Anti-money laundering and financial crime conference

David Lee is an event host, conference organiser, writer, editor and PR consultant. He worked for daily newspapers for 21 years, latterly as Senior Assistant Editor at The Scotsman before establishing his own business in 2009. As Director of David Lee Media & Events Ltd, he has organised 100-plus business and public policy conferences and seminars and hosted almost 200 events for a range of public and private sector clients across the UK. He has covered legal affairs for 15 years and has been a judge in the Scottish Legal Awards since 2004. As well as law, he has a particular interest in fintech, life sciences, forestry and rural affairs, renewable energy, education and general public policy. Away from work, he is a father of four children (and two dogs) and is a passionate coastal rower and an enthusiastic footballer of declining ability. He spends a lot of time on buses and trains, often leading to Twitter fury @davidleemedia

David Artingstall is an independent consultant specialising in AML/CFT and regulatory risk issues. His roles as a consultant over recent years have included assignments as an international contracted expert for the IMF, Council of Europe and European Commission providing technical assistance on national AML/CFT frameworks. He has advised the private sector on risk issues and helped to develop the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s risk framework, as well as developing financial crime qualifications and co-authoring research. Prior to becoming a consultant, David held financial crime policy and intelligence roles in various public sector organisations, including the Financial Services Authority, where as a Technical Specialist he established a strategic intelligence function, in addition to acting as deputy MLRO; the UK Financial Intelligence Unit and Special Projects Branch at the National Criminal Intelligence Service, including being a founder member of the Terrorist Finance Team in 2001 and a period on secondment to one of the UK’s intelligence agencies; and the Metropolitan Police Special Branch, where he specialised in TF intelligence and investigation.

Graham has 17 years' experience in a wide variety of financial crime-related roles within the financial sector. This includes complex money laundering investigations, international sanctions violations and project work, along with fraud strategy, analysis and investigation. Graham specialises in using this experience to help firms implement robust, proportional and practical AML controls/risk management frameworks.

Martin Cox is currently Senior Manager and Deputy Head of the  UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) National Crime Agency (NCA). Martin has over 30 years Investigative and Intelligence experience in the Military, HM Customs and Excise National Investigation Service, National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and NCA. These have included overseas postings as the Drugs Liaison officer in Portugal and Operational Security Advisor in Afghanistan. Martin also spent four years in Lyon, France on attachment to INTERPOL as Assistant Director responsible for Fugitives, Anti-kidnapping and Extortion, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.

Michael has a distinguished track record of research in a range of criminological areas and, in particular, have built an international reputation for excellence in basic and policy-oriented research on money laundering, corruption, cybercrimes, transnational organised crime and white-collar crimes. Michael has played an advisory role both internationally (with the European Commission, Europol, Council of Europe, UN and World Economic Forum) and nationally (with the UK Home Office and Cabinet Office, and with the Crime Statistics Advisory Committee).

Jane was admitted as a solicitor in 1992 and specialised in professional indemnity litigation before joining NLS in 2004 and is now an Associate Professor and a specialist in legal regulation and compliance. She has designed a variety of programmes, including the compulsory Risk Management Education Programme for the Law Society of Hong Kong, and the framework for the final qualification for registered trade mark attorneys. She has advised law firms and legal regulators on legal education and compliance in both the UK and internationally and is a member of Nottingham Law School’s Centre for Legal Education. Jane was also a co-author of the SRA’s CPD Review and a contributor to Butterworths Commercial Court & Arbitration Pleadings.

Brian Inkster is the founder of Inksters Solicitors with offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Forfar, Inverness, Portree, Wick and a visiting base in Lerwick. Brian obtained the distinction of being named Solicitor of the Year at the Law Awards of Scotland in 2006. He was called “a one man Scottish legal institution” in the Recommended Law Firm Guide 2010. At the Law Awards of Scotland in 2014 he was recognised as Managing Partner of the Year. Brian is actively expanding Inksters’ reach throughout Scotland with the aim to make his firm a preeminent force in the Scottish legal market. Technology is an important part of this drive with Inksters being completely cloud based and having appointed a Legal Process Engineer to make the firm a very process oriented one. Brian is often asked to provide presentations or comment on the use of technology in relation to running a law firm. Brian blogs on the Past, Present and Future Practice of Law at www.thetimeblawg.com