Ravi has a background working in trade finance compliance, where he previously was pivotal in the innovation and building of risk monitoring products fit for multiple industries, including the financial and transport industries. He has also written several whitepapers; examples include: the impact of expansive sanctions on financial institutions in relation to trade finance compliance, the expectations of parties within the global supply chain following extensive amendments to goods classifications and, analysing whether the trade finance and global supply chain industries are equipped to manage sanctions screening for complex military and dual-use goods technologies.

Ravi holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from City, University of London, United Kingdom.

Ornella provides practical, day-to-day advice on economic sanctions and export controls issues of all varieties. She is particularly skilled in creating successful strategies for handling trade sanctions enforced by the European Union and OFAC, as well as export controls regimes. She frequently counsels clients in connection with custom related product classifications and supports them in liaising with competent Authorities to obtain relevant licenses and authorizations.

Ornella regularly advises clients in international enforcement matters, including those arising under the FCPA and other anti-bribery legislations. She gained substantial experience in handling cross-border internal investigations across a broad range of topics including, among others, bribery and corruption, fraud, bankruptcy and tax crimes.

Ornella also routinely assists multinational companies in designing, developing, and implementing 231 Models, as well as global trade and anti-corruption compliance programs that meet local and international standards (FCPA, UKBA). She regularly supports Supervisory Bodies appointed pursuant to Decree 231/2001 and has been appointed monocratic Supervisory Body of two energy companies.

Ornella is an officer of both the Export Controls and the Export Controls Certification Task Forces of the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS). She participates in conferences and seminars as a speaker and writes on topics of her interest. Her Master thesis, ‘Towards “Intelligent Compliance”: Artificial Intelligence as an Effective Anti-Corruption Tool?’, has been published by IACA.

Matt Bell specializes in international trade compliance, including export controls, economic sanctions, antiboycott, and related US and global regulations. He is based in Houston, Texas, United States.

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.

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 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.

Barb Kazimierczak is a global subject matter expert in export controls and trade sanctions at Kenvue. She also brings extensive experience in antiboycott compliance and anti-corruption practices. Based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Barb has over eight years of global trade compliance experience spanning the defense, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial manufacturing, and consumer health industries.
Barb has over eight years of experience advising organizations across a broad range of industries, including defense and aerospace, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, industrial manufacturing (Michelin-type sectors), and consumer health. She has held in-house and consulting roles supporting complex regulatory programs and guiding companies through global compliance challenges, including U.S. consent agreements, sanctions enforcement, and cross-border risk management.
Her experience includes direct collaboration with U.S. regulators such as the Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury (OFAC) as well as engagement with foreign authorities across the UK, France, and the Netherlands. Barb has supported strategic remediation, export licensing, classification governance, and internal investigations in high-risk jurisdictions and for globally distributed operations.
She began her career in Congress, where she gained firsthand experience with the legislative process by supporting the development and advancement of congressional bills on a range of regulatory and policy issues. Her time in government shaped her understanding of the broader regulatory landscape and laid the foundation for her leadership in global trade compliance.
Barb holds a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science from Florida International University, along with a Law Certificate in International Affairs from Florida State Univers

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.