Our 2025 Speakers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 30-31 Oct 2025Below are the speakers from the ACSS 2025 conference in Amsterdam. We will be announcing the 2026 Dublin conference speakers soon!
Key Note Speakers
Ulrich Larsen
Mr. Ulf Melgaard
Legal Expert
Ambassador of Denmark to the Netherlands
Government & Policy
Beth Davies
Eeuwke Faber
Sanctions envoy at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kristin Fabbe
Full-time Professor
Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI)
Paulis Iljenkovs
Deputy Director
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Latvia
Lukas Lobnik
Myroslava Marakchuk
Sanctions Expert
EU Sanctions Helpdesk
Mrs. Maria Oliveira, CXS
Senior Officer – Licensing Department
Portuguese Customs and Tax Administration
Marta Tilhena
Head of Sanctions Implementation Division
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Latvia
Pilvi Pusa
Policy Officer
European Commission (DG FISMA)
Private Sector
Adam Butschek
Francesco Candeago
Sanctions and Export Control Manager
Airbus
Ms. (Dipl. Ing.) Tatjana Dobrovolny
Senior Expert Compliance Programs and Systems Solutions
Raiffeisen Bank International Group
Fatma Matsar, CSS, CXS
Kester Meijer
Director Operational Integrity, Compliance & Safety | Integrated Safety & Compliance Manager
KLM Cargo
Jeff Nielsen
Marlon Oxley
Howard Spieler, CSS
Chapter Chair
Business Sanctions Risk Officer, Banking
Business Sanctions Risk Officer, Banking
Citi
Eric Vennekens
Robert Walsh
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Global Financial Crime Officer
AXA Group
Hannah Zarkar
Head of Global Standards & Advisory Sanctions
Commerzbank AG
Law Firms / Consultancies
Nicolas Burnichon
Counsel, Paris
Bennink Dunin-Wasowicz
Sebastiaan Bennink
Partner, Amsterdam
Bennink Dunin-Wasowicz
Coline Cauvin
Senior Associate
Acquis EU Law & Policy
Jan Dunin-Wasowicz
Partner, Paris
Bennink Dunin-Wasowicz
David Davies
Solution Expert – Lead
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Martijn Feldbrugge, CSS, CXS
Emanuel Ghebregergis
Special Counsel
Covington
Vincent Gaudel, CXS
Valerijus Ostrovskis
Managing Partner
Acquis EU Law & Policy
Saskia Rietbroek, CSS
Anna Sayre, CSS
Sanctions Advisor & Programmes Director
Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS)
Gagik Sargsyan
CEO
Polixis
John Whitworth, CXS
Date and location
Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin
Venue: 23, Upper O´Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland
Date: Oct 8-9, 2026
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For questions please contact us at: conference@sanctionsassociation.org