Matthew S. Simas joined the U.S. Army in 2008 as a military police after earning a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Rhode Island College. Following a deployment to Iraq, Simas earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from Columbia Southern University. In 2011, he...

Lydra Arkaxhiu is a senior compliance manager in the head office of Assicurazioni Generali Group. Arkaxhiu is a qualified lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws degree in both Italy and Albania. She has strong compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) expertise in main global financial institutions....

Eduardo Rangel is the chief compliance officer at National Bank of Bahrain. With ample experience in banking and compliance spanning for over 30 years, Rangel has advised banks, financial institutions, broker-dealers, ultra-high-net-worth family offices, funds, money services businesses, third-party payment processors, disruptors, global corporates and...

Fareda D. Sands is an experienced compliance, risk and anti-money laundering (AML) specialist with over two decades in the field. Sands has been an Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) member for more than 12 years. She is the president of Initium Novum Enterprise...