Compliance in Asian Wealth Management Forum 2018

Jarrod Baker is a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting practice. Recognised as a “go-to” among corporates and their legal counsel by Who's Who Legal, Jarrod leads a multi-disciplinary team of forensic professionals providing specialist support to clients operating in the Asia Pacific region who face high stakes litigation, complex investigations and regulatory scrutiny. He has consulted across the globe helping corporates with their investigative response to high profile corruption scandals and also worked in an in-house anti-corruption compliance role for a Fortune 100 company as well as in the Enforcement Division of the UK financial regulator. He has also been involved in the preparation of a range of independent expert reports for loss and damage calculations and those that have resulted in orders for freezing injunctions. Jarrod is a Chartered Accountant and currently serves as Non-Executive Director of the Australian affiliate of Transparency International.

Andreas Wenger joined IMTF group in 2018 as APAC General Manager. Since 2011, Andreas has been working in Singapore and acquired a deep understanding of the actual challenges faced by banks operating in this region. Andreas holds a master degree from ETH Zurich and a PhD from University of Zürich in Physics. His experience encompasses business and technology transformation, front office strategies and processes, and post-merger integration.

Evelyn is Head, Compliance, Private Bank, ASEAN and South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, based in Singapore.

Prior to this she was head of compliance APAC Wealth Management at Royal Bank of Canada.  Until 2011, she was the Asia regional head of equities compliance for UBS based in Hong Kong for almost five years. She was also with Merrill Lynch for almost 10 years based in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong, with responsibilities for derivatives compliance for the Asia Pacific region and country compliance coverage for Thailand, Korea, India, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia.

With over 20 years of dedicated Compliance experience, Evelyn has a strong background in product advisory, private banking, strategic development of Compliance framework and teams.

Conrad read Law (Second Upper) at Bristol University in England, and was a solicitor in the City of London. He returned to Singapore in the early 1990s and practiced with Drew & Napier in Singapore. Since then, he has held regional legal and compliance roles in Asia for several international financial institutions, and has had brief intervals in non-legal capacity as a corporate banker and an investment banker (regional debt restructuring). He joined LGT Bank (the world's largest family owned and managed private banking and asset management group) in 2008, serving as its Deputy CEO for its Singapore bank and as Regional Regulatory and Legal Counsel Asia. He was conferred the designation of IBF Fellow for Compliance in November 2014 by the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore.

Julia leads the private banking industry group in PwC Singapore. In this capacity, she works with a multi-disciplinary team to drive PwC firm-wide efforts to develop industry solutions for PwC’s private banking clients from strategy to execution. Julia has personally led both advisory and assurance projects through her different roles in PwC – functional partner delivery role as a GRC (governance, risk and control) specialist, industry role leading PwC private banking market initiatives and client relationship partner role for select priority FS clients of PwC.

Across all three roles, she works with C-level executives and emerging leaders to support them in protecting and adding value to their business. She is a member of the PwC global private banking community and also acts as a juror on the FT Private Banking Award run by PWM (Professional Wealth Management).

She was also on the 2016 editorial team of the UBS-PwC Billionaire research. She is a Fellow member with the Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Wales and a Certified Internal Auditor. 

More than 18 years of business experience in the financial industry with a strong focus on Governance and Compliance.

International exposure to different business and regulatory environments spanning from Europe to Asia and the United States.

Current coverage: Africa, Middle East and Asia (based in Singapore).

Established track record of initiating, setting and implementing policies and procedure on a global scale working with multiple stakeholders.

Acted as liaison for both internal and external audits in different organizations.

Strong interpersonal skills with very good communication skills and strong ability to influence and manage objectives in partnership with various stakeholders.

Rolf Haudenschild is heading Ingenia Consultants Pte. Ltd., a leading compliance and internal audit provider to external asset managers, fund management companies and fintech companies in Singapore. He regularly works with financial institutions for their licensing with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), produces compliance frameworks, manages compliance workflows for multiple financial institutions and advises on regulatory questions. Before establishing a compliance consultancy, Rolf worked with FINMA, the Swiss financial services regulator, and in legal and compliance at international and regional private banks. Rolf is a qualified attorney-at-law and holds an MLaw from the University of Berne, Switzerland, as well as an LLM in International Financial Law from King’s College London, United Kingdom. He is regularly speaking on compliance in conferences and conducting courses for industry associations and tertiary institutions.

