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Anton Moiseienko

Senior Lecturer and Research Director
Australian National University

Byron Tidswell

AML and Financial Crime General Manager
Tabcorp

Detective Senior Constable Ashley Powers

Lead Investigator
Australia Federal Police

Gavin Stuart

Partner
Bartier Perry

Jeremiah Seyrak

Executive Manager, Risk and Compliance
Abacus Group

Katherine Shamai

Partner – Risk Consulting
Grant Thornton

Kelly Dickson

Principal Lawyer
Macpherson Kelly

Lachlan Gepp

Special Counsel
Addisons

Marlene Sadhai

Senior Manager Enterprise Compliance – Financial Crime (Fraud & AML Officer)
Aware Super

Mizu Ardra

Partner - Financial Regulation and Fintech
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

Rachel Waldren

Partner
KordaMentha

Robert Meade

Senior Lawyer
Endeavour Group

Shaun Doyle

Agency Compliance Manager (Australia)
Ray White

Shemira Jeevaratnam

Senior Associate
Baker McKenzie

Shrav Arcot

ASIC and AML/CTF Compliance Leader
EnergyAustralia

Steven Klimt

Partner
Clayton Utz

Timothy Goodrick

Partner – Financial Crime
KPMG

Jeremiah Seyrak

Executive Manager, Risk and Compliance
Abacus Group

Jeremiah is a Risk and Compliance professional who has led risk and compliance functions in both the public and private sector. He has led implementation of risk management systems and frameworks, delivered enforceable undertaking remediation activities, risk management maturity projects, and compliance mapping and improvement projects.

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Opening Remarks from the Chair

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Jeremiah Seyrak,

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14:50

Panel Discussion: What strategies, tools & processes are needed for an effective transaction monitoring system?

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Jeremiah Seyrak,

Lachlan Gepp,

Shemira Jeevaratnam,

Rachel Waldren,

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Marlene Sadhai

Senior Manager Enterprise Compliance – Financial Crime (Fraud & AML Officer)
Aware Super

Marlene is a Certified Fraud Examiner and member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) with over 25 years experience in financial services. Growing up during an apartheid regime in South Africa resulted in Marlene having a deep sense of justice and sparked her passion in fighting financial crime. Her career into financial crime evolved over the last 15 years when she moved to Melbourne from South Africa. She is actively involved with other organisations in the superannuation industry in leading financial crime disruption. She is currently the Fraud and AML Officer at Aware Super and responsible for financial crime and fraud risk management at the enterprise level.

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09:00

What you must learn from Tranche 1: getting AML/CTF compliance right

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Marlene Sadhai,

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Gavin Stuart

Partner
Bartier Perry

Gavin Stuart leads the Commercial Disputes and Fraud & Corruption practices at Bartier Perry Lawyers and brings over 25 years of legal experience to his role. He is a trusted advisor to clients on corporate governance, risk management and the development of best-practice policies and procedures, particularly in the context of corporate fraud and corruption.

Gavin has significant expertise assisting his clients in navigating their regulatory obligations, conducting internal investigations and implementing robust controls to mitigate financial and other risks. His work spans both preventative and responsive strategies, including asset tracing and recovery in complex fraud matters.

He has acted in cross-border disputes involving jurisdictions such as England, New Zealand, India, and the United States, and has experience in institutional and international arbitration. Gavin’s strategic approach and practical insight have made him a sought-after litigator for listed entities, large private companies, State Owned Corporations, statutory bodies, and local government authorities.

Gavin was recognised in the Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards in 2023, winning Mentor of the Year.

Qualifications and affiliations

Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Laws (UTS)
Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand
Commercial Law Association
Communications and Media Law Association
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and NZ
Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors
Member of Law Society of NSW

Publishing history

Co-author of the Litigation chapter in ‘Social Media and the Law’, LexisNexis (1st edition).
Author of ‘Arbitration’ section in Lexis Nexis’s online Business Disputes Practical Guidance resource.

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09:50

Practical Panel Discussion: What do Tranche 2 entities need to do right now to overcome compliance challenges?

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Gavin Stuart,

Shaun Doyle,

Mizu Ardra,

Robert Meade,

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Shaun Doyle

Agency Compliance Manager (Australia)
Ray White

Shaun Doyle is the Agency Compliance Manager for the Ray White Group, where he leads strategic compliance initiatives across Australia to uphold trust, transparency, and legal integrity in real estate practices. With over 15 years in the industry in both residential and commercial real estate, including 7 years in leadership roles with the Ray White Group, Shaun has been instrumental in shaping operational standards, agent conduct protocols, and national compliance rollout strategies, including the group’s AML/CTF implementation plan ahead of the 2026 reforms.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Practical Panel Discussion: What do Tranche 2 entities need to do right now to overcome compliance challenges?

