Prior to his current appointment, Stuart Pearce had a long and successful career in international banking and financial services with HSBC in the Middle East, North America, Asia and Europe.   

In 1992 he was appointed CEO of HSBC Private Banking Europe and Middle East, directly overseeing HSBC’s Private Banking operations in Switzerland and London. In 1997 he was appointed Chief Executive and Country Manager at HSBC Japan.  During his tenure he was also Chairman of the International Bankers Association in Japan, and a member of the board of HSBC Securities and the British Chamber of Commerce.

In 2001 Stuart Pearce was appointed HSBC’s Head of Corporate Banking in the UK, and in 2002 he took up the new appointment of CEO of HSBC Investment Management, in which he designed and implemented a strategy to create an integrated investment management business. 

He retired from HSBC in May 2005 and was appointed Chief Executive and Director General of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority. The Centre is designed to attract international financial services institutions and major multi-national corporations to share in a long-term and mutually beneficial partnership with Qatar.

Gert Demmink is former Head of Department, Expert Centre for Integrity, in the Directorate of Supervision of the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.), responsible for the supervision of efforts to combat money laundering, financing of terrorism and (tax) fraud. Currently he is Managing Director, Eagle Compliance. He is also senior adviser to the Central Banks in the Netherlands IMF Constituency (mainly former Soviet Republics) with regard to AML/CFT/Corruption and (tax) fraud. He has also advised Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia & Bulgaria.

Other Skills:

• Deputy Judge in the Amsterdam Criminal Court (since November 2001)
• Freelance trainer with FMO (Institute for Financing of Developing Countries): presentations and in-house workshops in Islamic banks in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2003)
• Trainer with the Netherlands Compliance Institute.
• Chairman, Training & Education Committee of Netherlands Chapter ACFE.
• Lawyer & Forensic Auditor by profession

Professional Experience Record:

• 1991 – 1996: Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands. Senior policy officer in the field of international co-operation (police/prosecution)
• 1996 – 1997: Netherlands Antilles Government Project Manager for the FIU
• 1998 – 2007: De Nederlandsche Bank N.V.
• Current: Managing Director, The Caribbean Compliance Company, The Eagle Compliance Company and Philip Sidney (the international governance and compliance initiative)

Dr. Nasser H. Saidi is the Chief Economist of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFCA) and Executive Director of the Hawkamah-Institute for Corporate Governance at the DIFC. He served as the Data Protection Commissioner of DIFC from January to August 2007.

He is a former Minister of Economy and Trade and Minister of Industry of Lebanon (1998-2000). He was the First Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon for two successive mandates, 1993-1998 and 1998-2003. He is co-chair with the OECD of the MENA Corporate Governance Working Group and established the Lebanon Corporate Governance Task Force. He was a Member of the UN Committee for Development Policy (UNCDP) for two mandates over the period 2000-2006, appointed as a member in his personal capacity by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

He has a recent book, “Corporate Governance in the MENA countries: Improving Transparency & Disclosure”, and a number of books and publications addressing macroeconomic, capital market development and international economic issues in Lebanon and the region. His research interests include macroeconomics, financial market development, payment systems and international economic policy, and ICT.

Dr. Saidi has served as economic adviser and director to a number of central banks and financial institutions in the Arab countries, Europe and Central and Latin America. Prior to his public career, Dr. Saidi pursued a career as an academic, as a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago, the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales (Geneva, CH), and the Université de Genève, and was a lecturer at the American University of Beirut and the Université St. Joseph in Beirut.

He holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester in the U.S.A, a M.Sc. from University College, London University and a B.A. from the American University of Beirut.

Present - Head of Financial Information Unit October 17, 2004 onwards 
- Member of ‘National Anti-Monety Laundering & Terrorism Financing Committee’
- Member of National Committee for Terrorism Combating
- Representing the State of Qatar in the meetings of:
- FATF
- MENA FATF
- Egmont Group
- Attending Regional & Internatioal Meetings of:
- UN
- Interpol
Previous Experience - 
Banking Inspector, Banking Control Dept. Qatar Central Bank 1993 – 2004
Inspection of all banks operating in Qatar including procedures, trial balance, credits, loans and other facilities, tariffs, interests, percentage of liquidity, reserve requirements, financial capacity, policy of profit and liquidity and compliance of executive directives/instructions etc. of the Bank and preparing pertinent reports.

