Build future-ready compliance capabilities through this expertly designed 7-session series. Whether you’re operating within the DIFC or in a broader financial or regulatory context, this series equips you with the essential knowledge, tools, and frameworks to manage compliance, risk, governance, and regulatory expectations in today’s complex environment.
Covering foundational regulations, risk management, governance, financial crime prevention, data protection, AI governance, all ensuring audit readiness, this series ensures participants can build robust, adaptable compliance frameworks aligned with DIFC and DFSA requirements. Led by industry experts and delivered through interactive workshops, case studies, and real-world scenarios, the series empowers learners to foster ethical, risk-aware, and resilient organisations.
SESSIONS
Thursday 2 October 2025 10am – 12pm Hybrid (In-person at DIFC Academy and Online via GTW)
Kickstart your compliance journey with a foundational session covering the regulatory landscape of DIFC and DFSA, core governance principles, and the essentials of sustainability within compliance programs.
Course Description
This session introduces participants to the DIFC regulatory framework and DFSA regulations. It covers governance best practices and the growing importance of sustainability in compliance. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of compliance roles and responsibilities, and how ESG principles fit into the broader compliance environment.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the DIFC regulatory environment and DFSA’s role and powers
- Identify core compliance functions and responsibilities within DIFC entities
- Explore principles of good corporate governance and ESG frameworks
- Appreciate the growing importance of sustainability in compliance and business strategy
Speaker
Thursday 9 October 2025 10am – 12pm Live Online via GTW
Learn how to build and customise risk-based compliance programmes tailored for both DIFC-regulated firms and non-regulated entities seeking effective compliance structures.
Course Description
This practical session guides participants in designing compliance frameworks based on risk principles applicable across different regulatory contexts. Learn how to develop policies, monitoring systems, and controls that address firm-specific risks, including emerging challenges from fintech and digital assets.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the principles of risk-based compliance applicable to both regulated and non-regulated firms
- Develop tailored compliance frameworks that address specific risks relevant to your organisation
- Create effective policies, procedures, and controls that fit different regulatory contexts
- Implement monitoring, reporting, and escalation processes for ongoing compliance management
- Incorporate emerging trends such as fintech and digital asset risks into compliance programs
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Thursday 16 October 2025 10am – 12pm Live Online via GTW
Master the art of integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with governance to create resilient compliance frameworks that effectively identify, assess, and mitigate risks – including ESG-related risks – to support sustainable and ethical business practices.
Course Description
Delve into ERM fundamentals and governance structures supporting compliance. Learn how to identify compliance risks, including Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, design mitigation strategies, and establish monitoring and reporting mechanisms, while understanding board and senior management responsibilities.
- Learning Objectives
- Understand enterprise risk management (ERM) principles in compliance
- Align enterprise risk management (ERM) with compliance and governance frameworks
- Learn governance frameworks for risk oversight
- Conduct compliance risk identification and assessment, including ESG factors
- Apply ESG considerations within risk assessment and management
- Design mitigation and control strategies
- Implement monitoring and reporting processes
- Understand stakeholder expectations and reporting obligations
Course Outline
- ERM concepts and benefits
- Governance structures for risk management
- Compliance risk identification and assessment, integrating ESG factors
- Applying ESG within risk mitigation and monitoring strategies
- Risk mitigation and control design
- Monitoring, reporting, and escalation
- Board and senior management roles
Speakers
Founder and General Counsel – WIM, Envision
Thursday 23 October 2025 10am – 12pm Live Online via GTW
Gain confidence in managing data privacy risks and build robust privacy programmes aligned with DIFC DP Law and international privacy standards like GDPR.
Course Description
Explore key data protection principles, data subject rights, and compliance obligations. Develop practical skills to draft privacy policies, handle breaches, and manage cross-border data transfers.
Learning Objectives
- Understand key data protection principles and privacy laws affecting DIFC firms
- Design data protection policies and controls that meet regulatory requirements
- Manage data breach risks and reporting obligations
- Align data privacy compliance with international standards like GDPR
- Navigate cross-border data flows and vendor risks
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Thursday 30 October 2025 10am – 12pm Live Online via GTW
Develop a culture of ethics and accountability while navigating the emerging challenges of AI governance in compliance.
Course Description
Understand ethics and conduct risk fundamentals, fostering speak-up cultures and whistleblower programs. Explore AI governance principles, risks, and how to develop effective AI oversight mechanisms.
Learning Objectives
- Promote ethical decision-making and a culture of compliance
- Identify and manage conduct risk within financial institutions
- Promote speak-up and whistleblowing programmes
- Understand AI governance principles including transparency, fairness, and accountability
- Integrate AI risk management into existing compliance and governance frameworks
Course Outline
- Ethics and conduct risk management
- Whistleblower programs
- AI technologies and governance frameworks
- AI risk mitigation and oversight
Speakers
Vice President - Data Protection and Regulatory Compliance, DIFC Authority
Director, Center for Futures Studies, University of Dubai
Thursday 6 November 2025 10am – 12pm Live Online via GTW
Equip yourself with the latest tools and techniques to prevent money laundering, bribery, and sanctions breaches in an increasingly complex financial crime landscape.
Course Description
This session covers the regulatory frameworks and practical measures for AML, anti-bribery, and sanctions compliance. Learn customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, and emerging enforcement trends.
Learning Objectives
- Understand AML, bribery, and sanctions regulations
- Identify and mitigate financial crime risks including money laundering, bribery, and sanctions violations
- Understand DFSA and UAE AML regulations and compliance requirements
- Implement effective customer due diligence (CDD) and transaction monitoring
- Design financial crime prevention controls
- Stay current with evolving sanctions regimes and enforcement trends
Speakers
Tuesday 11 November 2025 10am – 12pm Hybrid (In-person at DIFC Academy and Online via GTW)
Awarding Ceremony after the session – from 12pm to 12:30pm
Financial crime risks are taking on new and increasingly complex forms. We need to address the pressing challenges facing compliance professionals as they navigate the rise of virtual assets, trade-based money laundering, and the demands for greater transparency within cross-border financial structures.
Course Description
This session will equip participants with the latest insights into how criminals exploit emerging technologies and global trade networks. Through practical guidance and discussion, attendees will deepen their understanding of regulatory expectations, enforcement trends, and effective strategies for safeguarding their organizations in the face of these dynamic threats.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and mitigate trade-based money laundering (TBML) risks
- Understand compliance obligations for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs)
- Navigate beneficial ownership and transparency expectations
- Assess financial crime risks linked to cross-border entities and offshore structures
- Align with DFSA and UAE enforcement priorities and FATF follow-up recommendations
- Apply a risk-based approach to managing emerging typologies
Course Outline:
- Trade-based money laundering: mechanisms and detection
- Compliance obligations for virtual assets and VASPs
- Beneficial ownership and transparency expectations
- Financial crime risks in cross-border and offshore structures
- DFSA and UAE enforcement trends and FATF follow-up priorities
- Risk-based management of emerging financial crime threats
Speakers
PROGRAMME FEE
- Full Series (7 Sessions) - AED 2,500
- Individual Course - AED 500
- DIFC Registered Practitioner: 20% discount
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All prices are subject to +5% VAT
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