We are pleased to launch the 22nd Series of the AML Roundtable, continuing our commitment to fostering insightful dialogue and thought leadership within the AML community.

Through these sessions, participants will have the opportunity to explore emerging trends, regulatory developments, and practical challenges shaping the AML space, while engaging in meaningful discussions with industry peers and subject matter specialists.

Format: Sessions run from 8.30am to around 12:45pm and consist of a series of presentations by expert speakers from KPMG, the Regulator, and obliged entities. Based on feedback we obtained from previous sessions, we believe that attendees benefit most from interactive group discussions and thought leadership presentations.

Frequency: Once every four months.

Date: The first Roundtable in this 22nd Series will be held on 17 June 2026 and every four months thereafter.

Explore the full agenda for the first session here.

Time: 08:30am – 12:45pm

Venue: The Xara Lodge (Sqaq Tac-Cawla, Triq It-Tigrija, Rabat)

Fee: Participation fee is Eur450* per annum. The subscription is not personal and registered entities may be represented by a different delegate during each of the three sessions in any one series. Relevant KPMG publications on AML and the financial services industry will also be made available.

*KPMG Learning Academy is exempt from VAT in terms of item 12 (1) of Part Two of the Fifth Schedule to the VAT Act.

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For any questions, please contact Kersten Mallia on +356 2563 1091 or via email at kla@kpmg.com.mt.

Speakers:

Alex Azzopardi, Partner, Risk Consulting Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta

Alex joined the firm in 2005 within the firm’s Audit function where he specialised in the external audits of financial services entities. After 8 years, Alex moved to the Advisory function, where he assisted in the setting up of the Internal Audit Services line. Today, he leads engagements mainly focused on the provision of services in enterprise risk, corporate governance, regulatory compliance (including licensing), AML/CFT and internal audit services across the regulated financial services sectors and other non-regulated businesses. Alex is the Immediate Past Chairperson of the IIA – Malta, Fellow of the MIA, and a member of ISACA.

Ariane Azzopardi, Director, Risk Consulting Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta

Ariane Azzopardi is a Director within the Advisory function at KPMG in Malta and serves as the designated employee (MLRO delegate) for the firm. Ariane specialises in matters related to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (PMLFT), Privacy, and Auditor Independence. With over fifteen years’ experience in quality and risk management, Ariane brings expertise in regulatory compliance and risk advisory services. In her current role, Ariane advises clients on PMLFT obligations and best practices, helping organisations strengthen their compliance frameworks and mitigate financial crime risks. She regularly delivers sessions on PMLFT at KPMG roundtables and industry seminars. Ariane also chairs the PMLFT sub-committee at the Malta Institute of Accountants and is a committee member of the PMLFT sub-committee at the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners.

Alan Talbot, Director, KPMG Digital Solutions

Alan joined KPMG in 2024, bringing with him over 25 years of experience in leading teams through extremely complex and highly paced transformations. His tenures in senior capacities in financial services, aviation, and consultancy have allowed him the opportunity to hone his innate skills in finding holistic solutions, which are customer centric and add value to all stakeholders. His involvement and delivery of varied scaled projects on a multi-industry and international level have further enriched his capabilities in providing wide arching solutions that are dynamic and change immersive. He has led teams of varying strengths and capabilities, built agile functions, overhauled technical operations, and introduced an array of innovative technologies all throughout his tenures, enabling organisations to evolve.

His focus on value driven initiatives, and investment in people who sustain and contribute to the value generation process, have always been a catalyst for seeking solutions that are specific, suitable, and sustainable. One of his strongest traits is to navigate the course of transposing the business requirement to a technical one, and inversely ensure that any technical solution is the applicable enabler to any commercial or operational function. This skill, coupled with the innate predisposition to embrace change, ensures that Alan defines long lasting, applicable, and relevant solutions. In a highly competitive and demanding environment, marked by constant change and ever important sustainability consciousness, Alan positions the business requirement as the core driver for value delivery. Through his focus and persistence on ensuring the right applicability and sustainability of solutions, Alan provides his customers with the tools and innovative techniques to address current and future challenges that are enabled through the targeted adoption of the right solutions.

Leslie Janet Stephenson, Non-Executive Director

Leslie has over 30 years of experience across the international banking and insurance sectors. She spent more than 15 years at HSBC, working across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the UK and Europe, where she developed deep expertise in strategic regulatory and risk transformation, corporate governance, and operations management in both emerging and mature markets.

Prior to joining HSBC, Leslie held a range of senior leadership roles in Canada and the United States at leading insurance firms, with responsibilities spanning distribution, operations, and new product development.

Leslie is a fully qualified board director and currently serves on the boards of APS Bank Plc and Zarattini International Ltd. She also chairs the Octopus Energy Generation Conflicts Committee.

She holds a BA and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario and is enrolled in the FINTECH Circle Board Programme.

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