Date | 03 December 2026
Location | Live Online via Microsoft Team
Whistleblowing is no longer a matter of internal hotlines and good intentions. Around the world, regulators are putting real money behind it, and the financial services sector is squarely in the spotlight. For governance, risk and compliance professionals, the question is no longer whether a concern will be raised, but whether it will be raised inside the firm or outside it.
Join us for a panel discussion exploring the evolving whistleblowing landscape from legal, regulatory and in-house compliance perspectives. The discussion will examine the growing use of financial incentives to encourage whistleblowing, the development of reward schemes in the UK and US, and the implications for financial institutions operating across jurisdictions. Alongside these developments, the panel will consider how organisations can strengthen conduct and risk culture through trusted speak-up arrangements, effective protection against retaliation, credible investigations and clear leadership accountability. It will also explore how concerns can be used to identify misconduct, strengthen governance and support organisational learning.
What we’ll explore
- A transatlantic shift: Why UK whistleblowers have increasingly looked to US programmes, and what the UK’s own reward framework means for firms operating on both sides of the Atlantic.
- The view from both sides: What makes a tip credible and actionable to an intelligence professional, what motivates a whistleblower to come forward, and how they weigh the personal risks.
- Tax evasion and financial crime: Where the appetite for enforcement is strongest and what types of disclosures are attracting attention.
- Building a trusted speak-up culture: How financial institutions can encourage employees to raise concerns, protect against retaliation and ensure that whistleblowing arrangements are trusted and effective.
- From whistleblowing to organisational accountability: How firms can connect whistleblowing with conduct risk and non-financial misconduct, strengthen investigation processes and governance, ensure leadership accountability, and turn concerns into meaningful organisational learning.
- Emerging frontiers: From Big Tech to frontier AI, how collective whistleblowing models and new sectors are reshaping expectations of transparency and accountability.
- Lessons from landmark cases: What high-profile disclosures have taught regulators, lawyers and organisations about how whistleblowing plays out in practice.
Why attend?
An opportunity to hear regulatory, legal and in-house compliance perspectives in one conversation. You will gain practical insight into how reward schemes are changing the risk landscape, what motivates individuals to report wrongdoing, and how organisations can respond effectively to both internal concerns and external regulatory scrutiny.
Beyond understanding the evolving regulatory landscape, you will explore practical ways to strengthen speak-up arrangements, protect whistleblowers against retaliation, improve investigations and embed a culture of accountability. The discussion will also consider how organisations can use concerns and investigation findings to identify wider conduct risks, improve governance and drive meaningful organisational learning.
Whether you work in compliance, legal, risk, audit or senior management, this session will help you anticipate what’s coming and prepare your organisation accordingly.
Register now to secure your place.
Speakers
Mary A. Inman | Founding Partner | Whistleblower Partners LLP
Anthony Rodgers | Operational Lead – Strengthened Reward Scheme | HMRC
Sam Uppal | Head of Compliance Investigations & Ethics | MUFG