Sanctions and Money Laundering Day 2024 – Increased risk in an uncertain world

Adela Kabrtova currently serves as a Policy Officer in the European Commission’s Sanctions Unit in DG FISMA. In this position, she has responsibilities related particularly to the Russia sanctions regime. She focuses on energy-related sanctions, including the oil price cap, as well as circumvention of EU sanctions. Prior to that, Adela worked in the European Commission on humanitarian affairs and in law firms on civil and commercial matters. She holds a law degree from Charles University in Prague and from College of Europe in Bruges.  

James is the Head of Monitoring and International Engagement in the Oil Price Cap and Trust Services Unit in HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in the UK. The unit leads on licencing, enforcement, guidance and international engagement on those sanctions, as well as chairing the G7+ working group on oil price cap enforcement & compliance. He has previously worked in a range of government departments including HM Revenue and Customs and the Ministry of Defence.  

Roger Calderone is the current Regional Export Control Officer assigned to U.S. Embassy Helsinki, Finland. In this capacity, he serves as the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) liaison to host nation governments and the private sector in Finland, Sweden, Norway and the Baltics on the administration and enforcement of U.S. export control ma􀆩ers. From 2021 to 2023, Roger served as a Special Agent in BIS’s Office of Export Enforcement Chicago Field Office. Roger previously served 11 years as a Special Agent for the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service. Roger holds a B.A. in Poli􀆟cal Science and Sociology and a Master of Public and International Affairs in Security and Intelligence Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. He is fluent in Spanish.

Jessica Rhee joined the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2021, and Beth Scott in 2023.  As sanctions compliance officers in OFAC’s Compliance Division, Jessica and Beth work with a dynamic team responsible for implementing U.S. economic sanctions through dedicated outreach and public and private sector engagement.  Jessica and Beth routinely advise financial institutions and other organizations from around the world on OFAC sanctions compliance and implementation issues and regularly speak at conferences and seminars about how to comply with OFAC sanctions. 

Jessica Rhee joined the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2021, and Beth Scott in 2023.  As sanctions compliance officers in OFAC’s Compliance Division, Jessica and Beth work with a dynamic team responsible for implementing U.S. economic sanctions through dedicated outreach and public and private sector engagement.  Jessica and Beth routinely advise financial institutions and other organizations from around the world on OFAC sanctions compliance and implementation issues and regularly speak at conferences and seminars about how to comply with OFAC sanctions. 

Kjersti Bagle is the Financial Intelligence Lead at The Norwegian Police Security Service. She holds a degree in Accounting, as well as further education in investigation from the Norwegian Police Academy. Prior work experience includes serving as Director for Deloitte Forensic specialized in investigations and economic crime transformations, helping organizations manage risk and vulnerabilities that come from global corruption, money laundering, fraud and other financial crime threats. 

Martin Sørby is Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' legal department. His previous functions include Inspector General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg and Director of the Humanitarian and Criminal Law Section. 

Odin Johannessen holds degrees from the Military Academy, the Norwegian Defence University College, the Norwegian School of Economics, the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm, and the U.S. Army War College. With a wealth of leadership experience spanning the Garrison in Sør-Varanger, H.M. The King's Guard, Telemark Battalion, Brigade North, and the Defence Staff, he has also led Norwegian units in NATO operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan. Serving as the Chief of the Army from 2015 to 2019, he assumed the role of Director of the Norwegian Business Security Council (NSR) in 2019. 

At NSR, Johannessen spearheads efforts to enhance security awareness in the business sector, leveraging comprehensive knowledge of values, threats, and vulnerabilities. The organization emphasizes collaborative security measures and possesses a robust capability for knowledge-based prevention and risk management. 

Audun Kolstad Wiig works as Head of Geopolitics in DNB Group AML/Sanctions and Fraud Prevention, and has been employed in DNB since 2022. He has extensive experience as an analyst in the Norwegian Armed Forces, with an emphasis on the Middle East and the intersection between economy and security. He also has experience as a business policy advisor for the power industry, with special responsibility for Brussels issues. Audun holds a master's degree in political science from Sciences Po Paris, an Executive Master of Management in Energy from BI and Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP-Energies Nouvelles), in addition to studies in Persian language. 

Karine Mørk Rasmussen works as a specialist manager in DNB Group AML, with a particular focus on electronic surveillance and risk classification. She has previously worked as a lawyer in DNB, and has been employed in DNB since 2015. Karine holds a Master of Laws from the University of Bergen and an LLM from King's College London.