Date: 17th June 2025
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Hosted by: Maya Braine - Managing Director, Head of Financial Crime, Alan Hadley - Director, Head of Digital Finance and Oyin Okusaga - Senior Consultant, Financial Crime.
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Agenda
- Regulatory expectations and why risk assessments matter
- Common pitfalls and the dangers of a poor or outdated risk assessment
- The foundations of a strong risk assessment: what good looks like
- How to keep the process simple, proportionate and practical
- Q&A
Speakers
Maya Braine - Managing Director, Head of Financial Crime
Maya has worked in Financial Services for approaching 15 years, with the last five specifically wording in the financial crime consultancy space. She has worked with a wide variety of regulated financial institutions on developing anti-financial crime frameworks, assurance, remediation and training. She formerly worked in the financial crime teams at Deutsche Bank and HSBC, heading up regional high-risk client assurance teams and intelligence/investigation units. She is a Middle East regional specialist, and has lived and worked in the UAE, Lebanon and Syria.
Alan Hadley - Director, Head of Digital Finance
Alan Hadley is Director, Head of Digital Finance team at Cosegic. With 35 years of experience in financial services, including 15 years in compliance, risk management, and anti-financial crime, Alan brings a wealth of knowledge to Cosegic.
His background spans investment management, stockbroking, international banking, and fintech, with expertise in UK and EU regulatory regimes. Previously authorised as an SMF16 Compliance Officer and SMF17 MLRO.
Oyin Okusaga - Senior Consultant, Financial Crime
Oyin recently joined the Financial Crime team as a Senior Consultant. She has 10 years of experience in financial services, including work on Section 166 projects and financial crime assurance reviews. Oyin provided 2LoD advisory at both Amazon Payments and China Construction Bank, and also spent 3 years in financial crime consulting.
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