AML Leadership Conclave (Malaysia) 2026
June 9, 2026 | AICB Centre of Excellence, Kuala Lumpur
Set against the backdrop of Malaysia’s rapidly evolving financial ecosystem, Fintelekt’s first AML Leadership Conclave in Malaysia brought together senior compliance leaders, regulators, and industry experts to examine the most pressing financial crime risks shaping the region.
Agenda
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Inaugural Session
Welcome Note
Shirish Pathak
Managing Director, Fintelekt
Keynote Address
Dr Sylvia Deutsch
Deputy Director, Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
10:00 am to 10:30 am
7 Things That Make The Complete AML System
Abhishek Bali
Co-Founder & CEO
ZIGRAM
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Refreshments & Networking
11:00 am to 11:45 am
Presentation: Malaysia's MER: What FIs Need to Know, the DNFBP Risk Profile and Why Regulators are Watching DNFBP Relationships
Julia Chin
Trainer
Fintelekt
11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Panel Discussion: Navigating AML Risks in the Digital Economy: Virtual Assets, Fraud Ecosystems & Cross-Border Threats
Arpita Bedekar
Chief Operating Officer
Fintelekt
Julius Rajeswaran
Chief Operating Officer
Ryt Bank
Hakimi Harun
Former Head of Financial Crime and Fraud Prevention
ING Hubs
Woody Tan
UN Programme Officer for High-Tech Financial Crime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
12:45 pm to 1:15 pm
Presentation: Explainable by Design: Building the AML Function of the Future
Shalini V.
Head - AML/FCC
Solytics Partners
1:15 pm to 2:15 pm
Lunch & Networking
2:15 pm to 3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: From Alerts to Outcomes: Strengthening AML Investigations and Reporting Frameworks
Dr Sylvia Deutsch
Deputy Director
Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
Ajay Kataria
Head - AML & Sanctions Compliance
Citi Malaysia
Julia Chin
Trainer
Fintelekt
Asyraf Rifaei Assrangkhuun
Senior VP, Head - Group AML
RHB Banking Group
3:30 pm
Vote of Thanks
Registration
Participation in this conclave is by invitation only and is restricted to reporting entities. Registrations are now closed.
Meet our Sponsors!
Gold Partner
ZIGRAM is a RegTech (Regulatory Technology) organization with a focus on anti-money laundering (AML), financial crime compliance (FCC) and emerging risk areas. We provide our proprietary ‘AML RegTech Stack’ and the ‘Complete AML System’ as part of the risk application ecosystem. This enables our clients to comply in a simple, comprehensive and cost-effective manner. Our products are designed to be cloud native, self-serve, low friction and with bundled flexibility. We serve our clients to help address over 40 risk use cases such as anti-money laundering, fraud, anti-bribery compliance, supply chain risk, and third-party risk. ZIGRAM operates a risk data library has over 3,200 watchlists, 9 billion content items covering 250 global jurisdictions and 45 languages.
Display Partner
Solytics Partners is a RiskTech100 global analytics firm, helping banks and financial institutions transform Financial Crime Compliance (FCC/AML), Risk Management, AI Governance, and Data Analytics through accelerated services delivery and advanced technology solutions. Recognized as a Category Leader in AI Governance by the Chartis RiskTech Quadrant, Solytics Partners delivers enterprise-scale governance across traditional models, GenAI, and agentic AI systems. With extensive experience supporting leading financial institutions across the US, Europe, MENA, South Africa, and APAC, Solytics helps clients navigate evolving regulatory expectations, strengthen financial crime defenses, enhance model governance, and accelerate AI adoption with confidence. By combining consulting expertise with scalable technology, Solytics empowers organizations to build resilient, transparent, regulatorready, and future-proof risk and compliance ecosystems while delivering measurable business value.