The Latest in AI: Use Cases and Industry Challenges

Tatjana Dobrovolny is a Senior Subject Matter Expert for Compliance programs and system solutions for the prevention and detection of financial crime. Her expertise includes AML and CTF/FiSa topics, particularly in the context of transaction monitoring and data analysis across the Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) Group.

Tatjana is the senior advisor for design and implementation of global RBI Group standards, procedures, and efficient and effective IT systems with focus on innovative solutions. She is also a member of the advisory board of the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) and member of the SWIFT Financial Crime Compliance Advisory Group (FCC-AG).

Tatjana is with Raiffeisen Compliance for almost 20 years serving also in sensitive data analytics and forensic investigations, having a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade. Before joining RBI, Tatjana worked for almost 10 years in the IT development as a program manager for the implementation of a banking product for reconciliation of Nostro payment and custodial accounts.

Alexandre Berkovic is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sphinx. Sphinx helps compliance teams in financial institutions resolve repetitive KYC/KYB and AML cases instantly. Their AI agents work on top of existing systems to automate up to 90% of the manual tasks analysts face—covering everything from screening alerts (PEP, sanctions, adverse media) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) to UBO research and UAR/SAR filing.

Alexandre studied engineering at Imperial College London, where he wrote a thesis on multimodal generative models, then went on to complete a Master’s in machine learning at MIT. His research focused on reducing LLM hallucinations—something that’s especially important when applying AI in a regulated space like compliance. Before Sphinx, he founded an audio generation startup which got acquired. He started Sphinx, drawing on his co-founder’s five years of experience as Head of Engineering at RelyComply, to bring real AI automation to the manual work of financial crime prevention.

Ivy Llena has over 14 years of experience in the learning and development field, providing capacity-building and professional development programs for corporate and social service agencies in the US and the Philippines.

Before joining ACSS, she was a program director at a non-profit organization in the Philippines, where she co-designed and co-implemented economic empowerment programs and services for survivors of human trafficking and their families. Ivy also served at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, where she led and contributed to inclusive economic growth initiatives.