Phil Johnson is a Partner in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice for South-East Asia. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for the delivery of investigative, commercial intelligence, compliance consulting, strategic advisory and crisis-related assignments undertaken in the ASEAN region.

Phil has been based in Asia for almost ten years, during which he has accumulated extensive experience providing investment support to clients in ASEAN (due diligence and market entry analysis) and in managing complex corporate problems, including financial fraud, crisis events, partner disputes, corruption issues, regulatory investigations and restructuring.

Phil’s main markets of focus consist of Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. His expertise extends to a broad spectrum of industries, including oil and gas, telecommunication, banking, retail, manufacturing, financial services, construction and private education.

Prior to moving to Singapore, Phil worked for Control Risks’ head office in London in the specialised fraud and investigations unit, where he conducted investigations on behalf of clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was a key member of a project team working on a major forensic investigation and corporate governance review on behalf of a government in southern Africa.

Before joining Aon in Singapore, Andrew was a Senior Associate at a leading Australian insurance law firm.  As a lawyer, Andrew provided coverage advice to major insurers and defended third party claims, specialising in professional indemnity, directors' and officers' liability and medical malpractice.

Andrew moved to the financial services and professions group at Aon to develop Aon’s cyber practice in Asia. He travels regularly to Aon’s offices throughout the region to meet with clients and help them to better understand their cyber risk exposure and how risk transfer solutions can be tailored to address their needs. He also advises on complex claims and policy wording efficacy across financial lines insurance.

Andrew has worked with clients across a range of industries including finance, retail, aviation, marine, manufacturing and telecommunications throughout Asia.  He is recognised as a thought leader in this space, having delivered presentations and cyber risk simulations throughout the region.

Rob is the Asia-Pacific director of digital forensics, cyber and e-discovery. He has over 22 years of professional experience and provides expertise and support in areas such as cyber forensics and incident response, computer forensic investigations and e-discovery. Extensive MNC experience in London together with positions based in Singapore and Asia since 2001, Rob is an accomplished technical expert and computer forensic investigator with a significant Asia focus. Rob leads from the front, his team of cyber and computer forensic investigators, from the company’s forensic lab in Singapore which he built from the ground up in 2004. Enhancing the in-house technical capabilities, Rob and his team have also developed custom forensic tools to assist with challenges of encryption, constantly changing hardware and large volumes of email data. Case experience includes multi jurisdiction investigations throughout Asia and worldwide, cyber and breach response investigations and e-discovery cases for clients from a variety of industries including, law firms and legal service providers, large financial institutions, banking and insurance, aerospace, manufacturing, shipping, pharma and healthcare. Rob has also been instructed as an independent computer forensic expert by loss adjusters and insurers. In addition to cyber related work, Rob is experienced with fraud and white-collar crime investigations, regulatory investigations including FCPA, SEC and bribery act investigations. Assignments include the planning, preparation and execution of civil search and seizure orders (Anton Piller). With cases ranging geographically from Singapore and Hong Kong to Indonesia, Pakistan, Mongolia and Japan, and with over 16 years practice in the region, there are few countries in Asia where Rob has not worked.

Nigel holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Durham and a Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law from NUS. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar in May 2004 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2009. 

He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an associate of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and a Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners ("STEP") affiliate. He also holds certification in IT Risk, Governance and Security and is a CEH (EC-Council).

Nigel practises primarily in restructuring and insolvency, with an emphasis on fraud investigations and cross-border asset recovery. He also acts in disputes relating to shareholders, private wealth, family and succession. His experience includes undertaking investigations and advising on related issues of computer misuse, employee management, personal data protection, confidentiality and disclosure of data in cross-border investigations. He also advises on anti-corruption initiatives, conducts training and advises on anti-money laundering and governance issues.

He has also presented on dispute resolution, fraud risks, investigations and asset recovery at regular seminars, including a National Law Conference of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka and at a LawAsia conference. He volunteers at pro-bono legal clinics, is a tutor for insolvency for Singapore Institute of Legal Education (“SILE”)’s Part B program and for trial advocacy conducted by the NUS law faculty for its LL.B program. Nigel was “Recommended” by Doyles’ Guide on Leading Singapore Family & Divorce Lawyers in 2015 and listed in Who’s Who Legal 2015 for Investigations.

