Speaking at World Salon x Columbia University’s Global Dialogue talk - “What LLMs really mean for the future of finance” - Elizabeth Callan, Sanctions Compliance & Risk Management SME at SymphonyAI financial services , shares expert insights on how financial institutions can adopt large language models (LLMs) and AI technologies responsibly while strengthening (and not compromising) compliance.
The discussion outlines a roadmap for program-level governance, regulatory alignment, and the strategic role vendors play in sustaining trust and defensibility. Tailored to risk and compliance leaders, Elizabeth unpacks best practices for AI governance and real-world regulatory engagement strategies .
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“If you can’t explain it to a regulator, you probably shouldn’t be using it.” – Elizabeth Callan, Sanctions Compliance & Risk Management SME, SymphonyAI financial services
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Elizabeth has spent more than 20 years tackling money laundering (ML) and financial crime. At SymphonyAI she drives the strategy and innovation that delivers transformational compliance solutions. Prior to SymphonyAI she worked within the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities. As a Senior Intelligence Analyst with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, she drove U.S. policy and enforcement actions and supported U.S. officials and policymakers, including at OFAC and FinCEN, on ML threats and sanctions initiatives. She also served as Treasury’s first Intelligence Liaison and Senior Advisor to DEA’s Special Operations Division, spearheading large-scale ML investigations and intelligence collection initiatives, training law enforcement agents and analysts, and promoting collaboration between Treasury and U.S. and foreign law enforcement. In the private sector, Elizabeth also worked within financial institutions and consulting managing investigations teams, developing risk management strategies for complex products and services, and designing institutional AML programs and controls. Elizabeth also teaches AML and sanctions courses at the university level.
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