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Gavin Stuart,

Shaun Doyle,

Mizu Ardra,

Robert Meade,

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Mizu Ardra

Partner - Financial Regulation and Fintech
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

Mizu Ardra is a Partner in the Financial Services Advisory team. She regularly advises clients on payments regulation, consumer credit, retail financial services, emerging financial technologies such as crypto/digital assets and blockchain, financial crimes law (including anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and sanctions), privacy and financial accountability regime. In addition to her extensive financial services knowledge, Mizu is also an amateur astronomer with a keen interest in space law.

Having advised on some of the most significant financial regulatory matters in Australia in recent years, as well as completing secondments at some of Australia’s largest banking institutions, Mizu brings an intimate knowledge of the financial services sector to her dealings with clients.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Practical Panel Discussion: What do Tranche 2 entities need to do right now to overcome compliance challenges?

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Gavin Stuart,

Shaun Doyle,

Mizu Ardra,

Robert Meade,

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Robert Meade

Senior Lawyer
Endeavour Group

I advise on corporate governance and major transactions, business-critical litigation, including class actions, royal commissions, regulatory inquiries and reform, investigations, enforcement actions, and related matters. I also support the delivery of transformative commercial projects by providing advice on strategy and risk, regulatory engagement, and dispute resolution.

I have a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from Monash University, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from College of Law, and I am currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration at Melbourne.

My areas of expertise include regulatory affairs, corporate governance, AML/CTF, RSA and RSG, investigations and crisis management, and I frequently lead complex and high-profile matters for large organisations operating in highly regulated industries. I am passionate about learning new skills, expanding my network, and finding mentors and leaders who can help me grow. I also love to share my insights and experiences with others, and am active and creative in my personal life.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Practical Panel Discussion: What do Tranche 2 entities need to do right now to overcome compliance challenges?

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Gavin Stuart,

Shaun Doyle,

Mizu Ardra,

Robert Meade,

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Detective Senior Constable Ashley Powers

Lead Investigator
Australia Federal Police

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11:00

How criminals exploit Tranche 2 sectors & how you can stop them

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Detective Senior Constable Ashley Powers,

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Kelly Dickson

Principal Lawyer
Macpherson Kelly

Kelly Dickson’s love for the law dates back to her school days when she would spend her school holidays in the local courts soaking up the stories and the atmosphere.

Now the real life application and tangible outcomes from her work keep the passion burning. A practical thinker, Kelly provides speedy, straight forward yet solution-oriented advice to her clients. She trusts her gut and never loses track of the end game, getting maximum results for her clients.

Understanding the dynamic nature of the goods and services industry, combined with knowing the legal requirements of bringing their ideas to life enables Kelly to provide immediate advice that reduces risk and doesn’t hold up the process. It’s knowing her role in the process and the best course of action that helps set her apart.

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Understanding your risk exposure & creating a fit-for-purpose risk assessment process

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Kelly Dickson,

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Steven Klimt

Partner
Clayton Utz

Steven Klimt joined Clayton Utz in 1986. Prior to being appointed a partner in 1993, he spent a year on secondment in New York with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.

Steven practises in two areas – major projects with an emphasis on IT procurements and services contracts, and retail banking and financial services regulations.

Steven's major projects practice covers issues relating to procurement strategies and contract structuring for government technology projects, contract administration, privacy issues, government tender process, drafting and project documentation and advising on technology in the context of procurements. He is a leading partner in our major projects team. He has significant experience advising numerous clients – in particular government clients – on major projects.

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12:00

Designing an AML/CTF program aligned to your risk profile

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Steven Klimt,

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Byron Tidswell

AML and Financial Crime General Manager
Tabcorp

Byron is an Executive Risk Leader with depth in financial crime, compliance and risk transformation. He specialises in leading meaningful change and capability uplift in complex, regulated and consumer-facing environments. His work over the last 20 years has been defined by the theme of shifting not only process but also mindsets – delivering measurable, enterprise-wide improvements that protect, defend and empower organisational growth while aligning with risk profile and driving ethical and sustainable practices.

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13:30

Seamlessly integrating an AML/CTF program into your business

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Byron Tidswell,

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Shrav Arcot

ASIC and AML/CTF Compliance Leader
EnergyAustralia

Shrav brings to the table 20 years+ of Global Banking & Financial Services industry (FSI) experience with a deep expertise in Operational risk and Regulatory compliance including AML/CTF, he is highly accomplished and results-driven professional with a proven track record as a leader and risk expert.

