Masterclass
Topic: 'Economic Crime & Transparency Act - Insight from Companies House and Insolvency Service'
Thursday 12 September 2024
Venue: The Insolvency Service, No 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BN
9.00 - 11.15am
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North West Fraud Forum are continuing their masterclass program with our first hybrid event, run both in person at The Insolvency Service and Online.
AGENDA
9.00
In person Registration, Refreshments and Networking
9.20
Online meeting join time
9.30
Welcome and Introduction
9.35
Lee Robins – Compliance and Enforcement Service Owner, Companies House
Topics covered:
- ECCTA and the impacts for Companies House/ their key focusses and deliverables
- Overview of legislation
10.20
Comfort Break
10.25
Sarah Beckingham Smith, Change and Technology Services – Senior Project Manager, The Insolvency Service
- Introduction into what has been obtained
- Overview of INSS project delivery and impacted workstreams
o Powers and Enforcement
o Intelligence Sharing
o Disqualified Directors
o Sanctions and Money Laundering Act 2018
o ID Verification
o Limited Partnerships
- What INSS are doing in preparation – working closely with DBT/CH and FCDO
- Readiness in process and guidance
- Reference to what INSS is doing in preparation for enforcement powers
- A high-level overview of the split of offences (summary)
- Which Acts will be affected?
- What’s next for INSS?
11.10
Summary and Close
11.15
Post event coffee and networking
SPEAKERS
Service Owner for the Companies House Compliance and Enforcement Service, Chartered Manager and career civil servant with over 35 years’ experience in Companies House. In January 2016 Lee worked on the People with Significant Control (PSC) legislation, setting up and leading the Companies House compliance efforts. In 2018 he was heavily involved in the UK’s successful FATF assessment and in 2019-20 he led the Companies House elements of the 5MLD transposition concerning discrepancy reporting. In his current role he is now working hard to implement the enforcement elements of the ECCT Act 2023 dealing with the challenges that come from the biggest changes that Companies House has seen since 1844.
Senior Project Manager, delivering the Companies House Reform and Fees project on behalf of Insolvency Service, Chartered Project Manager with over 12 years’ experience in Project Delivery. In May 2024 Sarah, moved from the Ministry of Justice to the Insolvency Service to continue her career in project management, Sarah has extensive experience with both Regulatory and Legislative changes across her Private and Public profession. In her current role she is now working hard to implement the enforcement elements of the ECCT Act 2023 for Insolvency working closely with Companies House, Department of Business and Trade and Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office.
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