2025Kharonglobal summit

Washington, DC | November 5, 2025

/About the Summit

SECURING INTERESTS IN A REDRAWN WORLD

Global trade and finance are being re-architected. National security priorities, accelerated AI disruption, and geopolitical realignments are converging – and legacy systems of strategy, risk management, compliance, and governance are struggling to keep pace.

The Trump Administration’s evolving agenda has upended policy assumptions. Meanwhile, AI is dismantling core business functions faster than most organizations can respond.

Amid this volatility, the Kharon Global Summit 2025 convenes senior voices from government, finance, technology, and the national security community. This is not a routine panel series. It’s a strategic forum — where leaders decode risk, untangle complexity, and map the future of commerce, enforcement, and influence.

What to expect

High-signal dialogue

Structured, off-the-record dialogue that clarifies threats and opportunities, surfaces blind spots, and accelerates strategic foresight.

Strategic peers

Engage with those facing the same decisions you are, across policy, enforcement, and enterprise risk.

Operational relevance

From export controls to sanctions evasion, AI risk to supply chain recalibration – the Summit reflects the real-time concerns of those managing strategy and risk at scale.

Intelligence Sets the Agenda

The day runs on Kharon: structured intelligence informs each discussion, threading clarity and relevance through every moment.

/Speakers

VOICES THAT SHAPE THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE

Each edition, the Summit features the architects of tomorrow’s policy, enforcement, and industry strategy.

Check back regularly for additions to our 2025 speaker lineup, and browse past participants below whose work defines the cutting edge of national and economic security.

Matthew Axelrod

Former Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce

Dr. Ryan Berg

Director, Americas Program

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Sahand Boorboor

Global Head of AML, Sanctions, and Anti-Corruption Compliance

Citadel Securities

Jennifer Shasky Calvery

Group Head of Financial Crime Risk and Compliance

HSBC

Hagar Chemali

Former Spokesperson

U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Matthew Epstein

CEO and Chairman

Kharon

Daniel Fata

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO

U.S. Department of Defense

David Feith

Former Special Assistant to the President

The White House

Janice Gardner

Former Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Gregory Gatjanis

Former Associate Director for Global Targeting

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury

Zachary Goldman

Partner, Co-Chair of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group

WilmerHale

Brian Grant

Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance Operations & Global Head of Sanctions Compliance

MUFG

Karla Haynes

Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Trade Compliance

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dr. William LaPlante

Former Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment

U.S. Department of Defense

Stuart Levey

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Oracle

Melissa Mannino

Partner

BakerHostetler

Claire McCleskey

Former Head of Compliance Division

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury

Howard Mendelsohn

President, Global Business Development and Engagement

Kharon

Rep. John Moolenaar

Chairman

House Select Committee on the CCP

Mark Nakhla

Chief Research Officer

Kharon

Elizabeth Rosenberg

Managing Director, Global Financial Crimes Public Policy Executive

Bank of America

Dr. Adam Ruff

General Manager, Sanctions & ABC Compliance

National Australia Bank

Benjamin Schmidt

President, Product and Technology

Kharon

Jason Scott

Senior Director

GE Aerospace

Joshua Shrager

EVP, External Engagement and Strategic Communications

Kharon

Daniel Stipano

Partner, Head of AML/CFT

Davis Polk

Adam Szubin

Former (A) Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Kenneth Wainstein

Former Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Ethan Woolley

Director

Kharon

Juan Zarate

Global Co-Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer

K2 Integrity

/Agenda

A full day of insights into the forces transforming security, finance, and industry

9:05 A.M. - 9:20 A.M.

Welcome and introduction

Matthew Epstein

CEO and Chairman Kharon

9:25 A.M. - 10:10 A.M.

Getting Current: Economic Statecraft in the National Security Equation

Juan Zarate

Global Co-Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer K2 Integrity

Stuart Levey

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Oracle

Adam Szubin

Former (A) Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence U.S. Department of the Treasury

Kenneth Wainstein

Former Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis U.S. Department of Homeland Security

10:15 A.M. - 10:50 A.M.

A Fireside Chat with Congressman John Moolenaar, Chairman of the Select Committee on the CCP

Rep. John Moolenaar

Chairman House Select Committee on the CCP

Hagar Chemali

Former Spokesperson U.S. Mission to the United Nations

10:50 A.M. - 11:10 A.M.Networking Break

11:15 A.M.- 12 P.M.

AML/CFT Modernization: A Discussion on Key Controls to Effectively Prioritize National Security

Howard Mendelsohn

President, Global Business Development and Engagement Kharon

Brian Grant

Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance Operations & Global Head of Sanctions Compliance MUFG

Elizabeth Rosenberg

Managing Director, Global Financial Crimes Public Policy Executive Bank of America

Daniel Stipano

Partner, Head of AML/CFT Davis Polk

12 P.M. - 1:05 P.M.Lunch

1:10 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Supply Chains, Distribution Networks, and Financial Flows: How the Government and the Banking Sector are Confronting DTOs and the Fentanyl Crisis

Mark Nakhla

Chief Research Officer Kharon

Dr. Ryan Berg

Director, Americas Program Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Jennifer Shasky Calvery

Group Head of Financial Crime Risk and Compliance HSBC

Gregory Gatjanis

Former Associate Director for Global Targeting Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury

2:05 P.M. - 2:50 P.M.

