Carroll Barry-Walsh is a highly experienced lawyer/investigator with 4 decades of experience in government, private practice (Slaughter and May, Linklaters) and a variety of financial institutions, including Salomon Brothers, Citigroup and UBS. She set up and ran UBS’s Investigations Group for the EMEA region between 2003 – 2017 during which time it handled over 5000 financial services and whistleblowing investigations, including the investigation into the UK’s biggest fraud (£1.5 billion). Since 2018 she has set up her consultancy, Barry-Walsh Associates (www.barry-walshassociates.co.uk) advising on investigations and culture change. She is currently running the Speak Up/Whistleblowing programme of a global UK-based institution.

Carroll is a highly regarded speaker with extensive public speaking experience. She was the first non-regulator to speak at The International Financial Regulators’ Enforcement Conference organised by the FSA at Wilton Park in May 2005. She has developed and delivered a variety of well-received and compelling presentations to banks, regulators, law firms, industry bodies and at public conferences, as well as internal training programmes and has published a number of articles on culture in the financial sector.

In 2018 Carroll was named by Global Investigations Review as 1 of 100 Top Women in Investigations globally.

Vincenzo Dimase is Global Sales Strategy & Execution Director, Trading at Refinitiv. Vincenzo began his career in Reuters Dubai and then covered several key roles within the company, with a special focus on trading, Foreign Exchange and regulation. He is an expert on regulatory matters – including MiFID II, EMIR, IBOR Reform and the FX Global Code. He has presented and moderated at several prominent industry workshops and conferences across Europe and globally.

Vincenzo is the Managing Director for Refinitiv Italy SpA. He is leading the Regulations Commission at ASSIOMFOREX (the largest financial markets association in Italy) and managed creation and launch of ASSIOMFOREX FX Global Code Public Register.

New York City Marathon finisher, Vincenzo holds a degree in Business Administration

from Bocconi University.

@vincedimase

Rob Mason is the Director of Regulatory Intelligence at Global Relay.

He has a wealth of experience across both banking and regulation, having undertaken senior compliance surveillance roles within UBS and Lloyds Banking Group, where he managed, reviewed and enhanced the operational effectiveness of the surveillance undertaken while simultaneously navigating internal audits and regulatory visits.

Before his time within banking, Rob spends 5 years at the FCA where, most notably, he was the Technical Specialist in the team supervising surveillance undertaken by regulated parties.

He was also the Markets Lead on Operation Tabernula, the largest insider dealing enforcement case that the FCA had delivered.

Before that he had a trading background with ten years specializing in on-exchange derivatives.