Themis Podcasts

Farewell to Londongrad?

With concerns over an imminent invasion of Ukraine, the UK Government is considering sanctions and asset freezes on the wealthy Russians oligarchs who frequent London. In this podcast, Henry Williams and Francesca Lewis discuss whether this approach will work and examine how so much dubious wealth made the UK's capital its natural home.

Proliferation Financing 101

Viri Chauhan from Themis talks with Dr Jonathan Brewer who is an expert on proliferation financing, which is the financing of weapons of mass destruction. Dr Brewer is a Visiting Professor at Kings College London and has held several UN posts related to sanctions and proliferation financing. Listen to this podcast to find out how proliferation financing is connected to money laundering and sanctions and what financial institutions should do about managing it.

The Pandora Papers: An interview with senior journalist from ICIJ

Elizabeth Humphrey, Financial Crime Researcher at Themis, speaks to Will Fitzgibbon, senior investigative journalist at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), regarding the recently released Pandora Papers - the largest leak of offshore data in history. Will discusses his inside insights on the evolving story and its implications for the fight against financial crime.

Tackling environmental destruction and financial crime: An interview with Clare Rewcastle-Brown

Tackling environmental destruction and financial crime: An interview with Clare Rewcastle-BrownIn this podcast, brought to you in the lead-up to COP26, Carel van Randwyck, Chief Growth Officer at Themis, speaks to award-winning investigative journalist and environmental campaigner Clare Rewcastle-Brown, about her work at the nexus of environmental and financial crime in South East Asia. Not only was Clare at the forefront of investigations into the 1MDB scandal, she has also been shining an important light on deforestation and associated environmental destruction in the region.

Episode 23: The Key Man

Co-Author of the Key Man - Will Louch, talks to Themis CFO and MD MENA, James Wightman, about the brazen international fraud that he helped to uncover, at the heart of which lay Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj and its charismatic founder, Arif Naqvi. You're about to hear how a promise to make a lot of money whilst doing a lot of good went very wrong...

Episode 22: Modern Slavery and The Insurance Industry

In this podcast Carel van Randwyck, Chief Growth Officer at Themis talks to Jasmine O'Connor, CEO of Anti-Slavery International, and Charles Mathias, Group chief risk officer at Fidelis Insurance, about the work they have been doing to integrate modern slavery considerations into insurance contracts.

Episode 21: Mitigating Risk of Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

In this podcast we talk about the responsibilities financial institutions have to address modern slavery in their supply chains. What are the challenges procurement departments and suppliers face in identifying and tackling this crime, and the things companies can do to overcome them. You will hear insights and experiences from experts who are at the forefront of tackling modern slavery today. Speakers include: Lord Deben - Chairman, SancroftJustine Green - Executive Director, UnseenImran Rasul - Chief Procurement Officer, NationwideHope Sherwin - Head of Social Impact, Themis

Episode 20: The Panama Papers: Five Years On

In our latest podcast, recorded as part of a series of interviews with leading investigators who have uncovered major international financial crime scandals, Themis host Frederik Obermaier, author of “The Panama Papers”, and Gerard Ryle, director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists…who give us a unique glimpse into their enduring front-line fight against abuses of the global financial system by the corrupt and the powerful.

Episode 19: Working towards a world without slavery: an interview with Unseen

In this podcast, Nadia O’Shaughnessy, Director of the Themis Think Tank, talks to Justine Currell, a Director at leading UK charity Unseen, about the work that Unseen does to combat modern slavery, including via the national modern slavery helpline that it has been operating since 2016. Justine tells us about trends and challenges associated with the fight against modern slavery in the UK over the past five years.This podcast is brought to you as part of the outreach phase of our groundbreaking research into Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the UK Financial Sector, commissioned by the UK Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner,

Episode 18: Protecting children from trafficking and slavery

In this podcast Hope Sherwin, Themis Head of Social Impact, talks to Phil Spencer, from the UK NGO “Every Child Protected Against Trafficking” or ECPAT about the work his organisation does to tackle child trafficking in the UK and the role the financial services industry has to play. Phil is Training and Practice Officer at ECPAT UK, responsible for their training programmes for practitioners across the UK.