Shyamal Sonigra serves as the Head of Solutions Consulting for EMEA at Sayari, a leader in commercial data and intelligence. Shyamal is an expert in trade compliance and supply chain resilience, focusing on helping global organizations bridge the gaps between security, regulatory compliance, and operational visibility. He specializes in uncovering hidden risks within global trade networks, specifically focusing on advanced corporate ownership and trade-based sanctions evasion.

Piotr Bobolowicz serves as a Program and Policy Advisor at the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime, where he also has the privilege of acting as Secretary for the Financial Crimes in Gaming Workstream in the Digital Asset Task Force. Concurrently, he is a Lead Analyst with the G7 Research Group, focusing on high–level international security and policy analysis. His professional focus has been dedicated to research and investigations into novelty threats, specifically regarding the security implications of emerging technologies.

Tiago Vasconcelos, PhD in Social Sciences/Strategic Studies (University of Lisbon). Guest Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon since 2019. Former Deputy Commander HQ NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain, Military Advisor to the Prime Minister and Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister. Previously in his military career, Tiago had been aide-de-camp to the Governor of Macau during the last three and a half years of the Portuguese administration of that Chinese territory.

Pedro Manuel Ribeiro Coimbra holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. A career financial inspector, he served in senior leadership roles, notably as Director of the Inspection Department at IMPIC, I.P., from 2013 to 2020, with a particular focus on the real estate and construction sectors. He currently works as a trainer and consultant, specialising in real estate brokerage as well as anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.

Francisco Matias has over 35 years of experience in risk management, specialising in the prevention, detection, and control of financial crime, including anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT). He currently provides consulting, training, and risk analysis services to financial institutions across Europe and Portuguese-speaking African countries, collaborating with organisations such as IFB, IPAI, and ISCAC, and serving as an expert advisor with GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group) in New York.

Over the past 16 years, he held senior leadership roles in the Compliance Department of a leading Tier-1 bank in Portugal, driving AML/CFT policy implementation, team development, and regulatory partnerships. He is also a founding member of the Anti-Corruption and Corporate Responsibility Commission at ICC Portugal.

Earlier in his career, he spent nearly two decades in financial crime prevention, including roles at Europol and the Portuguese Criminal Police, where he contributed to intelligence, training, and the development of early financial intelligence structures.

His approach is grounded in the principle of “informed doubt” — combining strong information with critical thinking and sound decision-making — which he defines as the foundation of “functional compliance.”

África Pinillos Lorenzana is a former Head of Supervision at SEPBLAC and currently serves as Director of Risk Governance and Compliance at a law firm.

Since 1992, he has built a strong career in banking, with extensive experience across key areas. He is currently Head of Unit in the Compliance Division at Banco Comercial Português, focusing on Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking.

In this role, his team ensures compliance with AML/CFT regulations through due diligence (CDD/EDD), monitors high-risk transactions and jurisdictions, and provides guidance on sanctions, regulatory policies, and reputational risk. He also oversees the integrity of business relationships and leads remediation and control processes.

Previously, he served as Deputy Manager in Payments and Acquiring, leading payment systems and major initiatives such as SEPA, Instant Payments, and PSD2/Open Banking.

He has also represented Banco Comercial Português and the Portuguese banking sector in several key forums, including serving as Vice-Chair of the Euro Banking Association and participating in major European payments and open banking groups.

António Pedro Rodrigues is a specialist in Compliance and Risk Management with a well-established track record in highly regulated sectors. He currently serves as Head of Compliance at Galp, where he leads the compliance function. With a career that includes leadership roles such as Compliance Director at Banco BPI and Manager at Deloitte Portugal, he has extensive experience in economic sanctions, regulatory pipeline analysis, and the management of multidisciplinary teams.

Che Sidanius is the Vice Chair of the Coalition, and is the Global Head of Financial Crime & Industry Affairs at LSEG. He is also the  Co-Chair of the B20’s Integrity and Compliance Taskforce. Prior to joining LSEG, his work experiences include being a Senior Advisor to the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Directorate and previously a Senior Bank Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY. His most notable awards included receiving the Presidential Award for managing the 2007-09 Financial Crisis and a driving force behind LSEG’s Impact Company of the year award in 2019 and contributor to the same award in 2021. 

Marco Dias Roque is a Director of Product Management at LSEG Risk Intelligence, where he leads global risk and compliance data products. He is responsible for advancing high-quality, scalable data solutions that support financial institutions in managing financial crime, regulatory compliance, and operational risk.

With over a decade of experience in sanctions, AML, and risk data, Marco focuses on translating complex regulatory requirements into practical product outcomes. He works closely with a global customer base, partners, and regulators to ensure data is accurate, timely, and aligned to evolving compliance expectations across jurisdictions.

His work spans sanctions, PEPs, and risk data feeds, enabling organisations worldwide to strengthen their compliance frameworks and make more informed, risk-based decisions.

Ruth Helena Alves da Mota is a Content Partnership Manager at LSEG Risk Intelligence, where she coordinates public–private partnerships that leverage financial intelligence to combat financial crime. A subject matter expert in human trafficking and modern-day slavery, she serves on the Expert Working Group of the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Taskforce. Her work spans a range of financial crimes, with a particular focus on exploitation-related offenses. In recent years, she has also researched sanctions evasion schemes, with a focus on Russia-related sanctions. Ruth is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Zhanna Kondzirska holds a degree in International Relations and brings over seven years of open-source research experience focused on financial crime, terrorism, sanctions evasion, atrocity crimes, and offenses against the state. After successfully managing a team of researchers, she progressed to a coordination role, where she oversees research specialists and facilitates alignment on data quality and content improvement across the teams.

Rodolfo José Santos is a Portuguese real estate and business lawyer turned founder of VeriCasa, an AI compliance platform for real estate transactions. With more than a decade of experience advising international clients on property, tax, corporate, and regulatory matters, he combines deep legal expertise with a practical understanding of how real estate deals break down in the real world. At VeriCasa, Rodolfo leads the company’s legal, compliance, and go-to-market strategy, helping transform complex property documents, KYC/AML checks, and transaction workflows into faster, safer, audit-ready processes. His work sits at the intersection of law, compliance, AI, and PropTech, with a mission to reduce bureaucracy and make real estate transactions more transparent, efficient, and secure.

David is currently Risk Sales Director, Continental Europe at LSEG Risk Intelligence. In this role, he oversees Risk (Governance, Risk and Compliance – GRC) activities across Continental Europe, delivering comprehensive solutions designed to help organizations assess, manage, and mitigate financial, regulatory, and reputational risks.

He brings extensive experience in financial markets, having spent over 10 years within Finance Divisions in the group, where he developed deep expertise in the challenges faced by financial institutions.