Compliance Institute Past Events

May 2026 Presentations

Bringing Risk Appetite to Life

Sandie O'Leary, Head of Risk Advisory, CalQRisk

 

 

Financial Crime Investigation

Niclas-Andreas Mueller, Risk & Regulatory Director at KPMG, Chair of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance Working Group

Detective Sergeant Kieran Tansey, Garda National Economic Crime Bureau

Detective Sergeant Niall Smith, Garda National Economic Crime Bureau

 

 

C๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ (๐—–๐—–๐—œ) -๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต & ๐—˜๐—จ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€

Louise Dobbyn, Catherine Weeks and Camilla Jessel from Simmons & Simmons,

Moderated by Valerie Bowens

 

 

Compliance Software Platforms & Solutions Showcase

Chris Hanlon, CEO calQrisk,

Michael Lees, Solution Engineer, StarCompliance

Donal Lawlor (FCCA), Sales Director, ViClarity Europe

Diarmuid Higgins, CEO & Co Founder, Regulyst

 

 

Compliance Institute Annual Lunch 2026

Sponsored by Forvis Mazars

FIRE Steakhouse, Restaurant & Bar

 

 

April 2026 Presentations

Digital Document Fraud Detection: Practical Red Flags for Compliance Teams

Michael Fitzgerald, Director, Fitzgerald Forensic & Integrity Services

 

 

Digital Omnibus Unpacked - Navigating the Future of GDPR and Data Protection Compliance

John Magee, Partner at DLA Piper,  Global Co-Chair Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Member of Compliance Institute's DP&IS Working Group

Heidi Waem, Partner | Data, Privacy & Cyber, DLA Piper LLP UK | CIPP/E

Flavien Corolleur, Senior Legal Counsel and Data Protection Officer at SS&C Technologies, Member of Compliance Institute's DP&IS Working Group

Steven Roberts, Group Head of Marketing, Griffith College | Chartered Director | Author (Data Protection), Vice Chair of Compliance Institute's DP&IS Working Group

 

 

Regulatory Simplification - Insights from CBI Director of Policy and International

Mรญcheรกl Oโ€™Keeffe, Director of Policy and International, Central Bank of Ireland

 

 

Shane Farrell, Payments Compliance VP at JP Morgan, Chair of the Consumer Protection Working Group

 

 

๐—” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Niclas-Andreas Mueller, Risk & Regulatory Director, KPMG, Chair of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance Working Group

Shane Martin, Partner, Walkers (Ireland) LLP, Vice-Chair of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance Working Group

Mel Mimnagh, Head of Sanctions, Bank of Ireland

Hera Smith, Director, Financial Crime Compliance, Moody's

Navigating the Ethical Frontier - AI Transformation for Compliance Leaders

Coleman Hudson, Chief Risk Officer at Howden Ireland

Chair of Compliance Institute Ethics Committee

Marie Toft, Implementation Lead at Thoughtfox AI Transformation & Governance Consulting

CEO and Co Founder of emotionise ai

Adjunct Teaching Fellow Trinity College Dublin

Keynote Speaker & AI Thought Leader

March 2026 Presentations

Your Project Isnโ€™t Telling You the Truth

Matthew Oleniuk, Founder of the Risk Insider

International Women's Day - Give to Gain

Aine Hickey, President of the Compliance Institute and Head of Risk, Compliance & MLRO, Amova Asset Managementsharing

Cathy Farragher, Head of Compliance, CRO & MLRO, Deutsche Leasing Ireland

February 2026 Presentations

Safeguarding Financial Integrity: A Central Bank of Ireland Update on Financial Crime Prevention

Welcome

Niclas-Andreas Mueller, Risk & Regulatory Director at KPMG, Chair of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance Working Group

Key Note Speaker

Tony Cahalan, Head of the Financial Integrity Division, Central Bank of Ireland

Panel

Rachel Woolley(Moderator)

Member of Compliance Institute's Financial Crime Compliance WG

Siobhรกn Homan, Head of Function, Financial Integrity Supervision

Central Bank of Ireland

Jillian Fleming, Head of Function, AML, Legal Policy and Risk

Central Bank of Ireland

Countdown to UCITS & AIFMD Regulatory Reform

Seรกn Donegan, Designated Person for Regulatory Compliance (PCF-39F) at HarbourVest Partners (Ireland) Limited and Chair of Compliance Institutes Funds Working Group

Caitriona Carty is a partner of the Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Groupโ€™s Dublin office

Ian Conlon is a partner of Maples and Calderโ€™s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Groupโ€™s Dublin office.

Philip Keegan is a partner of Maples and Calderโ€™s Funds & Investment Management team in the Maples Groupโ€™s Dublin office

Guardrails and Guidance - Navigating AI in Financial Services

Crรญona Fitzgerald of Munster Technological University's Funds Academy.ie

John O'Connor, Partner in Technology & Data and Co-Head of FinTech at WILLIAM FRY LLP.

 

 

January 2026 Presentations

Insights from the Central Bank

Gerry Cross, Director of Capital Markets & Funds, Central Bank of Ireland

 

 

Sanctions - Guess Who?

Mary K.,Financial Crime & AI Compliance Advisor, Peter Farmer, Head of Sanctions Compliance, AIB Bank and Louie Vargas, Global Sanctions Expert & Founder, NFCP moderated by Paul Coady, Founder & CEO, ComplianceLnD explored the complex and increasingly unpredictable international sanctions landscape and the real-world challenges facing compliance teams today.