2026 Agenda
This year’s RegTech Exchange London brings together senior UK compliance, financial crime and risk leadership to explore how modernisation is being delivered in practice – across strategy, workflow, controls, data use and operating model change.
Time
Session
Format
- 09:00 - 09:30
Arrival & Networking Breakfast
Networking
- 09:30 - 09:35
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Speaker: Oscar Cunningham, Co-Founder & Director of Events, Shape Finance
Opening Address
- 09:35 - 10:20
This panel cuts through the noise around AI in compliance to focus on what is genuinely delivering value today. Senior compliance and financial crime leaders will share where AI is working in practice, where it has fallen short, and how these tools are changing day to day workflows across compliance teams. The discussion will also explore the internal foundations needed to deploy AI safely, how firms are approaching governance and regulatory comfort, and what differentiates successful AI vendor partnerships from those that struggle in implementation.
Speakers:
- Oonagh van den Berg, Founder, Raw Compliance [Moderator]
- Marili Anderson, Managing Director, Head of Compliance – London Branch, Rabobank
- Ashley Bostel, Financial Crime Analytics Strategy Lead, NatWest Group
- Michael Harriman, Senior IT Advisor, Redwood Bank
Panel Discussion
- 10:20 - 10:30
Product Demo - AMLcheck, an AVOS Tech solution
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Speaker: Clara Johansson Dinesen, Business Development Manager, AVOS Tech
Product Demo
- 10:30 - 11:10
Coffee & Networking Break
Networking Break
- 11:10 - 11:50
RegTech Outside Tier 1: Modernising Compliance & FinCrime in Challenger and Mid-Market Financial Institutions
This panel focuses on how mid-market and challenger financial services firms are modernising compliance and financial crime functions outside of Tier 1 banking. Panellists will share what RegTech adoption looks like in practice when resources, data and budgets are constrained, including how firms prioritise what to modernise first and where compromises are unavoidable. The discussion will explore what good looks like at this scale, common pitfalls others can learn from, and how to distinguish RegTech solutions that are genuinely suited to mid-market realities rather than built primarily for Tier 1 institutions.
Speakers:
- Nina Topiwala, Founder, Fincaro
- Sayuri Ganesarajah, Head of Legal and Compliance, Hivemind Capital Partners
- Kemal Sahin, Former Chief Compliance Officer at ZEN.COM
- Filipina Weclewska, UK MLRO, TransferGo
Panel Discussion
- 11:50 - 12:30
Where Compliance Meets the Customer: Designing Onboarding That Drives Revenue and Meets KYC/CDD
This panel explores the practical trade-offs between customer experience, revenue growth, and robust KYC and CDD controls in onboarding journeys. Compliance, risk, and business leaders will share where they have successfully reduced friction without weakening standards, and where hidden operational issues such as data mismatches or vendor complexity have undermined onboarding performance. The discussion will examine how firms build internal alignment around lower friction journeys, keep changes defensible to regulators, and measure onboarding success in a way that clearly links compliance decisions to conversion, retention, and revenue outcomes.
Speakers:
- Marvin Hurlston, Senior Director – Client Onboarding, OakNorth [Moderator]
- Mark Terry, Head of OKYC, Lloyds Banking Group
- Dane Pedro, Head of UK Compliance & MLRO, Mollie
- Mitul Malde, Former Head of Correspondent Banking & Onboarding, (Independent)
Panel Discussion
- 12:30 - 13:00
Closing Remarks & Networking Lunch
Networking Break
- 13:00