About the Conference
Registration for the Camilleri Preziosi Anti-Financial Crime Conference 2025 is now open.
Join us on 6th May from 08:45 to 13:00 for a half-day event featuring a keynote speech and three engaging panel discussions covering critical topics in financial crime compliance:
i. Strategic Crisis Management in Financial Crime: A Practical and Effective Response to
Emerging Challenges
ii. The Impact of AI in Transforming AML Compliance and Navigating the Data Protection
Challenges
iii. Balancing Overcompliance & De-Risking: A Practical Risk-Based Approach
Gain expert insights, participate in thought-provoking discussions, and network with leading professionals in the field.
Agenda
08:45 – 09:20
Registration of Participants
9:20 – 9:30
Welcome Address
Speaker:
Louis de Gabriele (Managing Partner, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
9:30 – 10:15
Panel Discussion 1 | Strategic Crisis Management in Financial Crime: A Practical and Effective Response to Emerging Challenges
Moderator:
Diane Bugeja (Senior Associate, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
Panelists:
Michelle Mizzi Buontempo (Chief Enforcement Officer, MFSA)
Lorella Galea (Regulatory Compliance Manager, Blevins Frank Wealth Management Limited)
Malcolm Mallia (Founder and CEO, Lexco)
Louis de Gabriele (Managing Partner, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
10:15 – 10:45
Networking Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30
Panel Discussion 2 | The Impact of AI in Transforming AML Compliance and Navigating the Data Protection Challenges
Moderator:
Peter Mizzi (Compliance Manager, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
Panelists:
Ryan Caruana (Group Chief Anti-Financial Crime Officer and MLRO, Bank of Valletta)
Kristoff Zammit Ciantar (Founder & CEO, KYC Portal CLM)
Alexiei Dingli (Full Professor of Applied Artificial Intelligence)
Alexia Valenzia (Lead Associate, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
11:30 - 12:15
Panel Discussion 3 | Balancing Over Compliance & De-Risking: A Practical Risk-Based Approach
Moderator:
Kirsten Debono Huskinson (Partner, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
Panelists:
Daniel Frendo (Senior Manager - Legal Affairs, FIAU)
Mark Drago (Head of Financial Crime Compliance, HSBC)
Isaac DeGaetano (Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO, Multitude Bank plc)
Maria Attard (Senior AML/CFT and Compliance Associate, RMC Wise)
Diane Bugeja (Senior Associate, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
12:15 – 12:20
Closing Remarks
Speaker:
Kirsten Debono Huskinson (Partner, Camilleri Preziosi Advocates)
12:20
Networking Drinks & Refreshments