Global Sanctions Forum

Elena Elia

Assistant General Counsel, Financial Crime at Wells Fargo

Ellen Lake

Senior Corporate Counsel at Rio Tinto

Erica Dunham Jensen

Head of 2nd Line Sanctions Advisory at Danske Bank

Erica is based in Copenhagen, where she leads Danske Bank’s Sanctions Advisory Team within the Financial Crime Compliance division. In this global role, she guides a team of sanctions specialists who provide expert advice to a variety of stakeholders across the bank. With over seven years of experience in financial crime compliance and investigative work, Erica has developed a deep understanding of the complexities and challenges associated with sanctions. Prior to her focus on compliance, Erica built a strong foundation in open-source intelligence, strategic communications, and geopolitical risk management—skills that continue to inform her perspective and decision-making. Her academic background in politics and international relations, together with significant time spent living and working abroad—including in the Middle East and Turkey—contributes to her global outlook and nuanced approach to international compliance. Erica also holds certifications from ICA, ACAMS, and ACSS, and remains actively engaged in the global sanctions community.

Esther Blythe

Deputy Director Russia and Belarus Sanctions at FCDO Sanctions Directorate

Gaelle Maquignon

ITC and Economic Sanctions Framework Lead at Swiss Re

Gavin Proudley

Head of Third Party Risk Proposition, Risk & Compliance at Dow Jones

Jessica Rhee

Sanctions Compliance Officer at OFAC

Konstantin Bureiko

Counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton

Leon Sosnowski

Head of Capital Markets & Litigation at Norges Bank Investment Management

Lisa Bennett

Vice President Legal Compliance, Fraud & Risk at Mastercard

Lotte Penney

Director, Group Sanctions Compliance at Standard Chartered

Lotte joined Standard Chartered in May 2021 as a Director in the Group Sanctions Team and leads on monitoring applicable global sanctions laws and regulations, drafting sanctions policies and standards for the bank, and providing technical advice on business and transactional matters. Lotte is also co-chair of the UK Finance Sanctions Panel, representing over 300 financial institutions to drive the monthly agenda and lead on conversations with UK government. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Lotte was at Barclays bank where she drafted and provided guidance on the bank’s Financial Crime Policy and Standards.

Louie Vargas

Compliance Leader & Founder at Network for Financial Crime Prevention (NFCP)

Lucy Callaghan

Financial Crime Counsel EMEA at Morgan Stanley

Lucy Callaghan is currently the International Head of Financial Crimes Legal at Morgan Stanley. Lucy started her career as a litigator at Clifford Chance. For the last decade Lucy has specialised in providing in-house advice across all the financial crimes, with a recent focus on Economic Sanctions.

Luke Jewell

Head of Enforcement at OFSI

Martin Skeens

Subject Matter Expert, Risk & Compliance at Dun & Bradstreet

Meredith Beeston

Financial Crime Compliance Director at ClearBank

Meredith Rathbone

Partner at Steptoe

Michelle Wiese Bockmann

Senior Maritime Intelligence Analyst at Windward

Neil Isherwood

SME & Strategy Lead, Third-Party Risk & Compliance at Dun & Bradstreet

Neil works as a subject matter expert and strategy lead in Dun & Bradstreet’s Risk and Compliance Solution team. He monitors the shifts in the regulatory landscape and looks to data and technology-led innovation to answer customer and supplier due diligence challenges. With over 20 years of experience in the information industry, Neil works with his customers to help them improve data flow into their organisations using data, integration and technology to aid better decision-making and risk mitigation. The majority of Neil’s experience has been in the financial services industry, though he works with customers across all industries at Dun & Bradstreet.

Neil Whiley

Head of Sanctions at Bank ABC

Neil was responsible for the UK Finance sanctions programme and has worked in the financial services sector for over 20 years, concentrating on sanctions compliance since 2009. Prior to joining UK Finance, Neil was the sanctions SME for Internal Audit at Deutsche Bank in London and previously spent over seven years at Lloyds and later HSBC helping both banks review and improve their sanctions compliance. Neil is a Fellow of both the International Compliance Association and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and holds an MSc in International Commercial Law and Financial Crime Compliance.

Oliver Bodmer

Senior Product Manager at SIX

Oliver Chapman

Head of UK Embargoes and Sanctions at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Paige Berges

Sanctions Counsel at Development Bank

Rachel Alpert

Partner at Jenner & Block

Rob Dalling

Partner at Jenner & Block

Samuel Chang

Partner at Cleary Gottlieb

Sean McGourty

Head of Sanctions & Screening Controls at Danske Bank

Tin Lau

CRO at Mirae Asset Securities UK

Tom Littlechild

EMEA Lead Counsel, Financial Crimes Legal Department at Wells Fargo

Yulia Solomakhina

Special Counsel at Cleary Gottlieb

Zakaria Ouraich

Head of UK Compliance & MLRO at LaSalle Investment Management