Speaking Engagements

    • Various presentations / papers including case law updates on PRC cases relevant to fraud and injunctions of

    • trade instruments; the impact of economic sanctions on trade finance; ESG principles in trade finance;

    • financial crime / regulatory compliance & de-risking.

    • Annual Presenter & Panellist: AI & Trade finance, eBills of Lading, Moving to Paperless Trade, Trade Finance & ESG, Managing Economic Sanctions, Avoiding Disputes & Managing Litigation, Force Majeure & COVID

  • Institute of International Banking Law & Practice

    • Annual Presenter & Panelist - Case law updates, financial crime compliance, economic sanctions, digital innovation, ESG, balance sheet management and specialist industry issues (2012-2024).

  • The London Institute of Banking & Finance

    • Presenter & Panelist – Financial Crime Compliance & Fraud in Trade Finance

  • BCR Publishing Presenter & Panelist

    • Digital innovation and implementation post UK Electronic Trade Documents Act

  • Guest Lecturer

    • Brexit: Legal Impact and Future Strategies for Canadian Business – 2017

    • Future Challenges for the World Trade System: The Digitalisation of Trade from Paper to Blockchain – 2021

    • Introduction to Trade Finance - 2022

  • International Chamber of Commerce, UK

    • Presenter - Block Chain Risks & Rewards November 2018

  • Institute of International Banking Law & Practice

    • Annual Presenter & Panellist 2012-2020

  • Institute of International Banking Law & Practice

    • Annual Presenter & Panellist (2012-2024)

  • ABC Minds Presenter

    • Coordinating with Law Enforcement for International Tracing & Recovery 2017

  • Receivables Finance International

    • Presenter -Regulatory Spotlight: getting the balance right between Growth, Regulation & Compliance

    • Presenter & Panellist - Global Events & Local Sanctions: Navigating Risk through the Arab Spring

    • Presenter & Panellist - Payments Fraud: the evolution of counterfeit items, identity theft and account take-overs

 Industry & Community Activities

  • Global business organisation, founded 1919, involved in rule making governing international trade, policy advocacy & dispute resolution; promoting global business and commerce.

    • Member ICC UK

    • Legal Committee Member, 2014–present

  • Founded to advise the Dean of Law on program contents and student activities at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada.

    Committee Member, 2022-present

  • A UK registered charity, working to improve access to education, address ethnic under-representation in employment, and promote racial equality.

    ·        Education Advisory Committee Member, 2021 - present