Sunil has over 15 years of experience in providing financial services solutions to clients. His areas of focus include trustee and private client services, regulatory compliance and immigration. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at PwC’s Financial Services practice and at Deutsche Bank in London. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Trust and Estate Practitioner. He has a first class honours degree from Oxford University.

Ken is currently engaged by a global bank to build improvements in Financial Crime Surveillance processes, systems, controls and governance.

Previously, he held the position of Head, Risk Control and Governance for ANZ Wealth and Private Bank Asia, heading the 1st Line of Defence and Middle Office functions across ANZ's Wealth foot-print in Asia. A tenured risk professional, he has also held various positions in Internal Audit, Risk and Assurance functions at American Express, JP Morgan, UBS, and Coutts & Co, with a focus on operational and compliance risk management frameworks in Wealth Management and Private Banking.

Ken also has a prior background in Financial Investigation, having served with the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police and also performed Forensic Advisory with KPMG.

Jason is a Partner leading anti-money laundering (AML) and sanction services in the Forensic practice at KPMG in Singapore. He joined KPMG in 2003 and has extensive experience in delivering AML projects for financial institutions in Singapore and overseas. He has work experiences in many countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Taiwan and Malaysia.

Jason has been involved in numerous AML and sanctions gap analyses, Know-Your Customer (KYC) remediation, look back investigations and the calibration of transaction monitoring systems for financial institutions since 2010. He also led 40 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) over a 15 months period to support a European bank in the remediation of backlogs for KYC periodic reviews where the team helped the bank to meet its regulatory deadline.

Vikna is a leading lawyer in the Tax, Trust & Private Wealth practices. He is regularly engaged to advise leading trust companies and ultra-high net worth families to create multi-generational structures that best address their succession planning needs, ensuring smooth transition of management and ownership of operating companies to preserve their value. Vikna is also known for his tax expertise which he honed during his time as legal counsel advising the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and he led Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP’s tax practice to clinch Singapore’s Tax Disputes and Litigation Firm of the Year by the International Tax Review 2017. Vikna has been named as one of the world’s Leading Experts in Private Client Practice by Who’s Who Legal since 2017 and ranked as a Band 1 Lawyer in Private Wealth law by Chambers Net Worth 2022. Most recently, he won “Lawyer of the Year” for Trusts and Estates in Singapore by The Best Lawyers in Singapore as well as “Private Client Lawyer of the Year” at The Asia Legal Awards. Further, he is recently ranked “Distinguished Practitioner” in tax by Asialaw Profiles 2022 and is also ranked “Leading Individual” in tax by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022.

Tan Woon Hum is partner with a major Singapore law firm Shook Lin & Bok. He has more than 23 years of experience as a professional lawyer. He heads the Trust, Asset & Wealth Management practice and is widely regarded as one of the rare market leaders specialising in investment funds, REITs, trusts and private wealth. He advises numerous fund managers, wealth managers and EAMs, setting up Singapore and Cayman funds, getting CMS licences, RFMC & VCFMC approvals, setting up family offices and private trusts, including Section 13X structures. He holds a law degree as well as a MBA (Finance). He has been a sought after speaker and speaks regularly at public conferences and seminars for more than 17 years in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Malaysia and also conducts professional training courses (including Euromoney, Courses & Seminars & Henley Business School hedge funds programmes). Woon Hum has been recognised as a leading funds lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 to 2019, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 to 2019, and Best Lawyers Singapore 2013 to 2020. He is also recommended for his expertise in real estate in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014, 2015, 2017 to 2019, and in private wealth in the 2019 edition. Woon Hum is also cited as a notable practitioner in IFLR1000 2018 and 2019.

Peter Kiernan is a Solicitor and Consultant specialising in Compliance and Financial Crime. He spent 14 years at the UK Serious Fraud Office, leaving as Deputy Director and for the last 10 years has worked in private practice and in house across a broad range of compliance and financial crime areas, including tax, fraud, AML, ABC and sanctions.

Formerly a Senior international corporate crime and regulation lawyer. He focused on domestic and international investigations, fraud, corporate and financial crime, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, disciplinary proceedings and regulation. Gerallt has advised on high profile cross-border investigations and proceedings brought by the Serious Fraud Office, DBEIS, HM Revenue & Customs , the CPS, HSE, Trading Standards departments, CMA, Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority, FRC, Lloyds of London and various professional and sporting disciplinary bodies. Gerallt also advised corporations and financial institutions in respect of regulatory and compliance issues including bespoke training and implementation of global policies and procedures. He has been an intervention agent for the Solicitors' Regulation Authority and is a member of the Disciplinary Panel of The Academy of Experts. Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 1995 and in the British Virgin Islands in 2012.

