ACi Banking Forum : Enforcement is Changing

Maintaining High Investigation Standards in a Shifting Regulatory and Geopolitical Landscape

As global enforcement priorities evolve and geopolitical tensions reshape regulatory expectations, investigation teams face mounting pressure to uphold rigorous standards in increasingly complex environments.

This panel, moderated by Priya Giuliani (Partner, HKA), brings together senior legal and investigations leaders to explore how banks can maintain investigative integrity, independence and quality amid heightened scrutiny, cross‑border risk and public interest.

Through candid discussion and real‑world insight, panellists will examine how enforcement trends are changing, what regulators now expect from investigation functions, and how institutions can future‑proof their approaches without losing professional judgement at the point of decision‑making.

Panel Speakers

• Jamas Hodivala KC, Matrix Chambers
• Tom Littlechild, Assistant General Counsel – International Financial Crime & Regulatory Expert, Wells Fargo
• Maureen Lewis, Managing Director – Litigation, Investigations & Enforcement, Barclayss

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is designed for those responsible for managing culture, conduct, and regulatory risk across AFB member banks. It will be particularly valuable for:

• Senior Managers
• MLROs
• Heads of Compliance, Risk and Legal
• Culture and Conduct Leads

Priya Giuliani

Priya Giuliani is a Partner in HKA’s Investigations & Compliance practice with nearly 30 years of experience working with international banks, regulators, and law enforcement on financial crime risk management, governance, conduct and culture. She has extensive Skilled Person experience under the FCA’s s166 framework and deep insight into how cultural misalignment, weak escalation pathways and hierarchical norms can create compliance blind spots, the core themes explored in this workshop.

Priya is a recognised thought leader on organisational culture, behavioural science and the link between human behaviour and regulatory outcomes. She recently authored Culture Isn’t a Patch, It’s the Platform, which highlights culture as the “invisible operating system” of organisations, and she regularly speaks at industry conferences on how behavioural science can transform compliance and strengthen cultural integrity.

About the ACi 2026 Banking Forum

The ACi 2026 Banking Forum is a premier, full‑day gathering of investigation professionals, legal experts and senior leaders from across the financial services sector.

Hosted by Barclays at Canary Wharf, the forum brings together practitioners from some of the world’s leading financial institutions to examine the most pressing challenges facing banking investigations today.

This year’s agenda focuses on the issues that matter most to the profession, including:

• Designing investigation frameworks that can scale
• Integrating AI tools without undermining human judgement
• Managing legal privilege and sensitive matters
• Navigating high‑profile cases in the public eye
• Maintaining investigation standards amid global enforcement change

With speakers from institutions including Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and leading KCs, the forum offers a rare opportunity to benchmark practice and engage in frank, peer‑to‑peer discussion.

Register

View the full agenda, speaker line‑up and register to attend the ACi 2026 Banking Forum.