AML Developments in an Irish Context

Event Details

Free


Date and Time

Thu, 30 November 2023

12:00 - 13:00


Location

Your event Zoom link is available via IOB Learn, but will also be emailed to you before 11am on the morning of your event.

Event Details

Free


Date and Time

Thu, 30 November 2023

12:00 - 13:00


Location

Your event Zoom link is available via IOB Learn, but will also be emailed to you before 11am on the morning of your event.

Event details
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Join IOB and Karen Bissett, Head of Financial Crime Compliance/Group MLRO - Bank of Ireland, for a conversation on the EU AML Reform package and what practical impact this will have on financial services firms. Karen will also invite an expert panel discussion on Ireland’s AMLA bid and the significance of same for the Irish financial services sector. Karen will be joined by Marzena Maxwell (Head of Group AML/CFT Compliance at AIB) and Mardie Hughes (MLRO, ptsb) for this highly relevant discussion. This expert panel will probe the direction of travel for the industry against this new regulatory backdrop as well as key concerns and challenges which this regulatory horizon might present.

Registration for this event will close at midnight the night prior to the event or when it reaches capacity.

This event is available to IOB Members. If you are not currently a member, you can sign up here!

There is 1 CPD hour available for the following designations:

-LCOI

-CBD

-CIFD

-FCOI Compliance

-CFCP

-CFRCP

-AFP

Karen Bissett

Karen Bissett is a senior Financial Crimes Compliance and risk leader with over 20 years legal and banking experience. After 12 years in private practice, Karen spent 7 years with the Bank of Ireland Group. Starting as a senior legal adviser in consumer banking she began to specialise in financial services regulatory projects and acted for a time as chairperson of the Bank’s Mortgage Appeals Board. Karen then took on the role as the Head of Sanctions and Counter Terrorist Financing and Deputy Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer. To gain a deeper knowledge of Financial Crimes Compliance and risk from an international banking perspective, Karen spent 3 years as a Global Financial Crimes Director and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer for Bank of America’s EU headquartered entity, Bank of America Europe. Karen returned to Bank of Ireland as Head of Financial Crime and Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer in late 2022. Karen is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and maintains a current practising certificate.

Karen Bissett