He worked in 3 of the major banks across the UK specialising in Governance, Risk, Conduct and Regulatory Compliance. Within Australia, he worked in 3 of the major Banks through Deloitte within their Group Risk, Group Compliance, Financial Crime, Group Finance, & Retail Banking divisions leading teams and supporting in development and implementation of the risk management and compliance frameworks, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements. He also led Risk workstreams for large transformation and remediation programs successfully both for the 1st line and 2nd line teams. Currently he is leading ASIC and AML/CTF Compliance for one of the largest Energy Industries in Australia.

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14:00

Creating an AML/CTF compliance culture that sticks

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Shrav Arcot,

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Lachlan Gepp

Special Counsel
Addisons

“The gambling, sports and media industries are highly competitive and nuanced. I support my clients in these industries to secure optimal commercial outcomes and navigate complex regulatory risks.”

Businesses in the gambling, sports and media industries face into complex and risky decisions every day. Lachlan is an expert advisor and problem solver for these businesses across operational, intellectual property and media rights matters to ensure they achieve the best commercial outcome in highly competitive markets.

Lachlan’s clients also lean on his advice to navigate complex regulatory issues and engagements, including those involving key Australian gambling, money-laundering, media/advertising and consumer regulators. Lachlan has significant experience supporting clients in commercial and intellectual property disputes in the Federal Court of Australia and state Supreme Courts.

Lachlan’s advice to his clients is always pragmatic and is given with a close eye on broader business strategy and objectives. This approach is Lachlan’s winning differentiator, and he brings a unique insight to his client’s problems with deep in-house counsel experience leading the legal team at a major Australian sporting code and the country’s largest online wagering operator.

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Panel Discussion: What strategies, tools & processes are needed for an effective transaction monitoring system?

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Jeremiah Seyrak,

Lachlan Gepp,

Shemira Jeevaratnam,

Rachel Waldren,

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Shemira Jeevaratnam

Senior Associate
Baker McKenzie

Shemira is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Sydney office. Her practice focuses on FinTech, corporate crime and financial services.

Practice Focus

Shemira predominantly works with institutional financial services organisations, global technology companies and FinTechs. She has completed four client secondments.

Shemira was chosen to complete a secondment in Baker McKenzie's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. She was also chosen to represent Baker McKenzie's Asia Pacific offices in Germany at Bucerius Law School's Legal Technology and Operations Summer School.

Representative Legal Matters

First digital bank licence in Australia and creation of first ever neobank in Australia. Assisting on all aspects of APRA's first RADI licence, obtaining Australian financial services licence, Australian credit licence, governance, and negotiation of contracts with third party vendors. Coordination of cross-disciplinary Baker McKenzie team on technology, employment, corporate, and IP matters. Shemira also acts for the third digital bank licence recipient in Australia, as well other neobanks at various stages in the application process.
First-of-a-kind blockchain Ts&Cs. Co-drafting first-of-a-kind blockchain terms and conditions for global renewable energy company.
Digital Wallet expertise. Complex advisory work on several digital wallet products for leading multinational entities.
Creation of P2P products. Creation of multiple peer-to-peer (P2P) lending products. Advising on all aspects of financial services regulatory, anti-fraud and risk.
AML and Financial Crime. Advising the largest global payments companies, investment banks, foreign banks, and financial institutions on all aspects of highly technical AML and financial crime matters. This work includes advisory pieces, as well as practical tools for implementation and re-design of financial crime units.
Re-design and process implementation of AML processes for one of the largest global investment banking, securities and investment management firms.
AUSTRAC Investigations. Assisting financial institutions in responding to AUSTRAC regulatory interactions, design and implementation of remediation programs following investigations or audits, and advising on breach reporting processes.
Advising on regulatory aspects of the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) on its AUD 4.13 billion (USD 3 billion) acquisition of Colonial First State Global Asset Management from Commonwealth Bank.
Investigations. Assisting with on-ground advice for multinational company in relation to regulator criminal investigation and seizure of documents.
Australian Consumer Law. Secondment to provide advice on various aspects of the Australian Consumer Law regime, including consumer guarantees.

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14:50

Panel Discussion: What strategies, tools & processes are needed for an effective transaction monitoring system?

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Jeremiah Seyrak,

Lachlan Gepp,

Shemira Jeevaratnam,

Rachel Waldren,

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Rachel Waldren

Partner
KordaMentha

More than three decades of experience in the public, private and professional services sectors make Rachel a leader in risk management and compliance.

She has held senior roles in the banking sector with responsibility for global and domestic financial crimes, operational risk and compliance. Having worked in a highly regulated environment and as a regulator gives Rachel a unique perspective to client engagements. She is known for her strong leadership and ability to simplify and communicate complex issues, as well as her calm demeanour, objectivity and authority.

