Matthew Gardiner is the founder of A1 AI. He consults on new centres of gravity for financial institutions at the intersection of digital assets, DeFi, AI, Cloud and APIs.
A former PwC Global Financial Services Consultant, Matthew has worked extensively with T1 banks, Fintechs, crypto exchanges, financial institutions, central banks, governments, finance ministries, financial centres, regulators, institutional investors, VCs, CVCs and their legal counsel around the world.
Matthew has given keynote speeches at leading and emerging conferences in Europe, the US the Middle East, Asia and Australasia. He is a founding member of Techfugees, a charity focused on financial inclusion and visiting faculty at Cass Business School and The Asian Banking School.
Adebayo shares his time as a financial crimes and compliance analyst with 2 Cryptocurrency exchanges with markets within the APAC and EMEA regions. His knowledge domain includes IT Audit, blockchain, cryptocurrency compliance and cybersecurity.
Before his current role, he worked as a consultant in a GRC firm where he worked on implementing international standards – BCMS, ISMS and PCIDSS – within the governance frameworks of financial institutions.
He believes cryptocurrency compliance is the right approach to a positive narrative for mainstream adoption of the technology and as such, has developed an investigative mindset towards the crypto-space.
He is a Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), Lead Cyber Security Manager and Certified Blockchain Solutions Architect.
Oonagh is an industry award-winning Compliance Officer based in Hong Kong, with over 19 years of experience in law and regulation, and a mother of two.
She is recognised as a global compliance industry leader in promoting innovation, improved culture and providing access to affordable thought-provoking compliance training opportunities.
She is the founder of RAW Compliance, a global compliance social enterprise, which provides free webinars, masterclasses, training and mentoring programmes to the compliance community. She is also the Managing Director of the global compliance consultancy firm Virtual Risk Solutions VRS, which supports FinTech and Crypto firms with regulatory licensing and the development of innovative, streamlined, agile and automated compliance risk frameworks.
Passionate about improving risk typology detection on socially imperative issues such as Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery and Illegal Wildlife Trading, she also involved in various industry working groups and public-private partnerships.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oonaghvandenberg/
Email: Oonagh@virtualrisksolutions.com