Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion PANA draft programme of Hearings and Missions Updated 18 July 2017 Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments Pre-recorded messages from: Gerard Ryle (Director at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)) Bastian Obermayer (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Frederik Obermaier (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Tuesday, 27 September Panama papers – Discussion with 2016 the investigative journalists behind Speakers: 09.00 - 11.30 the revelations Kristof Clerix (Knack magazine, Belgium) Public hearing Oliver Zihlmann (Sonntagszeitung | Le Matin Dimanche, Switzerland) Julia Stein and Jan Strozyk (Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany) Minna Knus (MOT, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland) Michael Lennard, Chief, International Tax Cooperation Section U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - United Nations (UN) (via videoconference) Anti-money laundering and tax Caroline Malcolm, Senior Counsellor and Advisor to the Director and Deputy Director at the OECD’s Thursday, 13 October 2016 Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (via videoconference) evasion: Who sets the rules and 9.00 - 12.30 Daniel Thelesklaf, President of the Committee on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Public hearing how? Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) Isabelle Vaillant, Director for Regulations, European Banking Authority (EBA) In addition, a representative of the European Commission was invited to take the floor Tuesday, 8 November 2016 Theme: Anti-Money Laundering: Exchange of views with Věra Jourová, Member of the European Commission responsible 14.00 - 15.30 state of play of the implementation for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Committee meeting of EU legislation First panel: experience from an EU perspective: Monday, 14 November 2016 Anti-money laundering and tax 15.00 - 18.30 evasion: Who assures compliance Public hearing Giovanni Kessler, Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) 1 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments with the rules and enforces them? Simon Riondet, Europol Business manager – Head of the Financial intelligence Group (EUROPOL, including FIU.net)Representative of EUROJUST Klaus Meyer-Cabri, German Member of EUROJUST’s College Second panel: experience from a national perspective Philippe de Koster, President of the CTIF-CFI, Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Michel Claise, Belgian Prosecutor Norbert Naulin, Head of the special investigation unit “EOKS” (Investigation Group Organised Crime – Tax Fraud) of the North Rhine-Westphalia tax authorities who analyse leaked data Representative from the Danish tax authorities who bought the leaked Panama Papers Patrick Montagner, Deputy Secretary General of the College of the French prudential supervisor (“Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution”) (via videoconference) Wednesday, 16 November Exchange of views with Professor 2016 Joseph E. Stiglitz Exchange of views with the Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 11.00 - 12.30 Extraordinary meeting Wednesday, 7 December Fight against tax evasion and anti- Exchange of views with Pierre Moscovici, Member of the European Commission responsible for 2016 money laundering: state of play of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs in the context of "Fight against tax evasion: 15.00 - 18.30 progress made at EU level state of play of progress made at EU level", and with Ashish Kumar, Policy Analyst at the Financial Committee meeting Action Task Force (FATF). First panel: Professor Ronen Palan, Senior advisor - Tax Justice Network The role of lawyers, accountants Professor Brooke Harrington, Associate Professor Copenhagen Business School. Author of “Capital Tuesday, 24 January 2017 and bankers in Panama Papers without Borders, Wealth Managers and the One Percent” 9.00 - 12.30 Public hearing (Part I) Daniel Hall, Director and co-head of Burford’s global corporate intelligence - Burford Capital Second panel: Rupert Manhart, Chair of the Anti-money laundering Committee of The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), and Richard Frimston, Member of the CCBE and expert on topics 2 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments relating to tax, beneficial ownership, and offshore activities aspects Wim Mijs, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Roger Kaiser, Senior Policy Adviser of European Banking Federation (EBF) Professor Stef van Weeghel, Global Tax Policy Leader, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) Working document on the inquiry Thursday, 26 January 2017 into Money Laundering, Tax 11.00 - 12.00 Consideration of working document - Co-Rapporteurs: Jeppe Kofod (S&D) and Petr Jezek (ALDE) Committee meeting Avoidance and Tax Evasion Workshop on "Offshore activities Thursday, 26 January 2017 and money laundering: recent 14.00 - 16.00 Professor Dr. Brigitte Unger Workshop findings and challenges” Mark Pieth, former Member of the Panamian Inquiry Committee Interparliamentary week Panama Papers, Bahamas leaks: Tuesday, 31 January 2017 which follow-up did national Ed Groot, chair of the Dutch Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Tax structures 9.30 - 11.15 Parliaments give to the revelations? Ahmed Ahmed Laaouej, Chair of the Belgian Special Committee on the Panama Papers Joint hearing ECON/PANA with Which lessons can be learned? National Parliaments Kai Jan Krainer, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Finance of the Austrian National Council First panel: the German experience Benedikt Strunz (Norddeutscher Rundfunk/ NDR, Germany), Investigative Journalist and member of the Panama-Papers team Aleksandra Helena Sobisz and Katrin Keikert, Former compliance officers, Berenberg Bank The role of lawyers, accountants Thursday, 9 February 2017 Michael Kemmer, General Manager and member of the Board of Directors of the Association of and bankers in Panama Papers 9.00 - 12.30 German Banks and Thorsten Höche, Head of the legal department Association of German Banks (Part II) Public hearing Ulrike Paul, Vice-President of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK or German Federal Bar) and Frank Johnigk, Head of the Department Money Laundering and Criminal Law of the BRAK Second panel: The case of the NORDEA Bank Søren Kristensen (Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)), Investigative Journalist at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) 3 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments Matthew Elderfield, Head of Group Compliance and Member of Nordea Executive Management and Johan Ekwall, Chief of Staff, Nordea Biörn Riese and Andreas Steen, Mannheimer Swartling (leading business law firm in the Nordic region) Prem Sikka, Essex Business School, Academic Sol Picciotto, Lancester University, Academic Rita de la Feria, University of Leeds, Academic Murray Worthy, Anti-corruption organisation Global Witness, NGO Rachel Davies, Transparency International UK, NGO Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network, NGO Oliver Pearce, Oxfam, NGO Peter Dempsey, Intermediary (lawyer) Douglas Flint, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Paul Rankin, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Thursday, 9 February pm - Mission to United Kingdom Iain McKinnon, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Friday 10 February 2017 Paul Kelly, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Hank Cole, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Barbara Patow, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) David Rowe-Francis, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Will Morgan, HSBC, Intermediary (bank) Ian Messer, Law Society of Scotland, Intermediary (lawyer) John Riches, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) Sandy Bhogal, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) Edward Craft, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) Amy Bell, Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW), Intermediary (lawyer) 4 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments Robert Hodgkinson, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Frank Haskew, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Ian Young, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Simon Tosserams, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Intermediary (accountant) Edward Scicluna, Parliament of Malta, Minister (Finance) Joe V. Bannister, Malta Financial Service Authority, Public Authority Marianne Scicluna, Malta Financial Service Authority, Public Authority Anton Bartolo, Malta Financial Service Authority, Public Authority Lawrence Cutajar, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) Daphne Caruana Galizia, Journalist Ivan Camilleri, Times of Malta, Journalist Matthew Vella, Malta Today, Journalist Mission to Malta Monday, 20 February 2017 Alexander Balzan, One News, Journalist Pierre Mifsud, EMD Advisory, Intermediary (legal, tax, advisory and corporate services) Malcolm Booker, Deloitte Malta, Intermediary (accountant) Manfred Galdes, ARQ Risk and Compliance Ltd., Intermediary (corperate, tax, accounting etc. services) Paul Mifsud, Sparkasse Bank, Intermediary (bank) Konrad Mizzi, Parliament of Malta, Minister Beppe Fenech Adami, Parliament of Malta, National Deputy 5 | P a g e Date Topic / objective Invited representatives/guests / Comments Pierre Gramegna, Parliament of Luxembourg, Minister (Finance) Félix Braz, Parliament of Luxembourg, Minister (Justice)