Women in Compliance & Crypto

Event Details

For the past 3 years, we have been celebrating International Women's Day at TCAE and inviting some incredible women in compliance and crypto to join us and share their success stories.

This year we are so pleased and excited to have some of the greatest women from around the world joining and empowering us.

Speakers

Amanda Wick

Founder & CEO of The Association for Women In Cryptocurrency

Liat Shetret

Director of Global Policy and Regulation at Elliptic

Barbara Halasek

Virtual Assets Compliance Lead at UBS

Lana Schwartzman

Head of Regulatory and Compliance at Notabene

Amber D. Scott

Founder & CEO of Outlier Solutions Inc.

Hanna Zaidi

Chief Compliance Officer at Wealthsimple

Jennifer Arnold

Co-founder & CEO of MinervaAI

Lisa Freeman

Global Chief Compliance Officer at Buckzy Payments Inc

Sharmila (Sam) Wijeyakumar

COO at Rahab's Daughters

Souzan Esmaili

Founder & CEO of TCAE

Jinisha Bhatt

Consultant at TCAE

The current Head of Regulatory Compliance at Notabene, Lana Schwartzman has more than 17 years of compliance and regulatory experience in Web3, digital assets, fintech, and TradFi, with a proven track record of successfully designing and implementing BSA/AML/Sanctions Compliance programs, leading MSB/MTL licensure strategy and process, internal audits, independent compliance program reviews, and consent order validation for NFT and cryptocurrency companies, financial institutions, and foreign banking organizations.

Schwartzman previously served as Chief Compliance Officer for two crypto companies, the latest being Dapper Labs. Prior to that, she worked in Grant Thornton’s Regulatory and Compliance Risk Advisory Services practice for seven years, advising early crypto adopters on setting up and implementing compliance programs. She began her role in compliance with Morgan Stanley and then worked at Deutsche Bank.

She is known to be a Subject Matter Expert in Regulations and Compliance related to cryptocurrency and Lana stays current on all AML regulations. Lana is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and obtained the ACAMS Virtual Currency Certification and various Chainalysis certifications. She achieved the recognition of "AML Professional of the Month" in 2019 and she has been a frequent panelist at various ACAMS, ACFCS and Bitcoin conferences.

Amber is a compliance geek with a passion for technology. After graduating from the University of Waterloo, Amber joined the compliance group at one of Canada’s largest insurers where she focused on the implementation of technology-based processes to streamline compliance. She has since worked in in-house roles with major securities firms and banks. Somewhere along the line, she added MBA, CBP, and a few other letters after her name.

Amber joined a boutique compliance consulting firm, then larger consulting firm, before getting frustrated enough with the status quo to launch Outlier Solutions Inc. (Outlier) in 2013. Outlier specializes in anti-money laundering (AML) and privacy compliance. The company is based on one of the premises of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers: that to be really good at something you need a lot of practice (about 10,000 hours).

Each of Outlier’s team members has 10,000 hours or more of in-house (not consulting) compliance experience. Amber loves leading this team of entrepreneurial compliance badasses.

Lisa Freeman is an experienced compliance and risk professional having worked more than 20 years as a regulator, Chief Compliance Officer, Director, and trainer for multinational financial institutions and the Canadian federal government.

She has chaired compliance, anti-money laundering, and training
committees and was an internal director. In these roles, she has managed the risk of complex high-risk products and customer segments to create a competitive advantage. She also worked with MSBs and FinTech’s to develop their compliance programs that would allow them to service higher-risk business segments to further develop business growth and revenue.

As an audit examiner, she has worked extensively with executive and senior management to provide educational outreach on issues related to risk as part of her examination process to better ensure future business success and compliance with regulations.
Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree from Concordia University, a certificate in regulatory compliance and legal risk management for financial institutions from Osgoode Hall School of Law. She is also a certified anti- money laundering specialist (CAMS) and a certified commercial cannabis expert (CCCE).

Souzan has over 17 years of international experience in consultancy and training with a focus on Regulatory Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and RegTech. She worked for various financial institutions and consultancies in Dubai and Toronto.

In 2019, when Souzan moved to Canada, she created TCAE with a passion to help, educate and empower Compliance & AML professionals around the world. She gained her first Canadian job experience by working as a subject matter expert on the Anti Bribery & Corruption Program for Wells Fargo’s Canada and Latin America regions. In March 2020, Souzan launched The Knowledge Series where she brings international industry experts and thought leaders to share their knowledge and experience with the AML and Compliance professionals around the world. As TCAE was expanding, Souzan decided to leave Banking in 2021 and enter the entrepreneurship world.

Prior to moving to Canada in 2019, Souzan worked for various financial institutions and consultancies where she assisted her clients to understand their compliance needs, advised on meeting regulatory requirements, and managed a multitude of remediation projects. She has acted as an Authorized Individual in the capacity of Compliance Officer and MLRO for a number of firms regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
Souzan holds an MBA from the American University of Sharjah (UAE), a Post Graduate Diploma in GRC from Manchester Business School (UK), a Certified Anti Money Launder Specialist (CAMS), a FinTech Program certificate from Oxford University, and a Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (CCFC).

Jinisha B. is an independent crypto compliance consultant, a digital nomad, and an advocate of decentralization. Currently, she offers consultation to Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) operating across multiple jurisdictions. She marries her insights from her previous compliance roles in traditional finance with her experiences in blockchain investigations. Currently, she specializes in investigating well-known as well as emerging typologies in crypto fraud schemes and scams.

When not at work, she works with multiple anti-human trafficking initiatives to help provide actionable insights and training to private and public sectors. Jinisha holds a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist designation (CAMS), a Chainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC), and a Chainalysis Ethereum Investigations Certification (CEIC).