EBRA Malta
AGENDA
08:30 – 09:30
Registration & Coffee Networking
09:30 – 09:50 CONFERENCE OPENING
Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas – Host, Chief Executive Officer & Registrar at the MBR
Antti Riivari – President, EBRA
09:50 – 10:10 THE MALTA BUSINESS REGISTRY
Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas – Chief Executive Officer & Registrar at the MBR
10:10 – 10:20 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Hon. Silvio Schembri – Minister for Economy, Enterprise & Strategic Projects
SESSION 1
THE BUSINESS REGISTER AS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST ML/TF
10:20 – 10:25
Opening Clip
10:25 – 10:50
EU Perspective in the implementation of the 6th AMLD
Claude Bocqueraz – Deputy Head of the Financial Crime Unit at EU Commission
10:50 – 11:15
EBRA – EUGF Strategic Partnership, Indication of Results
Igor Bereza – EU AML/CFT Global Facility Senior Expert on Beneficial Ownership
11:15 – 11:40
UK Register of overseas Territories &
lessons learned at EU member states look
towards 6th AMLD for similar disclosure
Rebecca Prescott – Service Manager, Compliance & Enforcement at Companies House
Elin Merriman – Economic Crime Specialist at Companies House
11:40 – 11:45
Sponsor Presentation – Binderr
11:45 – 12:00
Group Photo
12:00 – 13:10
Networking Lunch
13:10 – 13:15
Sponsor Presentation – Foster Moore
SESSION 2
WE BUILD CONSORTIUM: THE BUSINESS REGISTRIES PERSPECTIVE ON
EU BUSINESS WALLETS AND EUDI WALLETS
13:15 – 13:45
EU Business Wallets
Sebastian Drosselmeier – Policy Officer within DG Connect at the European Commission
13:45 – 14:45
EU Panel Discussion
moderated by Dennis Hanneman – Director of Regulatory Strategy & Digital Identities at Bundesanzeiger Verlag
Alessandro Bazzolo – Head of the Operational Unit Governance & Digital Identity at InfoCamere
Sebastian Drosselmeier – Policy Officer within DG Connect at the European Commission
Joost Fleuren – WE BUILD Coordinator | Programme Manager at the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce (KVK)
Xavier Juredieu – Chief Executive Officer at Europeum
Javier Misas – Business Registrar in the Ibiza Business Register
14:45 – 14:50
Sponsor Presentation – ERS
14:50 – 15:10
Coffee Break
15:10 – 15:15
Sponsor Presentation – Diligex
SESSION 3
BUILDING BETTER BUSINESS REGISTRIES THROUGH USER EXPERIENCE
15:15 – 15:20
Opening Clip
15:20 – 16:20
Panel Discussion
moderated by Sarah Whitehead – EBRA Board Member and Director of Strategy, Policy & External Communications at Companies House UK
Annalise Zammit – Chief Operations Officer &
Deputy Registar at the Malta Business Registry
Søren Corfixsen Whitt – Head of Division at the
Danish Business Registry
Maria Cauchi Delia – Chief Executive Officer at the
Malta Institute of Accountants
Jennifer Guest – Head of XBRL UK Taxonomy Development, Digital Reporting & Taxonomies, Financial Reporting Council
Andrew Booth – Senior Analyst, Data Management Hub Unit at the Bank of England
16:20 – 16:40
Day 1 Closing
19:00 – 23:00
A knight in Mdina GALA DINNER
(Formal Dress Code)
Bacchus Restaurant – Inguanez Street, Mdina
08:30 – 09:00
Registration & Coffee Networking
09:00 – 09:20
Recap of Day 1
09:20 – 09:45
BUSINESS REGISTERS AS CATALYSTS FOR ECONOMIC TRANSPARENCY IN 2026
Godwin Mifsud – Permanent Secretary, Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise & Strategic Projects
09:45 – 10:05 – BPER PROJECT
Marco Vianello – Head of International Affairs at InfoCamere & EBRA Board Member
Kateryna Bovsunovska – Legal Consultant at the International Institute for the Unification of
Private Law (UNIDROIT)
10:05 – 10:25
AN INSIGHT ON BUSINESS REGISTRY DATA WORLDWIDE: THE BRI PROJECT
Martin Fidler Jones – General Secretary for the Corporate Registers Forum (CRF)
Kersti Rätsep – Head of Client Support at Centre of Registers & Information Systems
10:25 – 10:30
Sponsor Presentation – Arritech
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break
10:50 – 10:55
Sponsor Presentation – Moody’s
SESSION 4
SANCTIONS IN PRACTICE: HOW REGISTERS ENABLE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT ACROSS EUROPE & BEYOND
10:55 – 11:00
Opening Clip
11:00 – 11:45
The Application of UN Sanctions into EU Law & Additional measures as means of Reinforcement
David O’Sullivan – EU Sanctions Envoy
11:45 – 12:30
Panel Discussion
moderated by Yves Gonner – Managing Director of Luxembourg Business Registers & EBRA Board Member
Dr Alessia Carbone – Director for Transnational Threats and Sanctions at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs & Tourism in Malta
David O’Sullivan – EU Sanctions Envoy
Lyubomira Ruseva – Registration official at the Registry Agency Republic of Bulgaria
Sébastien Guillaume – Head of Compliance from the Belgium Treasury
Ville Tornberg – Head of Registration, Enterprises and Corporations, Finnish Patent and Registration Office – PRH
12:30 – 12:35
Sponsor Presentation – CreditInfo
12:35 – 13:55
Networking Lunch
13:55 – 14:00
Sponsor Presentation – NRD Companies
14:00 – 14:05
Sponsor Presentation – Grant Thornton
SESSION 5
REGISTRATION & USE OF VERIFIED BO INFORMATION & STRUCTURES
14:05 – 15:05
Panel Discussion
moderated by Ulf Krause – Regional Director at Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH
Thom Townsend – Executive Director at Open Ownership
Claude Bocqueraz – Deputy Head of the Financial Crime Unit at EU Commission
Roberta Solis Ribeiro Martins – Deputy Coordinator of the UNODC Global Operational Network
of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network)
TBD
SESSION 6
FURTHER COOPERATION AMONGST BUSINESS REGISTERS ACROSS THE GLOBE
15:05 – 15:45
Panel Discussion
moderated by Antti Riivari – President, EBRA
Martin Fidler Jones – General Secretary for the Corporate Registers Forum (CRF)
Marissa N. Soto-Ortiz – Vice-Chair of the International Relations Section for the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA)
Constanza Del Pilar Puentes Trujillo – Association of Registers of Latin America & the Caribbean (ASORLAC)
Thomas Denfer – President L’AFREC
15:45 – 16:15
EBRA Conference 2027 & Conference Closing
18:30 – 23:00
EBRA Visit & Cocktail (Dress Code: Colours)
The Presidential Palace – St George’s Square, Valletta
Casino Maltese – Republic Square, Valletta