Jack A. Blum

Attorney, Private Practice (Washington, DC)

Jack focuses his legal practice in the areas of bank and securities firm compliance, congressional investigations, international financial crime, money laundering and offshore tax evasion. He often testifies about money laundering and tax evasion before congressional committees, serves as a qualified expert to domestic governmental agencies and provides anti-money laundering training to domestic and foreign governmental agencies.

Edward H. Davis, Jr.

Founding Shareholder, Astigarraga Davis

Ed focuses his practice on the representation of individual, corporate and institutional victims of fraud throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. He has been involved with some of the highest profile, multi-jurisdictional fraud cases and is regularly rated as one of the best presenters by OffshoreAlert conference attendees.

L. Burke Files

Principal, Financial Examinations & Evaluations, Inc. (Arizona)

Burke specializes in financial investigations and due diligence. He has authored numerous articles and books on the subject and his inimitable brand of intelligence, humor and self-effacement have made him a popular presenter at seminars around the world. Burke conducts investigations in the United States, Eastern Europe, Central and South America and China and Offshore Financial Centers are a particular area of expertise.

Mitchell E. Herr

Partner, Holland & Knight (Miami)

Mitch exclusively concentrates his legal practice in securities litigation, primarily SEC and FINRA enforcement matters. He frequently lectures on the defense of SEC and FINRA proceedings and resides in Holland & Knight's Miami, Florida office.

Martin S. Kenney,

Principal, Martin S. Kenney & Co. (BVI)

Martin is a specialist investigative and litigation lawyer in multi-jurisdictional economic crime and international serious fraud, and has acted for a large number of substantial clients such as international banks, insurance companies and other private and governmental institutions. He is generally considered to be one of the leading and most knowledgeable asset recovery attorneys in the world, as evidenced by an appearance on CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ program, which is one of the highest-rated shows on television. Martin has been involved with the OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference since the very first event in 2002.

John C. Bourbon

Principal, John Bourbon Consulting (Isle of Man)

John runs his own compliance and regulatory consultancy in the Isle of Man and also serves as a director for several international collective investment funds. He is a former Head of Supervision of the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission and a former Managing Director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.

Cherise Cox-Nottage

President, Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers & Head of Legal Department, UBS (Bahamas)

Steven A. Lauer

Corporate Counsel of Lumen Legal and Principal Value Consultant, Lumen Legal Consulting

Steven works with corporate law departments and law firms to assist them to better align and synchronize the cost and value of legal service delivered to corporations and other business entities.

Christopher A. Myers

Partner, Holland & Knight (Virginia)

For more than 30 years, Chris has helped clients respond to issues involving all of the major enforcement statutes, including the False Claims Act, bribery and anti-kickback acts, the Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Control Act, procurement fraud statutes and many others. Chris is the Chair of Holland & Knight's Compliance Services Team and a member of the firm's White Collar Defense Team.

Nancy Saur

Regional Head of Compliance & Risk Management (Caribbean), ATC Group NV (Cayman Islands)

Nancy is currently responsible for compliance and risk management for the Caribbean and Asian offices of the ATC Group. She is the founder of the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, managed the development of computer-based training for its members and created a Cayman Islands module for an international compliance training program.

David Marchant

Publisher, OffshoreAlert

David Marchant, owner of OffshoreAlert, is an investigative journalist who has exposed numerous international, white-collar crimes during his career, leading to four libel lawsuits against him – all of which were unsuccessful. Mr. Marchant is regularly referenced for financial crime stories by the world’s media, including The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Miami Herald, CBS News, Bloomberg Business News, The Times of London, the Independent on Sunday, and BBC Radio.