2026 Judges
The ICA Compliance Awards are judged by an independent panel of 70+ senior practitioners.
Confirmed judges to date include:

Sam Ahangama
Deputy Head of Compliance
National Bank of Kuwait

Ndidi Ahiauzu
Risk and Compliance Director (DMLRO)
British Business Bank

Pedro Amaral
Head of Due Diligence
Banco BPI

Kash Baig
UK CCO & MLRO - International Compliance
Charles Schwab

Caroline Baker
Chief Compliance Officer
Castle Trust Bank

Sérgio Barata
Head of Transaction Monitoring
Banco BPI

Lisa Bennett
Legal Compliance Director
Mastercard

Addo Boadum
Head of Compliance & MLRO
Unison Global Markets (UGM) Ltd

Miloš Bogdanović
Head of Group Compliance
AikGroup

Cynthia Borg
Head of Financial Crime Compliance
APS Bank (Malta)

Caroline Braddock
Ethics and Compliance Officer
Rolls-Royce

Jim Bridges
Head of Risk and Compliance
Allsop LLP

Sarah Bullock FICA
Chief Compliance Officer
EY UK

Christian Captieux
Group Compliance Director
Loyal North Plc, and SMF16 and 17 for Fusion Asset Management

Warwick Carruthers
Global Head of Business integrity (Home care, Governance and Innovation)
Unilever

Rajendra Chokshi
Head of Legal and Compliance and MLRO
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank London

Allan Clare
Advisor, Mentor & Coach
Obsequella Ltd

Ashley Clarke
Senior Compliance Officer
Citi

Ben Crossland
Chief Compliance Officer, MLRO
Leerink Partners UK

Matthew Dalby

Sian Darlympe
Chief Compliance Officer
MaplesFS

Anthony Davies
Senior Compliance Manager
AXA Health

Katherine Delikoura
Chief Compliance Officer
Council of Europe Dvelopment Bank

Gregory Dellas
Chief Compliance and Innovation Officer
ECOMMBX

Ansie Delport
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solution - Director of Compliance
Sandvik

Sarah Diller

Melvyn Dillon
Head of Conduct & Compliance Monitoring
Sainsbury’s Bank

Jon Duffy
Senior Vice President, Corporate Assurance & Regulatory Affairs
Genting Casinos UK

Sophie Dupré-Echeverria
Head of Group Risk & Compliance International
Australian Super

Rebecca Edwards
MLRO
Travel FX

Adrianna Fabijanska
Global Head Financial Crime Compliance – Investment Banking
ING Wholesale Banking

Jermaine Frue
Vice-President of Anti Money Laundering operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bank of America

Emily Gooday
Head of Compliance
Genistar

Tarek Howayek
Regional Head of AML and Compliance Policies
MENAT

Neil Jennings
Founder
GLF Strategic Compliance

Maryam Kamal
Head of Compliance & AML
The Benefit Company

Rezaul Karim
Ex-AVP, Financial Crime Investigations
HSBC

Sharon Keith
Head of Group Compliance
Arriva

Lance King
Head of Compliance & Deputy MLRO
Virgin Media O2

Shyam Kotecha
Chief Compliance Officer, MLRO & Director
M T Finance

Shivali Kukreja
Head of Risk & Compliance
nib New Zealand

Egidijus Kuslys
Head of Complex Products Monitoring & Market Surveillance
Danske Bank

Mickaël Latapie
Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer
Allwyn

Johanna Maria Leiner
Compliance Governance, Ethics & ESG Specialist and ICA Global Practitioner Technical Advisory Board
Global Practitioner Technical Advisory Board Member

Micaela Madureira
Head of Compliance
Banco Carregosa

Dr Therisa Mallia
Deputy MLRO and Head - Policy and Reporting
Bank of Valletta p.l.c.

Elizabeth Martine
Controls Design and Oversight Director
Close Brothers

Jason McKinney
CCO & MLRO
My EU Pay

Sanja Mijušković
Head of AML/CFT Department
HIPOTEKARNA BANKA

Natia Mikautadze
Chief Compliance Officer
JSC TBC Bank

Katherine Mills
Head of Compliance
Intesa Sanpaolo

Emma Mohan
Chief Risk Officer & MLRO
Chip Financial

Adam Moore
Head of Compliance
CreditSpring

Jeffrey Mugwagwa
Head Financial Crime Prevention
Standard Bank Offshore

Mark Nuttal
Executive Advisor & Strategic Deal Facilitator, Governance, Risk, AML & ESG Specialist

Chantelle Obatolu
Assistant Vice President, AML and Financial Crime
Global Bank

Ruta Osencoviene
Non-Executive Management Board Member
Phoenix Payments, UAB

Darek Paleczny
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Worldline Merchant Services

Dane Pedro
Head of UK Compliance & MLRO
Mollie

Damiano Piazzolla
Executive Director - Head of EMEA Sanctions
JPMorgan Chase

Elizabeth Purdy
Senior Manager, CIB and LBCM Markets Shared Services CCOR, Markets, RISK
Lloyds Banking Group

Reica Rampersadh
Programs Director
The Linux Foundation, the Tazama Project

Chris Rulton
Head of Group Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Family Fund Trust, Family Fund Business Services

Michael Schweiger
Chief Compliance Officer
EEA Payments

Ashu Sharma
Chief Strategy Officer
Association of Corporate Investigators

Richard Taylor
Global Head Of Regulatory Change - Global Wealth and Personal Banking, HSBC
HSBC Holdings PLC

Mark Taylor
Global Head of Financial Crime and MLRO
CEX.IO

Xavier Varin
SVP, Ethics and Compliance
Sportradar

Sam Watson
Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO
True Potential LLP

Ben Westwood
Head of Compliance & DPO
Motor Insurers Bureau
