Safeguarding Australia's Financial Future – Unleashing the Power of Collaboration against Financial Threats!
September 09 - 10, 2025 | Sydney, Australia
Chris Kahts
Global Head of Financial Crime Risk and Global MLRO Macquarie Group
Chris serves as Macquarie’s group head of Financial Crime Risk having joined the firm at the end of 2020. Prior to Macquarie, Chris spent 14 years with Barclays serving in various roles across Compliance and Risk based in South Africa, Switzerland and the UK. He joined from KPMG where spent 3 years across a number of advisory and audit engagements for clients in Europe, Southern and Central Africa. Chris holds a BSc (Hons cl.) in Computer Science & Mathematics, CISA and Hdip Auditing. His focus and passion is set on disrupting the harm that financial crime has to society.
Main Conference Day One: Tuesday 03 September 2024
9:00 AM LEADERS’ PANEL: BANKING PANEL
• At a high level, could you talk about how you view collaboration, and do you consider it to be important in the current environment in working towards fraud prevention, financial crime detection?
• What are some of the preparation work or key items your organisation is considering in order to have a seamless integration of the AML/CTF proposed reforms, and do you have any tips on how to guarantee a smooth and efficient adoption of new requirements?
• Is your organisation considering the use of Artificial Intelligence into operations, and what are the benefits you see, if at all, in enhancing overall organisational effectiveness?
• Can you discuss some of the changes your organisation is making to proactively detect,
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Chris.
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