Upcoming Event
4th Training on Responsible Sourcing Guidance on Gold
About the event
Join our 4th Training On Responsible Sourcing Guidance On Gold that has been thoughtfully tailored for compliance officers, gold refiners, and supply chain auditors, providing a unique opportunity to develop and enhance your skills, techniques, and knowledge.
Led by industry leaders and specialised professionals, our training focuses on the regulatory environment that underpins the precious metals industry. You will gain insights into responsible sourcing, associated risks, international standards, money laundering, and much more.
Key Topics:
- OECD’s guidance on responsible sourcing from conflict and high-risk areas
- Country risk updates
- UAE government guidelines (UAEGD Rules)
- Risks linked to trade-based money laundering
- Introduction to International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE)
- Understanding the risks in supply chain
- Showcasing the UAEGD report
Don't miss out! Secure your spot now for this session at just AED 750 (excluding VAT) or AED 1000 (excluding VAT) with the Pearson Certificate option to safeguard your business. Hurry, seats are limited.
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Onsite registrations are not available
Event details
Where
Almas Conference Centre, Almas Tower, JLT
When
9:00AM - 6:00PM, 11 Dec 2023
Price
DMCC Certification
750 AED (Without VAT)
Pearson Certification
1000 AED (Without VAT)
You will only receive this certification upon successful completion of an online examination
Knowledge Sponsor
Strategic Partner
Agenda
09:00 - 09:30
Registration
09:25 - 09:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Sudheesh Nambiath – Manager, Precious Metals
9:30 - 10:30
UAE Good Delivery Rules for Risk based due diligence
Faisal Ahmed - Managing Partner & CEO, AKW Consultants
10:30 - 11:00
Conducting enhanced due diligence
Faisal Ahmed - Managing Partner & CEO, AKW Consultants
11:00 - 11:30
Evaluating country risks and working with the public database
Sudheesh Nambiath – Manager, Precious Metals, DMCC
11:30 - 11:45
Tea / Coffee Break
11:45 - 13:00
Enterprise-Wide ML/TF Risk Assessment
Detecting Concealment of Beneficial ownership
Pijush Kanti Das - Director-Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), CROWE
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30
Case study on supply chain risk- evaluations, identification and mitigation
Faisal Ahmed, Sudheesh Nambiath, Abidh CP
15:30 - 15:45
Tea / Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:15
Training on CRAFT Code
Marcin Piersiak , Alliance for Responsible Mining, Executive Director Europe
17:15 - 18:00
Report presentation
Sudheesh Nambiath – Manager, Precious Metals, DMCC
Speakers
SUDHEESH NAMBIATH
MANAGER – PRECIOUS METALS
DMCC
Sudheesh Nambiath is Manager for Precious Metals at DMCC (Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre).
Appointed to the role in September 2022, Sudheesh is responsible for building and growing DMCC’s precious metals ecosystem. He is also a member of the Executive Office of the Emirates Bullion Market Committee under the UAE Ministry of Economy, where he looks after UAE Good Delivery standard accreditations and promoting best practices on responsible sourcing.
Prior to joining DMCC, Sudheesh was Head of the India Gold Policy Centre in Ahmedabad, India, among other roles. He is a graduate in economics and a post-graduate in business administration.
FAISAL AHMED
MANAGING PARTNER AND CEO
AKW CONSULTANTS
Faisal is a qualified Chartered Accountant and carries more than two decades of experience with Advisory Services at Price Waterhouse Coopers in London, KPMG and HSBC Bank.
Currently, Faisal is leading AKW Consultants Group of Companies headquartered in the UAE. He has led projects for a number of banks and organisations across the GCC Region and in Afghanistan in Financial Due Diligence, Business Plan Design, Regulatory Compliance, AML matters, developing Anti-Fraud departments in the banks and Responsible Sourcing audits. In addition, Faisal is also leading Tax, Audit, Accounting & Internal Audit Services in the UAE and manages clients across Middle East, UK and Europe.
ABIDH CP
AML EXPERT
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, UAE
Abidh CP is a AML Expert with the Ministry of Economy. Abidh has been associated with the precious metals market since 2011 working as a Chief Compliance Officer with Emirates Gold Refinery.
At his role in DMCC for seven years, he had extensively worked in areas of accreditation of refiners and building the Good Delivery Guidance grow from strength to strength.
MARCIN PIERSIAK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EUROPE
ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING
Marcin Piersiak is the Director of the European chapter of Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a global NGO headquartered in Colombia, that champions a vision of legitimate, responsible and profitable artisanal and small-scale mining sector, contributing to inclusive and sustainable development.
With a background in Economics and International Relations, he worked in the UK and Colombia, with short-term assignments in 12 countries in Latin America and Africa. Over 12 years, Marcin contributed to ARM´s twentyfold growth, designing and implementing programs focused on continuous improvement of ASM´s ESG performance and access to formal supply chains, within a framework of ARM´s Fairmined standard and the Craft Code.
PIJUSH KANTI DAS
DIRECTOR-GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE (GRC)
CROWE
Pijush Kanti Das is an ex-Banker with 30 years’ experience in Treasury, Fund Management Risk and Compliance with State Bank of India in India and Singapore. He is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist(CAMS). He served 11 years with the Emirates Institute of Banking and Financial Studies( Now Emirates Institute of Finance), the premier training Institute for Banks and Insurance Companies as Senior Trainer.
Pijush is a Post-Graduate in Economics and a Certificated Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers(CAIIB). He is currently a Director at Crowe Mak Consulting in the Governance, Risk and Compliance Division.