Paul Shelton – an experienced banking executive with a 30 year history of working for the Asia Pacific branches of major international financial institutions, 17 years in Japan, 3 years in Singapore and Australia (respectively) and 8 years in Hong Kong.
In addition to being a Head of Legal & Compliance and MLRO at these institutions Paul has concentrated, in the last 10 years of his career, on all aspects of the client on-boarding process, KYC, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions and other related aspects of Financial Crime Compliance.
Paul is very experienced in working with financial regulators across Asia Pacific, interpreting their expectations, undergoing inspections and reviews, and ensuring the timely resolution of any regulatory issues.
Paul is now based in Taipei and provides consultancy services to Taiwanese financial and non-financial industry associations in all aspects of Compliance, AML/Sanctions, Governance, and additionally Employee Training, Speech and Press Release Writing and Editing, Coaching, Mentoring, Presentation Skills and Project Management.
Paul has degrees in law, commerce and arts from the University of Queensland, Australia and was an admitted Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland before embarking on his Asia Pacific banking career