With direct reference to the recently published Finance for Ireland Action Plan 2021, this webinar brings together practitioners, RegTechs, academics and researchers.

RegTech can be thought of as an inter-section where the horizontals of underlying technologies and innovations meet the vertical of Financial Services compliance.

This panel led discussion will focus upon facilitating the interactions between these horizontals and verticals that can support the development of RegTech ecosystems.

This webinar will provide a range of perspectives from the panellists, an open Q&A, and has four primary objectives:

1. To promote collaborations between the Irish & Scottish RegTech ecosystems;
2. To enhance awareness of innovations in RegTech solutions and research;
3. To create a deeper understanding of the major compliance/regulatory pain points of the large Financial Services providers, and
4. Identify innovative RegTech solutions.

At the end of the webinar, we will propose actions to promote engagement with the newly formed RegTech Alliance. Join our panel-led discussion and be part of the journey.

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Speakers:

Andrew Quinn – PAT Fintech
As head of PAT Fintech, Andrew actively collaborates with the diverse Fintech ecosystem - whether they be ‘new’ Fintech companies and/or an ‘incumbent/traditional’ Financial Institutions that are providing technologically enabled financial services/products – develop a range of training courses that are designed, and delivered, in conjunction with industry bodies, professional bodies, and experienced financial service professionals.
The courses – including the recently announced Professional Certificate & Diploma in Fintech Risk and Compliance - specifically address both the contemporary and the evolving challenges facing employers and employees at the interface of providing traditional financial services in an increasingly Fintech, RegTech and Techfin defined environment.

Rachel Woolley, Global Director of Financial Crime @ Fenergo
Rachel has over 10 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry having worked primarily in the funds industry and retail banking. Rachel has a strong background in regulatory compliance, particularly in the areas of anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF).
Rachel holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Applied Accounting from the Oxford Brookes University and is currently undertaking a MSc in Compliance. Rachel has also successfully completed the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams and currently holds four professional designations; Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Licentiate of the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland (LCOI), Certified Financial Crime Prevention Practitioner (CFCPP) and Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO).

Gerald Murphy, Industry advisor to Encompass Corporation, a financial Reg Tech company specialising in enhanced KYC processing
Gerald is a founder member of the Reg Tech Forum, co-ordinated through the University of Strathclyde. Prior to this Gerald was a director and shareholder of 2 BPO/Outsourcing companies based in Scotland - TSC (1995-2003) and City Park Technologies (2004-2015), both focused on financial services and acquired by third party organisations. His early experience was in senior sales positions in 2 American Computer companies – Burroughs Machines (1978-1985) and Tandem Computers (1985-1993). He managed Tandem’s operations in Scotland and Ireland and developed knowledge of Financial Sector during this time.

Sharadha V Tilley, Lecturer in Finance at Technological University Dublin
Sharadha is a Lecturer and a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Accounting and Finance at Technological University Dublin (formerly DIT). Her research focuses on empirical banking and specifically on bank behaviour and the design of effective bank regulation and enforcement strategies. Her current work focuses on examining additional costs of penalties and sanctions on banks.
Sharadha previously worked in the RegTech industry as a Senior Compliance Analyst in Corlytics where she worked on estimating and predicting large regulatory fines globally in the financial sector using big data analytics and semantic technologies.

Devraj Basu, Senior Lecturer in Finance in the Accounting and Finance department at Strathclyde Business School, a top ranked department of Accounting and Finance in the UK
Devraj’s area of research is financial markets, covering equity markets, commodity markets and alternative investments, and a number of his papers have been published in top ranked international peer reviewed journals and industry journals.
Devraj is actively involved in Regtech having set up the Regtech Forum and the Regtech Alliance which bring together industry, academia and government both within Scotland and internationally. The goal of the Regtech Forum and Alliance is to help understand the fast moving Regtech landscape and how Scotland can position itself to become a leading player. He has helped design Strathclyde’s MSc in Financial Technology, the UK’s first master’s program in Fintech.