SPEAKERS
SIMON WALSH
DIRECTOR - COMPLIANCE
DMCC
Simon Walsh is the Director – Compliance at DMCC. He oversees DMCC’s Compliance Department by managing the facilitation of business for DMCC member companies and safeguarding the reputation of DMCC.
Simon has 30+ years of experience directing and managing compliance and operations within banks, financial institutions and both corporate and government entities. His strengths also lay relationship development with corporate, institutional and private high net worth individuals.
In his role at DMCC for the past six years, Simon plays an integral role in spearheading DMCC’s internal compliance policies and procedures. His day to day responsibilities include communicating with regulators, monitoring sanctions and implementing and supervising both in-house and external best practice compliance plans. He also provides guidance to DMCC member companies in areas specific to UAE compliance and corporate governance requirements and economic substance reporting.
He also currently represents DMCC in a UAE Federal capacity as part of the on-going FATF assessment of the UAE.
Simon is FSA and CAMS qualified and has extensive knowledge and training in Trade Finance, Asset Management and has worked across the larger precious metals industry in Dubai before joining DMCC.
GILSON COSTA
CEO
VAF COMPLIANCE
Gilson started his career in BNY Mellon in 2010 in Manchester with a focus on Financial Services and FinTech. At his latest role in investment banking at JP Morgan Chase, Gilson was part of the High Growth Tech Sales team after having had other previous roles in Compliance and F&O Collateral Management. Previously to founding VAF, Gilson was part of the initial team of one of the first fully regulated crypto exchanges in the Middle East in ADGM. Gilson has also presented and moderated on a global stage at numerous financial, Blockchain and Digital Asset conferences, as well as to more select audiences including international law firms and regulators.
VASSANDA PERIATAMBY
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
BANKS CORPORATE SERVICES
Vassanda is a Senior Associate/ Group MRLO at Banks Legal with over 12 years of legal experience in Paris, France and UAE. Vassanda oversees our corporate structuring/ restructuring practice and the governance, risk and compliance division.
Bringing over 4 years of experience as in-house Compliance Officer with expertise in managing compliance functions, she is appointed as our group MRLO and compliance officer for our DNFBP firm. Her key professional strengths include structuring, governance, AML, risk and compliance, asset protection and company administration. Vassanda is adept at providing strategic commercially focused business advice, earning the trust of
clients, and building successful and long-lasting work relationships.
DR KAREN LOPEZ
LEGAL & COMPLIANCE ADVISOR
SCALE COMPLIANCE
Dr. Karin Lorez is the founder of Lorez Legal, a forward-think- ing, boutique legal advisory firm specializing in financial market, cryptocurrency and Blockchain regulation and founding partner of Scale Compliance, a compliance service provider for crypto companies as well as a regulated financial intermediary in Switzerland. Karin Lorez offers over 14 years expertise in the financial markets.
JEANNETTE LEHMANN
SENIOR COMPLIANCE OFFICER
SCALE COMPLIANCE
- Compliance officer for financial intermediaries
- Wallet and transaction screenings
- Crypto compliance support for banks and other financial institutions
- Onboarding of clients; online and video identifications
- Conduct compliance trainings with clients and carry out compliance audits