Export Controls at the Center of Power: From Regulation to Implementation

Ethan Woolley

Director Kharon

Matthew Axelrod

Former Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce

Karla Haynes

Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Trade Compliance Cisco Systems, Inc.

Melissa Mannino

Partner BakerHostetler

2:50 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.Networking Break

3:20 P.M. - 4:05 P.M.

Supply Chain Resilience for the Next Era of Defense

Daniel Fata

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO U.S. Department of Defense

David Feith

Former Special Assistant to the President The White House

Dr. William LaPlante

Former Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment U.S. Department of Defense

Jason Scott

Senior Director GE Aerospace

4:10 P.M. - 4:55 P.M.

From Old Threats to New Frontiers: The Evolving Demands of Financial Crimes Compliance

Zachary Goldman

Partner, Co-Chair of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group WilmerHale

Sahand Boorboor

Global Head of AML, Sanctions, and Anti-Corruption Compliance Citadel Securities

Claire McCleskey

Former Head of Compliance Division Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury

Dr. Adam Ruff

General Manager, Sanctions & ABC Compliance National Australia Bank

5:00 P.M. - 5:10 P.M.

Closing remarks

Benjamin Schmidt

President, Product and Technology Kharon

5:10 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.Reception

/Key Topics for 2025

The Issues That Matter Now

Policy as a Market Force

National security priorities in Washington are reshaping global business. Understanding policy, regulatory, and enforcement direction is now a core part of strategic planning.

Strategic Choices in a Shifting Landscape

Explore how business leaders are recalibrating and seizing opportunity in the face of global uncertainty, investment risk, and rapid technological change.

AI and the Future of Compliance is Now

AI will change how risk management and compliance functions operate – from faster signal detection to scalable decision support. Across our speakers and topics we will dive into multiple perspectives on how applied models are shaping the future of regulatory response.

Reinforcing the DIB Supply Chain

Security considerations for the defense industrial base and adjacent sectors are now front and center. The discussion will unpack how resilience and compliance are being built into complex supplier networks.

Generational Forward Thinking in Financial Crimes Compliance

As threat priorities are redefined and opportunities for excellence come into focus, risk management leaders at financial institutions are rethinking exposure, effectiveness, operational response, and approaches to AML modernization.

Disrupting Drug Trafficking Organizations and Illicit Fentanyl

The fentanyl crisis has made urgent the need to expose how criminal terrorist networks operate across finance, trade, and supply chains. Discussions trace the intelligence, priorities, and global coordination behind the response.

U.S. - China Competition in the Global Risk Equation

Trade, investment, and superiority in future technologies and military capabilities are driving headlines every day. See why managing exposure to China requires balancing access, risk, and competitive dynamics.

Human Rights in Global Manufacturing and Supply Chains

Forced labor enforcement is challenging how companies operate across jurisdictions. The focus is on visibility, accountability, and mitigating the risk of scrutiny.

/A Look Back

HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAST KHARON GLOBAL SUMMITS

In 2023 and 2019, Kharon convened senior regulators, CEOs, and global security leaders for focused exchanges on enforcement, financial crime, and the shifting landscape of international compliance. Panels addressed human rights risk, multilateral coordination, and the increasing fusion of commercial and security imperatives.

Selection of previous speakers at Global summit

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Group CEO and Managing Director

Mubadala Investment Company

Stephen Biegun

Deputy Secretary (2019 - 2021)

U.S. Department of State

David Cohen

Deputy Director

CIA (2015-2017, 2021-2025)

Michael Corbat

CEO

Citigroup (2012-2021)

Dr. Liam Fox MP

Member of Parliament

U.K. (1992-2024)

Michael Milken

Director

Milken Institute

Alina Nedea

Head

European Union Sanctions Unit

Noel Quinn

Group Chief Executive

HSBC (2020-2025)

Daleep Singh

Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor

White House (2024-2025)

Giles Thomson

Director

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), HM Treasury

Robert Werner

Director

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) & FinCEN, U.S. Department of the Treasury (2004 - 2006)

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2025Kharonglobal summit

Washington, DC | November 5, 2025

/About the Summit

What to expect

High-signal dialogue

Strategic peers

Operational relevance

Intelligence Sets the Agenda

/Speakers

/Agenda

/Key Topics for 2025

The Issues That Matter Now

/A Look Back

Selection of previous speakers at Global summit

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Stephen Biegun

David Cohen

Michael Corbat

Dr. Liam Fox MP

Michael Milken

Alina Nedea

Noel Quinn

Daleep Singh

Giles Thomson

Robert Werner

/Request to join the waitlist

Request to join the waitlist