Safeguarding Australia's Financial Future – Unleashing the Power of Collaboration against Financial Threats!
September 1 - 2, 2026 | Sydney, Australia
September 1-2, 2026
Where Australia's Financial Crime Leaders Confront What's Next: Threat, Regulation, Execution
For over a decade, Australian Financial Crime Summit has brought together financial crime experts and industry leaders, delivering the insights and strategies organisations need—knowing what works and when. AFC 2026 continues this tradition, focusing on Tranche 2, Regtech solutions, and emerging threats.
Join the conversation in 2026, gain practical insights, and help secure Australia’s financial future. Your action today protects tomorrow.
Highlights from the 10th Annual Australian Financial Crime Summit
Battling Money Laundering
A Case Study from the Bullion Industry by Katie Lourey,
Head of Risk and Compliance, Gold Bullion Australia
Tranche 2 and the Road Ahead
Australia’s AML/CFT Landscape explored by Isabelle Nicolas,
Senior Specialist, Policy Reform, AUSTRAC
Strengthening Fraud Prevention through Collaborative Communication
A Fireside chat with James Roberts, General Manager Group Fraud, Commonwealth Bank
Future-Proofing Financial Institutions
A Leadership Perspective on Evolving Threats from Senior Leaders from Commonwealth Bank, AusPayNet, G&C Mutual Bank, American Express, Beyond Bank Australia
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The Australian Financial Crime Summit is a meticulously designed conference, that brings together leading Financial Crime experts into one space to explore the dynamic financial landscape. Enquire today to learn if your solution is the right fit for our audiences and the opportunities to be involved in 2026!
Our 2025 Speaker Line-up included:
Leah Ambler
Director, Corruption Prevention & Education
National Anti Corruption Commission
James Roberts
General Manager Group Fraud
Commonwealth Bank
Isabelle Nicolas
Senior Specialist, Policy Reform
AUSTRAC
Wendy Ward
Vice President of International Oversight
American Express
Kaya Hassan
Head of Risk
Beyond Bank Australia
Murugan Manickam
Former Head of Enterprise Fraud Risk (APAC & Japan)
Citi Bank
Tess Ogle
Head of Financial Crime Risk Stewardship| Compliance
HSBC
Detective Inspector Colin Hunt
Foreign Bribery & Corporate Crime
Australian Federal Police
Helen Shaw
National Investigations Manager
Allianz Insurance Australia Limited
Akhilesh Mehta
Chief Operating Officer
G&C Mutual Bank
Daniel Tracey
Principal Financial Investigator
Crime and Corruption Commission
Andreas Chai
Director
Griffith University
Ernest Foo
Professor
Griffith University
Richard Storey
Partner, Risk Cosulting
Grant Thornton
Kush Mukherjee
Industry Leader ANZ and APAC Financial Crime & Compliance Practice
Concentrix Australia
Harvinder Singh
Regional Vice President of Sales – Identity Verification, APAC
Entrust
Sean Quagliani
CEO and Co-Founder
Fortiro
Hear What Past Attendees Have to Say
It was a very useful experience from a strategic and tactical perspective combining officers from the finance, regulatory and law enforcement sectors who work in the financial space.
The experience was really good and the conference is worth attending!
Valuable conference with a good breadth of relevant conference topics, and mix of attendees from industry and law enforcement.
