The Bribery Bill
Current Developments & Legal Implications
Friday 25th June 2010, Le Méridien Piccadilly, London, 09:00 - 17:30
£1,299.00/+ VAT per person, both days
Both days: £1,299 + VAT*
MLRO Convention only: £849 + VAT*
The Bribery Bill only: £849 + VAT*
CD-ROM: £499
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AGENDA DAY 2 • The Bribery Bill: 25th June 2010
08:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Opening Remarks From the Chair
George Staple QC, Clifford Chance LLP
9:10 The Bribery Bill: current developments and why new legislation is necessary
n Background to the bill: why it is needed
n Reviewing the corruption risks facing the financial services sector
n Reviewing the implications of a Bribery Act and how it might affect your organisation
Rosalind Wright CB QC, Chairman, Fraud Advisory Panel
9:40 Pro-active fraud management: designing and implementing an effective anti-corruption strategy
n Understanding the importance of being pro-active against bribery and corruption
n Assessing likely threats, risks and opportunities
n Cross deploying and leveraging AML and internal fraud solutions to combat corruption
n Developments in organisation and governance
n Case studies of companies that have recently been fined, what lessons can we learn?
Monty Raphael, Special Counsel, Peters & Peters
10:10 The UK Bribery Act: What does it mean for UK Plc and the prevention of Bribery
n How to comply with Sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Bribery Act
n HRJ’s, JV’s: The potential pitfalls - what to look out for
n On-going monitoring and how to achieve this successfully for higher risk jurisdictions and sectors
Robert Mitchell, Senior Consultant, World-Check
10:40 Morning coffee
11:00 Building the key components of an Anti-Corruption Compliance Programme
n Developing risk awareness and ownership throughout the organisation
n Conducting a risk assessment
n Pinpointing risk focus areas and related control considerations
Kate Jones-Troy, MLRO, Barclays Global Retail Bank
11:30 Calculating the real cost of financial crime and how it can be reduced
n Treating fraud as a business cost
n What accurate measurement of the extent of fraud losses shows
n How these losses can be reduced
n How quickly they can be reduced
Jim Gee, Director of Counter Fraud Services, MacIntyre Hudson & Chair, Centre for Counter Fraud Services
12:00 Roundtable discussions
12:30 Networking lunch
13:30 Undertaking and conducting an effective internal investigation
n Determining the type of investigation that should take place based on:
- Employee
- Agent
- Intermediary
n How to undertake the investigation based on privilege and independence of investigation team
n Understanding the legal implications of self reporting issues and multi-jurisdictional considerations
Neil Blundell, Head of Fraud Group, Eversheds
14:00 Examining how large companies approach the implementation of ethical business practice
n Creating structures, communications and processes to reduce business risk
n Developing policies that provide practical guidance for all employees on acceptable business practices
n Ensuring that policies are embedded into normal business practices
n The importance of undertaking regular reviews and conducting appropriate audit of relevant business processes to ensure that they remain up to date and corruption risk is identified
Pekka Dare, Financial Crime Director, International Compliance Association
14:30 Roundtable Discussions
15:00 Afternoon Coffee
15:20 PRACTICAL WORKSHOP AND ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS: Designing an anti-corruption programme
This facilitated workshop will provide an in-depth examination of what a corruption programme should cover and how to build one. The format will include a presentation, facilitated roundtable discussions where participants can share challenges and build solutions, followed by a feedback, conclusions and some answers. The session will include the following topics:
n Anti-corruption policies and procedures
n Ensuring that policies are embedded into normal business practices
n How to undertake independent due diligence of all third-party agents and others who are in a position to pay bribes for business
n Maintaining accurate and timely records of all transactions related to third parties
n Establishing mechanisms to enable significant issues to be escalated within the organisation
n Implementing appropriate and ongoing training and education programmes
n How to structure internal investigations
n International considerations
n Developing a global system control to manage reputational risk
Andrew Maclay, Director Forensic services, BDO
Gavin Cunningham, Director, BDO
16:50 Closing remarks from the chair
17:00 End of conference
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