David is a Senior Associate at Eversheds LLP where he specialises in international sanctions, advising on the impact, both commercially and legally, in respect of sanctions imposed by the UN, the EU, the US and jurisdiction-specific regimes. He acts for those involved in the international movement of goods and people and those involved in financing such movement.

Sean Friedly is head of Financial Crimes Management Governance at Raymond James, where he is also Sanctions Compliance Officer, directs the firm’s anti-bribery/anti-corruption efforts and leads its AML, Fraud, and Higher Risk Securities governance activities.

Sean’s financial services background with E&Y and RBS Citizens Financial supplements his undergraduate and graduate studies in global politics, policy and economics and independent coursework in international trade, banking/monetary policy, financial management, policy and regulation and a variety of economics disciplines, all of which accentuate his keen insight into preventing international financial crime. Sean has also earned the internationally respected CAMS designation from ACAMS, further demonstrating his commitment to AML.

Alexander Dorfmann is responsible for Risk and Regulation and currently working on projects focusing on Investor Protection and Sanctions Monitoring. Over the last 20 years, Alexander has worked for financial institutions, consulting firms and vendors, including Erste Bank, Raiffeisen, Thomson Reuters and SAS. His risk and technology experience covers a broad range of risk and compliance challenges such as Dodd-Frank, credit, market and liquidity risk or regulatory tasks focusing on governance and compliance. His recent experience is related to establishing a MiFID II solution as well as looking at the new regulatory requirements globally.