TIPS Newsletter | September 2026 – Introducing the new TIPS Managing Committee
Dear TIPS member,
We are delighted to introduce the new TIPS Network Managing Committee for 2026–2027, comprising a wide range of backgrounds from across professions including investigations, law, consulting, journalism, and academia.
Will Jenkins of Control Risks and Molly Vaughan of Nardello & Co. will serve as TIPS Network Co-Chairs.
They are supported by TIPS Initiative Leads: Tom Roberts of PwC and Jasmine Elliott of BIICL as Events Co-Leads; Daniel Figueroa of Janes Open Source Intelligence as Advocacy Lead; Adam Bakran of FTI as Outreach Lead; and Samer Jannoun of Meta as Partnerships Officer.
The wider Committee comprises Anthea Frank of Clifford Chance; James Brady of BASIC; Declan McLoughlin of McDermott Will & Schulte; Lachlan Stewart of Sibylline; Maddy Raven of Alaco Sigma7; Hina Jafri of Meta; Charles Brown of Blackdot Solutions; Melissa Dames of Arnold & Porter; Zachary Rothstein of Xapien; and Izabelle Apostol of the Serious Fraud Office (UK).
The Committee will bring its collective expertise, ideas and networks to continue to grow the TIPS Network’s activities into another exciting year.
- the TIPS team
1. Upcoming Events (register on our Events page)
TIPS Talk | Ethics Across Borders: Modern Slavery and Corruption in Supply Chains
27 October 2026, 6.30–9.00pm BST, London (Moody's, 10 Gresham St, London EC2V 7JD)
Join us for a TIPS Talk, hosted by Moody’s and sponsored by Ethixbase360, on cross-border corruption in supply chains and ethical considerations from modern slavery and human rights. We will host esteemed speakers Aisling Twomey, Director of Financial Crime at Monzo, Lise Smit, Business and Human Rights Advisor at Norton Rose Fulbright, and Sofia Gonzalez de Aguinaga, Research Leader in Business, ESG & Modern Slavery, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Ethixbase360 Director of Product Natasha Martin will kindly moderate.
AML Intelligence | International Anti-Financial Crime Summit 2026
Wednesday 7 October 2026, Hilton Tower Bridge , London (Details here)
Across the industry, leaders are grappling with the same hard questions – adapting to AI opportunities and threats, FATF scrutiny, sanctions evasion, fraud and AML.
AMLP Forum | 15th Annual Anti-Bribery & Corruption Forum
11 November 2026, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, London (Hybrid). (Details here)
This year’s Forum brings together policymakers, prosecutors, regulators, law enforcement agencies and corporate leaders shaping the future of anti-corruption. The programme focuses on the issues that matter most to today’s anti-corruption professionals.
RUSI | From Coordination to Collective Power: UK–EU Sanctions Cooperation
9 December 2026, RUSI, 61 Whitehall, London (Hybrid). (Details here)
The Centre for Finance and Security is hosting a panel event to examine how UK–EU sanctions cooperation can evolve from coordination towards greater collective impact. Host, Kinga Redlowska (Head of CFS at RUSI Europe) will be joined by panellists to consider where cooperation is working well, where gaps remain, and how the UK and EU can better align their approaches to sanctions policy and enforcement.
2. Recent Events
TIPS Talk | Regulating the Beautiful Game: Ethics, governance and corruption in English football | 29 September | London
On 29 September 2026, The TIPS Network hosted a panel discussion bringing together experts in sports governance and corruption, including Niall Couper, Founder and Chair of the Football Action Network, Simon Lock, Senior Reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), and Ben Cowdock, Senior Investigations Lead at Transparency International UK (TI-UK).
The discussion was thought-provoking, exploring the Football Governance Act, the new Independent Football Regulator, and the evolving risks facing English football, from ownership due diligence and AML compliance to gambling and sponsorship. The panel also discussed recent developments concerning Manchester City and considered whether the measures being introduced to strengthen governance in the game will be sufficient to address these challenges.
We thank AlixPartners and Rebecca Rossiter for kindly hosting the event, and Hina Jafri for stepping in at short notice to moderate the discussion.
3. Jobs Board
Director, Financial Investigations and Forensic Accounting, Nardello & Co., New York (Hybrid)
Policy & Advocacy Coordinator, Political, Transparency International, Berlin
Comparative study on professional service providers (Consultancy), Transparency International, Remote
4. Items of Interest
TI Publications
Closing the Loop: Civil society views on increasing the transparency and accountability of UK asset returns. Read here.
Ending Debt Secrecy: Recommendations to the G20 on Anti-Corruption in Sovereign Borrowing and Lending. Read here.
Regional Assessment of Integrity in Political Finance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia. Read here.
TI Blogs and News
PM urged to act on unlimited political donations after pledge to ‘go further’. Read here.
Suspected corrupt wealth in the UK risks never being returned to victims, new research warns. See here.
Preventing policy capture: Why lobbying transparency matters for UK business and human rights law. See here.
Podcasts
Kickback: The Global Anti Corruption Podcast. 152 - On Corrupted Kingdom with Prof. Robert Barrington (Book). Listen here.
Environmental Investigation Agency UK: What role does corruption play in environmental crime? Listen here.
Other items
Corrupted Kingdom, Britain's Disappearing Integrity – And How We Can Get It Back (Book). See here.
Briefing: Key opportunities to tackle corruption and dirty money through justice reforms. See here.
Increasing asset recovery shows investment in tackling dirty money pays off. See here.
New Carter-Ruck ruling could leave legal watchdog ‘toothless’ against SLAPPs. See here.
Ben Delo: how Reform’s record donor created a ‘magnet for money laundering’. See here.
Survivors and six-figure sums: MPs reveal the ordinary people silenced by abusive lawsuits’. See here.
Citing Trump Crypto Fortune, US Democrats Try to Derail Bill to Regulate Digital Assets. See here.
US Senate Blocks CLARITY Act; President’s Crypto Conflicts and Dirty Money Gaps Remain. See here.
The Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption (2nd Edition). See here.
FT: Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global bank. See here.
5. Focus On: Charles Brown
Why did you get involved with the TIPS Network?
I have long admired Transparency International’s mission to raise awareness about the scourge of corruption, promote integrity and hold power to account. For over 15 years, my work has centred on investigating corruption and helping businesses the implement anti-bribery and corruption programmes. I've also seen the impact of corruption, firsthand, in too many countries around the world. TIPS offers an opportunity to support a cause I believe in deeply.
Please describe your experience as part of the TIPS Network.
I have been attending TIPS events for the last few years and have consistently been impressed by the calibre of guests and quality of conversations. The network brings together industry, government, NGOs, technology vendors and consultants, each contributing a piece of the puzzle in advancing anti-corruption and transparency. My experience with TIPS has involved interviewing the head of the National Crime Agency’s International Corruption Unit about corruption in the extractive sector - and I hope to be able to contribute to similar such events in future.
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