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Hon. Justice Pius Olayiwola Aderemi (CON), a Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria and Member of the National Judicial Commission.
Daren Allen, Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP.
Daren Allen is a Partner, Corporate & Commercial Disputes. Daren joined BLP in January
2011 from DLA Piper, where he was the head of the Financial Services team. He has over 21
years experience in acting for financial institutions and large corporations in relation to complex
regulatory investigations, litigation and enforcement proceedings. Daren regularly advises on
matters relating to fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
Emma Oettinger, Law Society England and Wales.
Emma Oettinger is the Anti-Money Laundering Policy Officer for the Law Society of England and
Wales. She was instrumental in lobbying for changes to the Money Laundering Regulations
2007 on behalf of the profession during their drafting and in preparing the Law Society's antimoney
laundering and mortgage fraud practice notes. Emma is a regular speaker on AML and
continues to assist the profession with AML compliance through the preparation of training
materials and the provision of the AML e-alert.
Zia Ullah, Partner, Pannone LLP
Zia Ullah is a Partner in the Regulatory department of Pannone LLP, advising clients on
sanctions law and regulation, compliance issues, investigations, enforcement and licensing with
particular reference to the UK and US regimes. Zia also advises corporate clients in the financial
services sector on their obligations with regard to the Proceeds of Crime Act and the Money
Laundering Regulations 2007. Prior to re-joining Pannone, Zia was Group Head of Sanctions
and Policy at Barclays, where he was responsible for the global Sanctions function for the
Group in addition to being responsible for the Sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML) and antibribery
and anti-corruption (ABAC) policies.
Mr. Chris Newson, Chief Executive Officer at Stanbic IBTC Plc, Nigeria
A Qualified CAt, Mr. Newson has been with the Standard Bank Group for 16 years. Starting his
career in Corporate Finance.
In 2002, Mr. Newson was the CIB Exco Director with responsibility for Corporate Banking,
Global Transactional Banking, CRM and CIB’s Rest of Africa operations. He was promoted to
Deputy Chief Executive, Standard Bank Africa in August 2006, whilst continuing to head up
Corporate and Investment Banking Africa, he sat on a number of committees within Standard
Bank and CIB including Exco’s, Credit, Alco and Country Risk committees. He is currently the
Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Nigeria.
Mrs Farida Waziri, Chairman, Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Mrs Farida Mzamber Waziri enlisted in the Nigeria Police Force in 1965 and rose to the position
of Assistant Inspector General of Police. She held the positions of Assistant Commissioner of
Police (Operations), screening and selection, Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Police Force
C.I.D Alagbon, Lagos, Commissioner of Police, General Investigation and Commissioner of
Police in charge of X-Squad. In this last position she was responsible for handling cases of
bribery and corruption within the police force. She also served as Commissioner of Police
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