Executive Education – Corporate Governance

Financial Crimes in Banking: Detection, Prevention, and Compliance

Executive Education – Corporate Governance

Financial Crimes in Banking: Detection, Prevention, and Compliance

February 10 – 12, 2025

Date

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Time

RM 16,000* per pax

approximately USD 3,555*

In-Person

Format

Overview

Financial Crimes is a comprehensive 3-day program that foster the understanding of the tools used by the financial industry to detect and prevent financial crime. In an era where transparency, trust, and compliance have become paramount, this course will equip banking professionals with the essential knowledge and skills required to protect their institutions from financial crime and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory standards. The program is curated to integrate theories into practical applications, providing participants with insights into crucial aspects such as formulating investigation strategies and engaging with different stakeholders effectively.

This course offers an in-depth exploration of financial crimes, focusing on money laundering, accounting manipulation, fraud, and cybercrime. Students will be guided through the key regulatory expectations, industry best practices, and the sophisticated tools banks must deploy to protect themselves from regulatory and reputational damage.

Key Takeaways

Deepen their understanding of financial crimes
Enhance their knowledge on regulatory compliance
Strengthen institutional safeguards
Promote global cooperation in financial crime prevention
Develop practical skills in financial crime detection

Who Should Attend?

Central bankers from all specialisations within central banks, including:
- auditing
- financial stability
- financial intelligence
- supervision
Central bank officials who have just embarked or are preparing to move into leadership roles within the central banks
Crisis management experts
Fraud and Financial Crime professionals, both public and private sector
- Bankers working in one of the three lines of defence
- Risk Managers
- Compliance Professionals
- AML Investigators
- KYC/CDD/EDD Onboarding and Investigations teams

Alessandro Santoni

Adjunct Associate Professor

Faculty Profile

A distinguished banking and financial supervision expert with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in leadership roles, specializing in financial crisis management, supervision, and on-site inspections.

Since 2014, when the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) was established, he has been actively involved in crisis management and on-site supervision at the European level. As Head of Crisis Management Operations, he led several high-profile financial crisis interventions across the EU. He also headed the Onsite Inspection Section, overseeing assessments in credit risk, asset quality reviews (AQR), market risk, IRRBB, and IT/cyber risk. His contributions extend to key supervisory initiatives, including the SSM NPL Task Force (SSM NPL Guidance), the Anti-Money Laundering Task Force, and the Liquidity Task Force.

At the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) Department, he contributed to technical assistance missions and financial sector assessments (FSN) within the Financial Crisis Division, focusing on MENA and the Caucasus.

Before transitioning to supervisory roles, he spent over 15 years in the banking industry. He served as Head of Strategic Planning, Investor Relations, and Research at BMPS, and previously led the Southern EU Banking Sector (Equity Research) at Goldman Sachs London.

Academically, he holds a PhD in Behavioral Finance from the University of Siena, an Executive MBA (Columbia University, Hong Kong University, London Business School), a Master’s in Economics from SDA Bocconi, and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics, History, and Political Science.

He is certified in Advanced Financial Crimes Investigation (CAMS-FCI), Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), and AML (CAMS). Additionally, he has authored several academic articles and two books published by Springer: “Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector” and “How to Value a Bank: From Licensing to Resolution”.

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