Rachel has been engaged by organisations of all sizes across the financial services and corporate sectors. She works with clients to develop tailored, sustainable solutions to risk management that are practical for implementation and compliance. She has been appointed as a financial crime expert in class actions, Royal Commissions and as an AML/CTF Independent Auditor by AUSTRAC.

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14:50

Panel Discussion: What strategies, tools & processes are needed for an effective transaction monitoring system?

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Jeremiah Seyrak,

Lachlan Gepp,

Shemira Jeevaratnam,

Rachel Waldren,

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Timothy Goodrick

Partner – Financial Crime
KPMG

Tim is a Partner in KPMG’s Financial Crime practice where he specialises in leading projects to design and implement effective systems to combat financial crime, with a focus on financial crime transformation. Tim works with clients in the financial and gaming sectors across the financial crime ecosystem including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, targeted operating models, technology, data, remediation, and sanctions.

Tim joined KPMG in 2019 from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) where he spent 5 years based in France and South Korea. At the FATF, Tim led projects to develop policy on beneficial ownership, anti-corruption and virtual assets, and assessed countries against the FATF standards. Most recently, Tim was the acting Director at the FATF’s Training and Research Institute in South Korea. Prior to joining the FATF, Tim worked in the Australian Government (2007-2012) as the Director of Financial Crime at the Australian Attorney-General’s Department, and previously at AUSTRAC in policy and compliance.

Tim has represented Australia and the FATF internationally in various international fora, including at the FATF, G20, OECD, United Nations, Asia-Pacific Group, and the Basel Committee.

Areas of expertise

Basel 4
Financial Services
Financial Services transformation
Financial regulatory reform
National Markets
Risk analytics

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Identifying & managing high-risk customers with due diligence that withstands regulatory scrutiny

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Timothy Goodrick,

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Anton Moiseienko

Senior Lecturer and Research Director
Australian National University

Anton Moiseienko is a Senior Lecturer and Research Director at the Australian National University Law School. His work focuses on financial crime, including money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, and the legal and policy aspects of economic sanctions.

He is the author of Doing Business with Criminals, a wide-ranging account of the objectives and history of financial crime rules published by Cambridge University Press in 2025, and Corruption and Targeted Sanctions, a monograph on the legal and policy implications of ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions published by Brill in 2019. He has also co-edited four books on transnational crime.

Anton's articles or essays have appeared in leading journals, including the Modern Law Review, American Journal of International Law, Criminal Law Review, European Journal of International Law, German Law Journal, International and Comparative Law Quarterly and Leiden Journal of International Law.

He gave testimony to the Australian Senate's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; the UK House of Commons' International Trade Committee; Canada's Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia (Cullen Commission); and the Legal Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe – all of which adopted his recommendations. He also briefed multiple government agencies and policymakers internationally, including the UK's Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade, as well as the EU's Freeze and Seize Task Force.

Anton was previously a Research Fellow at RUSI's Centre for Finance and Security. In that capacity, he led major multi-year research projects that explored the impact of technology on financial crime, as well as illicit trade risks in free-trade zones. He also published on a wide array of subjects including beneficial ownership transparency; corruption and fraud in the UK; and the financial footprint of cybercrime, cyber-enabled fraud and online IP piracy. His work was funded by the Council of Europe; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Economic and Social Research Council; and a variety of private-sector funders.

Anton's consultancy experience includes advising the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, a joint programme of the World Bank and UN Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as consulting for government-funded and private-sector financial crime projects worldwide.

He is often sought out as a commentator on economic crime and sanctions by Australian and global media, including ABC, AFP, Al Jazeera, The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, The Economist, France 24, The Guardian, Japan Times, SBS, Sydney Morning Herald, Washington Post, etc.

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Drafting AML/CTF reports with confidence, clarity, context and client sensitivity

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Anton Moiseienko,

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Katherine Shamai

Partner – Risk Consulting
Grant Thornton

Katherine works closely with C-suite and Boards, advising them on matters relating to financial crime, compliance and good governance, to ensure they have relevant frameworks in place and reduce the level of risk they are exposed to.

She brings a combination of industry and professional services experience, allowing her to give practical and pragmatic advice and recommendations tailored to suit the unique operating environment of each client. Recently, her engagements have included providing recommendations to strengthen control weaknesses identified, drafting risk assessment policies and procedures, and undertaking forensic investigations.

Katherine has worked with federal, state and local government agencies and departments, Not for Profits, ASX listed companies and private companies – in particular in the Financial Services, Gaming, Disability Support Services, and Education industries.

As a well-respected and trusted risk and financial crime expert, she has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of both Fraud Magazine (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners) and Internal Auditor Magazine (Institute of Internal Auditors (US)).