Matt Bell is a Senior Managing Director and the Leader of the Export Controls & Sanctions offering in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting (FLC) segment at FTI Consulting, and he is based in Houston. He specializes in international trade compliance including export controls, economic sanctions, antiboycott, and related US and global regulations.

Mr. Bell helps his clients build or enhance their trade compliance programs through procedural enhancements, audits, and trainings that are properly benchmarked to leading practices.Mr. Bell also has experience overseeing large and highly complex global investigations in some of the most challenging regions of the world. His specialization is honed through his experience as a senior in-house counsel for several organizations that committed significant resources to designing and implementing world-class trade compliance programs. As a result, he advises his clients from a unique perspective that balances compliance with these highly complex laws and regulations with the practical realities of implementing his advice in the day-to-day operations of the company.

Mr. Bell has extensive experience advising clients on the complex regulations related to encryption controls, de miminis analyses, second incorporation rule application, and sanctions regulations, especially as they apply to avoiding business in sanctioned jurisdictions or with sanctioned parties, as well as in wind-down of operations in sanctioned jurisdictions. His expertise spans across several industries including energy, telecommunications, technology, and aerospace/defense, as well as for both US and non-US companies with extensive global operations.

Mr. Bell has made his career building best-in-class compliance programs under intense government scrutiny including extensive experience working with the US Departments of Justice, Commerce, and Treasury as part of government investigations, civil and criminal settlements, and helping companies through the rigors of government-mandated audits and monitorships. Mr. Bell also advises on compliance with the export control regulations administered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, and Department of State.

Prior to FTI Consulting, Mr. Bell held senior legal and compliance positions in major multi-national companies in the telecommunications and energy industries, including having served as a chief compliance officer, senior global anticorruption counsel, global trade compliance counsel, and regional compliance counsel for these organizations. Much of his work with these companies occurred during investigations related to and as a result of record-setting settlements with various US government agencies related to FCPA, export controls, and sanctions violations. Mr. Bell started his career in consulting with international trade practices in two of the Big 4 consultancies.

Mr. Bell is an active member in the American Bar Association, Section of International Law and serves on advisory committees for both Trace International and the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists.

Dennis H. Cavanaugh is an attorney and former CIA intelligence officer with over 30 years of experience representing national and international clients in the areas of intellectual property, international trade, government regulatory compliance, international commercial transactions, technology transfer and international litigation. In the area of export controls and technology transfer, Mr. Cavanaugh has assisted companies in compliance with the laws and regulations of all of the relevant U.S. agencies with jurisdiction over exports of products and technology. He has worked with numerous products and technologies and has advised clients on compliance with various embargo and sanctions programs.

Joined to Dell Technologies in Jan 2017, Bryce has been the Asia Pacific Trade Compliance Director managing a team of 40+ trade compliance professionals across the region, covering all aspect of trade compliance for the region. Prior to this role, Bryce worked in United Technologies Corporation as the Asia International Trade Compliance (ITC) Director for the Building & Industrial System (BIS), who was the first full time ITC resource in APAC region. Bryce was also the first full time trade compliance profession in Honeywell for its Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) in Asia, in where he created & stabilized the Asia Pacific trade compliance organization. Bryce has been recognized as one of the “first generation” in-house trade compliance practitioners in China who started his full-time trade compliance role 15+ years ago with prior logistics and supply chain working experience.

Ornella Belfiori is a Lawyer within the DLA Piper’s White Collar Crime, Investigations & Compliance practice. Since joining the Firm, Ornella has provided practical, day-to-day advice on economic sanctions and export controls issues of all varieties, also pursuant to relevant Italian legislation. Ornella assists multinational clients, inter alia, in the design and implementation of tailored trade compliance programs and in relation to custom related product classifications, as well as in liaising with competent Authorities for the purpose of obtaining licenses/authorizations. Ornella’s practice also focuses on white collar defence, with deep experience in conducting cross-border fraud and anti-corruption internal investigations. Ornella advises multinational companies on compliance and anti-corruption matters, pursuant to Italian legislation and international best practices (FCPA, UKBA), and has experience in developing compliance programs pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001.

Alessandro Guaiana is an Italian qualified lawyer and certified fraud examiner working as a sanction compliance officer at the European Investment Bank based in Luxembourg. Alessandro holds a variety of expertise in sanction and export control regulations, having served in different sectors: legal, advisory, fraud and investigation services, oil and gas and financial. Alessandro worked, among others, for Studio Legale Padovan, EY, ENI and, today, the EIB, advising on a daily basis on global sanctions and export control compliance issues.

Ben Gross is a trade compliance professional with a concentrated focus on global trade regulations, export classification, government reporting, and auditing. Ben has developed and supported international trade compliance programs for businesses with a global footprint. He is currently Director, International Trade Compliance at TransDigm Group Inc., is an Associate Faculty member at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and has served in various legal and advisory support capacities for Assent, EY, Honeywell, Intel, and Microchip Technology Inc.

Keith Huffman is Chief Legal Counsel, Export Control US (Global) at SAP and based in the UK. In this role he serves as legal advisor on U.S. export control and sanctions laws applicable to SAP’s global activities. His responsibilities include adopting and implementing SAP global corporate policies and strategies, helping manage SAP’s global export control and sanctions compliance program, training stakeholders on export control and sanctions requirements, collaborating with SAP legal teams on contract negotiations and advising operations and compliance teams regarding U.S. export control and sanctions laws requirements. Previously, Mr. Huffman was in private practice in London and Washington, D.C. for international law firms, and prior to this he worked in the U.S. Government, focusing on a wide array of foreign policy and international trade matters.