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Andrew Davies is the Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at ComplyAdvantage and is an expert in financial crime risk management. He is the lead advisor to the company’s product management teams and provides trending and critical risk management insights to ComplyAdvantage’s global network of financial services customers. Andrew has over 25 years of industry experience and most recently served as vice president of global market strategy for financial crime risk management at Fiserv and is a respected industry speaker, having presented at SIBOS, ABA events, CBA events as well as featured in American Banker, Credit Union Journal, finextra.com and PYMNTS.com.

Bobby currently the Head of Governance & Analytics in the Global Technology Operations at Prudential Assurance Company Singapore. He is also responsible for driving Digitalization for Risk Prevention, mitigation and Control at Prudential.

Bobby comes with 18 years of rich Industry experience within the BFSI sector especially within Life Insurance. He is known industry leader and is extremely passionate about Risk Management as a domain. He specializes in Operational Risk and is extremely driven about using Technology for Risk Mitigation / Prevention.

Bobby has been a regular speaker at all major institutes of Law Enforcement (especially Police) on lectures on Financial Crimes in the Insurance Industry. In his previous role in India, he has been leading various industry level initiatives within Life and General Insurance space.

Savvy client centric Chief Risk Officer (CRO) embedding risk, compliance and corporate governance.

Risk Management, Compliance, Corporate Governance and Legal professional with extensive experience in financial services, payments, banking, startups, licensing, data & technology.

Embracing ‘risk & compliance by design & UX’ principles.

With diverse exposure to a broad spectrum of customers (from retail, wholesale, business, institutional & government), across an array of financial products & services (including Deposits, Payments, investment related – Derivatives, Wealth, Securities, Lending, Property, FX, NCP, cards, advice and digital assets & wallets), via a smorgasbord of risk areas (Enterprise Risk Management ERM, Operational Risk – financial crimes, AML CTF, cyber, outsourcing, data, conduct, culture, product, BCM & Compliance, Credit Risk, strategy, technology related, capital & liquidity focussed and Risk Control Assessments (RCA)), Compliance & legal experience includes (AML CTF Act, Corps Act, NCCP, AFSL & ACL, CARs, regulatory, policy, training, privacy, IP, trademarks, disputes / complaints, vendor contract negotiations, data management, compliance monitoring & product sign offs) and having worked in a variety of organisations (from the biggest banks in the country, global professional services, funds, mutual banking, starting & building FinTech companies and commencing career in corporate law firms) – David prides himself on being an agile strategic business enabler with strong commercial acumen.

Grateful to have achieved 4 degrees: Executive MBA, USA; Masters of Risk Management from UNSW; Economics (and Social Sciences) Degree; and Law Degree from the University of Sydney.

David completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Director’s Course & RG 146. Also a Justice of the Peace (JP). David is an hoc guest lecturer and international conference presenter. Previous conference presenter on: the future of digital transformation & neobanks (RiskMindsAsia in Hong Kong); International Risk Management Standard ISO31000 & implications (KL, Malaysia); and Intelligent Automation (IA) & Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Security & Compliance, Culture, Governance, CPS 220, Conduct Risk, Privacy etc (Aus).

FinTech, RegTech and social impact enthusiast (valuing purpose with profit endeavours & a growth mindset) – leveraging technology in all we do.

Jamie is an AML Solutions Consultant who moved to the UK when Jade ThirdEye expanded into the region. For the past six years he’s been implementing Jade ThirdEye in a range of industries, helping clients with transaction monitoring rules, best practice processes for screening their customers against watchlists, and giving clients peace of mind that they’re meeting their compliance needs.

Lawrence is a Client Manager for Jade ThirdEye in Australia. With a passion for technology and innovation, Lawrence has extensive experience in financial advice and software development projects. With a practical understanding of AML compliance combined with a background in custom technology, he is uniquely qualified to help customer navigate complex challenges and achieve success. 

Matthew has more than 28 years’ experience in regulatory compliance, risk management, business consulting and information technology solutions. He currently is responsible for the AML Line of Business in Asia Pacific.  In this role Matthew meets with Actimize clients, APAC regional regulators and industry analyst to determine the AML initiatives, trends and challenges faced by organizations in APAC.

Based in Asia for the last 20 years, he has held Executive, Partner level and senior management positions for a global risk advisory, a big four accounting firm within their risk and compliance management practice and two global providers of financial services compliance and risk management solutions.

He has also provided advisory to clients on assessing their Compliance and Risk capability and actions to improve maturity of their frameworks.

Matthew is a frequent speaker at industry events in the region, including ACAMS, Goodway Japan, OpRisk Asia, Regulation Asia and many other local and regional Financial Crime Risk conferences.

Michael is a Client-lead for Jade ThirdEye in Australia. In his prior role, Michael worked closely with Risk & Compliance Executives to help manage their risks whilst achieving their strategic objectives. Taking his learnings and knowledge of the Financial Services sector, Michael is well-placed to help businesses protect their customers by improving their AML compliance programmes.

Miguel Aguado leads the compliance department of Ria Money Transfer in APAC region. He was relocated to Sydney in January 2022 after being appointed as Compliance Director.

Miguel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and has 15 years of experience in Compliance in Financial Services companies in different jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Ria Money Transfer. Miguel worked at PayPal (Ireland) as Compliance Specialist for Europe and at MoneyGram as Regional Compliance Officer for Spain and Portugal.” In 2013 he joined the compliance department of Ria in Spain and later, in 2015, he was relocated to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) as Compliance officer Asia for almost 4 years.

During the last four years Miguel led the Financial Investigation Unit at Ria Money Transfer in EMEA & APAC from Spain, he was responsible of administering all aspects of real time monitoring, post-transactional analysis and fraud prevention. He managed the implementation of IT High Tech solutions to fight Financial Crime, Money laundering and Terrorism Financing.

A corporate governance, risk, and compliance senior executive, board advisor, qualified GRC professional, and certified GRC Auditor with over 12 years’ experience in advanced risk assessments, regulatory compliance, Identity management, quality, and assurance testing, internal audit, and AML/CTF reporting within different sectors including banking, big 4s, government, and private sectors. Competent, result-oriented, and dedicated professional, offering progressive leadership experience with outstanding risk management and analytical skills. Also a member of the RMIA, Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and Governance Institute of Australia. 

More specifically, Raj’s experience includes analyzing and implementing complex regulatory reforms, developing compliance frameworks and policies. He has a strong background in Management and Finance with excellent communication skills with the ability to analyze and reduce complex regulatory requirements into easily understandable compliance obligations. 

Zacahary has more than a decade of experience in Operational Management, Risk Assessment and Compliance in the financial services sector. Currently he is the Head of Financial Crime, Risk & Compliance in Binance, dedicated to fight with Financial Crime in an emerging sector of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency.