Mr Muhammad Shahid Farid

Head of AML/CFT & Sanctions
The Commercial Bank of Qatar

Bio: TAML/CFT Auditor & Risk Professional with 13 years hands on experience and key competencies in designing, implementing, monitoring and testing AML/CFT/CPF, Sanctions & Regulatory Compliance Programme for Financial Institutions, FinTechs and DNFBPs.

Mr Faisal M. Vakassi

Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
& Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)
Mashreq Bank – Qatar

Bio: A Risk Management & Compliance Professional with over 18 years of global experience within the regulatory compliance and Financial Crime risk management industry, with expertise in financial crime (i.e., Anti-Money Laundering, Combating Terrorism Financing, Fraud, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, and Sanctions) risk assessment, monitoring & testing, investigations, regulatory compliance, reporting, policy/procedure development, and strategic project administration. Core competencies include:

• Credible leadership background in risk and compliance
• Certified & tech savvy Compliance Specialist
• Change Management with business acumen.
• Creative and analytical thinking
• Pragmatic decision-making
• Expert communication and interpersonal skills
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Effective coordination with stakeholders
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Multilingual (7 languages) and approachable

Ms Georgina Duffy

Head of Compliance & MLRO
Hubpay

Bio: Georgina is a CAMS/CGSS/CAFCA certified Compliance Officer & MLRO with 11 years of experience in compliance, fraud, and risk. A two-times ACAMS speaker, she has worked in the Fintech sector in San Francisco, London, and Dubai. She has built AML programs from scratch, including writing policies, using data science to build internal fincrime solutions, and vendor sourcing and integration for KYC/CDD, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening. She has worked closely with regulators and financial

Mr Talal Shoukat

Chief Compliance Officer/MLRO
Gulf Exchange

Bio: Talal Shoukat has 15 years of experience in financial services such as Banking Operations, Compliance, financial crime, Sanctions, AML/CFT System Implementation and Training. He is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) ACAMS , a Certified Compliance Manager CCM -GCI, Certified Train the Trainer from ILLAF UK, Associate Charter Banker from Charter Banker Institute the UK and Banking Diploma IBP. He holds multiple other financial crime related certifications. He is a speaker in Global conferences. He has provided many training sessions in financial institutions & academies in the field of financial crime risk assessment, customer due diligence, trade due diligence, risk-based approach. He has in addition to the above deep knowledge in compliance system implementation. He is an Accredited Trainer from Global Compliance Institute and provides GCI Certifications training in Qatar and around the Globe. He thinks that financial crime is serious issue and one need upskill themselves to in order combat this serious crime.