Michael J Lesser is Managing Director of the QFCRA with overall responsibility for the supervision of financial institutions operating in the QFC.  His Division also has overall responsibility for the application of AML rules at both regulated firms and licensed professional firms operating in or from the QFC.  Prior to joining the QFCRA in 2006, Mr. Lesser had 35 years of experience as a supervisor of banks and financial institutions. A recipient of the Robert H. McCormick Award for Excellence in International Bank Supervision, Mr. Lesser previously worked at the New York State Banking Department as Deputy Superintendent of Banks, with overall responsibility for the supervision of depository institutions. He headed various divisions at the N.Y. State Banking Department, including Large Complex Banks, Foreign Banks, Research and Technical Assistance and held the position of Chief Bank Examiner. He also had responsibility for overseas examinations and international regulatory liaison.  Mr. Lesser has drafted protocols (both interstate and federal-state) for the U.S. foreign bank supervision cooperation agreements. He has also worked on the drafting of the rating system and examination manuals used in the U.S. for offices of foreign banking organizations. Mr. Lesser holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from the City College in New York.

Bryan joined the DFSA in 2008 as Director, Supervision primarily covering banking and insurance companies.  Bryan is also co-ordinating the DFSA’s efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing within the Dubai International Financial Centre.  This includes co-operation with a variety of local, regional and international counterparts.

Bryan has spent most of his working life in the financial regulatory sphere, in both public and private sector roles.  Bryan spent 11 years working for the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as a National Bank Examiner, where he specialised in policy development and implementation, problem bank rehabilitation and banking fraud initiatives.  He later spent 12 years working for BearingPoint, Inc., a US-based management and technology consulting firm. 
During his consulting career, Bryan focused his attention on Emerging Markets, including management of large-scale and multi-faceted development projects in Poland, Ukraine, Cyprus and Kazakhstan.

Mr Webb is a graduate in law of Victoria University of Wellington. Prior to joining the QFC Regulatory Authority, Mr Webb was a leading New Zealand commercial barrister specialising in securities, banking, corporate, insolvency and public regulatory law, acting in advisory, contentious business and transactional matters. He has been closely involved in financial markets, corporate and insolvency law development and reform. He has also acted in lead legal roles in regulatory regimes for the electricity and telecommunications sectors. From 1992 to 2003 he was a member and variously acting Chairman of the New Zealand Securities Commission. Other appointments have included as a director of significant New Zealand and Australian companies and recently Chair of the Ministerial Task Force on Financial Intermediaries in New Zealand. 

Nigel Morris-Cotterill trained as a solicitor (attorney) in London and practised in his own firm and others. He is a litigator and previously held a consultancy with Norman Saville & Co. in London. In 1994, Nigel launched Silkscreen Consulting to work with financial services businesses and government departments aiming at compliance with laws to combat money laundering and writing and delivering training and awareness programmes and the development of counter-money laundering strategies. Nigel is author of “How not to be a money launderer - the avoidance of fraud and money laundering in your organisation” (London, 2nd ed. 1999) and is a frequent contributor to television and radio programmes in the UK and internationally. He was for several years a contributor to Money Laundering Bulletin and in 1999 launched World Money Laundering Report which he still edits.

Nigel is author and presenter of “Morris-Cotterill on Money Laundering” published by CPD-Direct, a joint venture between Butterworths and SPR-Law. He is in advanced discussion with another major publisher to write a legal text on the counter-money laundering laws of South-East Asia. Silkscreen Consulting’s associated e-learning company, clicktolearnmore.com, produces content for e-learning providers in financial services. Nigel is CEO of Risk Values Limited, the producer of screening software to identify customers with the potential to abuse their relationship with financial services businesses for the purpose of financial crimes such as fraud and money laundering and - uniquely - the funding of terrorism. Nigel chairs and speaks at commercial and academic conferences all over the world - his treatment of money laundering related issues taking in not only those issues which specifically mention money laundering but also inter-governmental initiatives, compliance problems, organisational culture, international topics such as the use of counter-money laundering laws in tax investigations, client confidentiality, political objectives and more. An authoritative and informative speaker, Nigel is sometimes controversial, challenging established views and inviting delegates to think more deeply about the information they receive both during the training programmes he presents and from other sources.

Hany Abou-El-Fotouh is Director Policy & Corporate Affairs / Board Secretary, CI Capital Holding - the investment banking arm of Commercial International Bank which is the largest private bank in  Egypt. He provides advice and direction to the Board and management with respect to corporate governance practices and formulates corporate policies.                                                                                                    

Hany is a leading expert on money laundering and terrorist financing controls in the MENA region. Founder of the Middle East Compliance Officers' Forum (MECOF), he has been honored for his work in promoting compliance culture and awareness in the MENA region.

