduct a preliminary assessment of the regulation’s impact, both in terms of its stated objectives and the potential risks?

Geoff White, author, speaker, investigative journalist and podcast creator

This session will explore the cutting edge of DPRK cyber activity – a story that ties together financial crime, corporate espionage and statecraft – with important lessons for organisations of all sizes.

Andrew Clifford, Global Head, ABC Policy and Framework, Standard Chartered

The world is struggling to control corruption, with the most recent global corruption perceptions index showing averages dropping to their lowest point in over a decade. The fight is not necessarily “lost,” but it is stalling or losing ground in many areas due to democratic backsliding, the erosion of justice systems, and, increasingly, corruption within high-scoring, developed nations. During this session, you will learn more about the global trends in corruption, what is fuelling the crisis and the bright spots.