NEWS: Avalon Ingram, fincrime leader at SWIFT bank payments network, to speak at ‘European Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2025’
By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent
Avalon Ingram , head of fincrime at SWIFT, will join as a speaker at ‘European Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2025’, it was confirmed today.
Ms Ingram, who leads the APAC and MENA Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Initiatives team at SWIFT bank payments network, joins a stellar list of influential industry figures speaking at EAFCS2025 in Dublin on May 7 next.
More high profile speakers will be announced in the New Year at Europe’s leading AFC event, attended by some 700 C-suite and decision-maker delegates. Early-bird tickets and further details on the Summit are available HERE.
Avalon will be joined by other prominent fincrime fighters including Linda Hamilton , the newly appointed Executive Director and the head of Financial Crime Operations at JP MorganChase.
Also confirmed was Sarah Beth Felix , the CEO at Palmera Consulting and the co-founder and Chief AML Officer at Acceleron Bank.
The three bring a wealth of AFC experience. Ms Ingram began her career at Dow Jones and now focuses on driving adoption of SWIFT’s value-added shared services in areas such as AML, CTF, and fraud prevention.
She first joined SWIFT in 2016, working as a manager in the area of Financial Crime Compliance, rejoining the organization in 2019.
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During her time away from SWIFT, Avalon contributed to a RegTech startup
specializing in AI and natural language processing, delivering a KYC platform for the banking sector.
She also served on the board of the RegTech sub-committee of the Singapore FinTech Association (2020–2021) and is a frequent commentator at FCC industry events across the region.
As well as Avalon Ingram, Sarah-Beth Felix and Linda Hamilton, other speakers announced for the European Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2025 include Member of the Gender Equality Advisory Committee to the G7 Frances Fitzgerald .
Those interested in attending the summit may access the Early Bird booking process here: The European Anti Financial Crime Summit 2025.
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