Hany writes articles to different newspapers and journals on a variety of subjects. He is a public speaker and professional trainer.

Previously, he worked in various senior positions in leading banks in Egypt and GCC countries like HSBC, Oman International Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi among others

Hany is a certified member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists Specialists (ACAMS) and Certified Director by Egyptian Institute of Directors

Aline Tufenkjian Aziz, CAMS is one of the Middle East's leading anti-money laundering research professionals. Currently employed at Credit Libanais sal, one of the top ten banks in Lebanon, she coordinates the bank’s anti-money laundering committee. The committee meets periodically to evaluate suspicious cases of money laundering and reports them to the Special Investigations Commission at the Central Bank of Lebanon. Ms. Aziz is currently preparing a PhD on the Private Sector Dialogue (PSD) and Arab-American efforts aiming to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. She is a regular speaker at international conferences with the Union of Arab Banks on issues related to AML-CFT.

Edward Wilding, CTO, has successfully investigated several hundred cases of computer fraud and forgery, IP infringement, system sabotage and misuse in many jurisdictions. He has served as an expert witness for the prosecution and the defence in criminal cases, at employment tribunals, in civil litigation and at official hearings including the Hutton Inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr. David Kelly CMG. He is the author of two acclaimed books, ‘Computer Evidence: A Forensic Investigations Handbook’ (1996) and ‘Information Risk and Security: Preventing and Investigating Workplace Computer Crime’ (2006). An accredited tutor on computer fraud and misuse at Royal Holloway, University of London, Ed has lectured worldwide on forensic methods and investigative techniques to law enforcement agencies, law firms, government bodies and IT security and audit professionals.

Bashir Al-Nakib, banker by profession since 1975, former Head of Compliance at Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL, founder of Compliance Alert (Lebanon) since November 19, 2004, currently Managing Partner/CEO, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Associate Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE), Certified Forensic Accountant Professional (CFAP), QMS – Certified Lead Auditor, meeting the needs of Corporations, Banking and Financial sectors in Lebanon, the Middle East and North Africa for consultancies and training according to the latest international standards and developments, has more than 35 years banking experience:

Former AVP ABN AMRO Bank (Lebanon)
Former Head of Compliance “Lebanese Canadian Bank”
Founding Member AML/CFT Committee Lebanon Bankers Association 2005-2008
Founding Member Group Certified Compliance Officers at World Union of Arab Bankers
Founder-Moderator of Lebanese Compliance Officers and Compliance Alert discussion forums he ensures wide compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, financial crimes, business ethics and code of conducts, has spoken on various Governance, Risk, Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes issues throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and United States.

Brian Kettell has recently returned from working in Bahrain as an Adviser to the Bahrain Monetary Agency (the Central Bank of Bahrain). His work involved him in pioneering many of Bahrain’s recent innovations in Islamic banking. Bahrain prides itself on having the world’s largest concentration of Islamic banks and financial institutions. Even more recently Brian delivered a series of training courses at the Central Bank of Iran. Iran is the only country in the world with a totally Islamicised banking system.

Prior to working at the BMA Brian’s banking background was acquired whilst working for the Arab Banking Corporation, also in Bahrain. He gained his experience of financial markets whilst working for Citibank, American Express and Shearson Lehman.

Brian has taught at a number of universities world-wide including the London School of Economics, London Metropolitan University and the City University of Hong Kong. Brian graduated with an M.Sc. Econ from the London School of Economics. He has published over 100 articles in journals, business magazines and the financial press with articles in The Islamic Banker, The Central Banking Journal, Euromoney, The Banker, The Securities Journal and the International Currency Review.

Herman Annink is a former specialist in the Directorate of Supervision in the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank NV). He is currently a director of The Eagle Compliance Company. Herman has advised Central Banks, insurance supervisors and pension fund supervisors in the Eastern European and Asian Region on governance, integrity, and risk management.

In the Netherlands, he helped set up the legal framework, policy statements and the integrity supervision activities of the Dutch Central Bank with regard to combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and personal and organisational integrity risks.

Herman is an Economist and a certified public accountant.

Other skills:
- Freelance trainer for, a.o., the Netherlands Compliance Institute and the FIU-Netherlands
- Providing Technical Assistance for the members of the Dutch IMF Constituency
- Publishing articles on governance, integrity, and risk management

Herman’s professional experience:
- Current: Director Eagle Compliance
- 2003 - 2007: De Nederlandsche Bank N.V., sr. examiner and integrity specialist
- 1998 - 2003: Garanti Bank International N.V. head of compliance and audit department
- 1992 - 1998: Ernst & Young, audit manager

Richard Hoff, like Herman Annink, is a former specialist of the Expert Centre for Integrity in the Directorate of Supervision in the Netherlands Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank NV), responsible for the supervision of efforts tocombat money laundering, financing of terrorism and other financial crimes. Together with Herman, he is a director of The Eagle Compliance Company and has advised Central Banks, insurer supervisors and pension fund supervisors in the Eastern European and Asian Region on governance, integrity, and risk management.

Richard set up the legal framework, policy statements and the integrity supervision activities of the Dutch Central Bank with regard to combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and personal and organisational integrity risks.

Richard has a Phd-degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Law.

Other skills:
- Freelance trainers for, a.o., the Netherlands Compliance Institute and the FIU-Netherlands
- Providing Technical Assistance for the members of the Dutch IMF Constituency
- Publishing articles on governance, integrity, and risk management

Richard’s professional experience:
- Current: Director Eagle Compliance
- 2003 - 2007: De Nederlandsche Bank N.V., sr. examiner and integrity specialist
- 1998 - 2003: Rabobank Nederland, information manager and business architect
- 1994 - 1998: Cap Gemini, consultant

Steven Philippsohn is a leading authority on fraud. Over the last 20 years his firm has been retained by national and international organizations all of whom have been victims of fraud. This firm is a leading fraud litigation practice in the UK as identified in the 2001 edition of The Legal 500.

Steven has been invited to speak regularly to international corporations and institutions as well as to other lawyers. He has recently given papers at the International and American Bar Associations, the Global Forum for Law Enforcement and National Security and to a UK Government department.

He is asked for comment regularly by the media and has been interviewed on BBC, ITV, Sky Television and CNBC. He is regularly invited to write articles and is quoted in the mainstream media as well as specialist law publications. In addition, he is co-editor of the UK Manual of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is an active member of the association. He is the co-author of the "Security and Assurance" chapter of the City & Financial publications of "e-Commerce From Cradle to Grave: A Practitioner’s Manual".

He is Chairman of the Cybercrime Working Party of the Fraud Advisory Panel, a member of the IAAC and on the Editorial Boards of e-Commerce Law & Policy and Inside Fraud Bulletin.

Steven obtained Honours in the Law Society qualifying examinations, prior to becoming a solicitor in 1972. He moved quickly to become the litigation partner of a substantial Central London practice prior to starting his own firm in 1979.

Over the last 15 years, Anthony has been instructed to act in numerous cases involving international commercial litigation as well as many high profile property disputes. He was involved in one of the first investigations brought by the FSA into market manipulation.

His cases have ranged from metal trading to breaches of trust, from regulatory matters to the value of property investments.

He has had a number of cases reported in the Times and other law reports and he has presented many papers on international litigation and related issues to organisations such as the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Maritime Bureau, the Institute of Public Finance and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as well as companies and government institutions. He is regularly asked for comment by the media.

Anthony writes a monthly article for In-House Lawyer and is a regular contributor to other publications such as the E-Commerce Law Reports. He is the author of the chapter on civil fraud of the LexisNexis publication, Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure and is one of the contributors to the UK Fraud Manual of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Anthony is a member of the Law Society Working Party on Civil Fraud and is recommended by the Legal 500, as one of the specialists in dealing with this area of the law.

Anthony graduated from Leicester University in 1985 before joining PCB in 1991 as a solicitor. He became a partner in 1996. He joined a nationwide practice in 2001 where he was described in the Legal 500 as one of its key partners before returning to PCB in 2005.

Andrew Frowen is CEO and Director of Forensics for IntaForensics, one of the UK’s leading providers of Digital Forensic Services. IntaForensics provides Expert Witness, Computer Forensics, Mobile Phone Forensics and Forensic Data Recovery to the Legal Sector, Police Forces, Local government and International Commercial organisations.

Following an Army career as a Royal Signals Telecommunications Technician, Andrew Frowen is a registered and vetted Computer Forensic Expert with over 10 years experience in providing IT consultancy and Expert Witness services to both the military and private sectors. Andrew is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, CompTIA A+ certified Technician and a professional member of the British Computer Society. He has had experience in acting as a Single Joint Expert, and has been instructed on many occasions, acting for both Prosecution and Defence. His investigations have covered fraud, theft, pornography (possession of indecent images), drugs importation, hacking and intellectual property theft. Andrew is also a military communication instructor and a visiting lecturer for Coventry University, providing real world experience to academic students. He has been a guest speaker at several business continuity seminars and has provided training on computer forensics to the Internal Auditors Association (IIA).