Gerallt has lectured extensively in the UK and overseas including:

• APEC Conference Japan
• China Anti-Corruption Summit, (Chairman)
• Corporate Security Management Conference, SG
• Hubbis Compliance in Asia Forum 2017
• LawAsia, SG
• ACFE - Conducting internal corporate investigations - Singapore (Keynote speaker)
• The Asian Banker- Financial Crime360
• Anti-corruption compliance, Thailand
• TAPA Thailand

Gerallt has previously been listed as one of 'The Lawyer - Hot 100'. Recommended by Chambers & Partners Global for dispute resolution in both Singapore and the UK, Legal 500 UK 2016, Best Lawyers 2017, The International Who's Who Legal 2017 in three practice areas: Business Crime Defence, Asset Recovery and Investigations and in Expert Guides 2016 for white collar criminal defence.

Who's Who Legal, listed him as one of the top ten most highly regarded business crime defense lawyers in the World based outside the UK/US. Finance Monthly Business Crime Lawyer of the year 2016, and Corporate LiveWire White collar lawyer of the year 2016.

Alison Fidler, Head, Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance, Wealth Markets Products and Sales, Standard Chartered Bank has overall leadership and functional responsibility for conduct, financial crime and compliance (CFCC) matters concerning the Wealth Markets Products and Sales business, which is a globally managed business that provides financial markets access to the Private Banking and Retail Banking client segments through advice on, product structuring and transaction execution in most asset classes (foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, equities and commodities). In recent years this has included CFCC responsibility for digital initiatives both direct to clients and direct to RMs (equities, FX and fixed income). She also provides advice, strategic direction and leadership on the interpretation, assessment and implementation of Global Regulatory Reform initiatives that impact the Wealth Management business. She joined Standard Chartered Bank in January 2010 from King & Wood Mallesons in Sydney where she worked in the banking and financial services department. Prior to Mallesons, Alison worked for Linklaters first in London and then, for over 11 years, in Hong Kong; where she gained extensive regional knowledge. She is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, Hong Kong and New South Wales.

Joining Credit Suisse in 1998 as an analyst, Philipp Piaz commenced his comprehensive career in private banking and wealth management. During his time at Credit Suisse, Philipp held a number of senior roles, relocating from Zürich to Singapore in 2001 to undertake Thailand Private Client Business Development in his role as Vice President. In 2004, Philipp joined the senior management of Deutsche Bank AG, with whom he was affiliated for 5 years. In his role as Director, Philipp was responsible for the development of Deutsche Bank’s Thai Private Client Business. In 2009, he became Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Finaport, overseeing the expansion of the firm's Asian operations. Philipp is a founding member of the Association of Independent Asset Managers (AIAM) in Singapore, and was appointed President of the AIAM in 2018. Philipp undertook Elementary Studies of Economics and Law at University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Peter Coleman is the Head of Forensic for USS Group. He specialises in fraud and corruption related matters across the Asia Pacific region. He is based in Singapore.

Previously Peter has led forensic practices for Hill & Associates, BDO Indonesia, and Deloitte Southeast Asia. Peter has lived and worked in Singapore and Indonesia since 2005 and has worked in the Asian region since 1994. He is a Fraud and Investigations specialist with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement in the public and private sector. 

Prior to joining Deloitte, Peter held various roles with other Advisory and Consulting firms in Australia and the USA and held security, risk and anti-corruption roles with multinational corporations. He started his professional career as a policeman in Australia working mostly in the areas of corporate fraud and corruption.

Peter holds a Graduate Diploma of Arts (Criminology) from Melbourne University, Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) from Monash University and Associate Diploma of Arts (Police Studies) from Chisholm Institute.  Peter is a Member of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology; a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Investigators; and a Certified International Investigator and a member of the Council of International Investigators.

Financial crime is an increasing concern and rapidly evolving as one of the world’s biggest threats, where the impact extends beyond monetary losses. I put my preservation to work by helping financial institutions detect, prevent, and combat their financial crime risks and manage increasing regulatory requirements. I work closely with financial services clients and provide them with advanced and customized solutions for responding to incidents, remediating past deficiencies and developing enhanced operating models. Specialties: AML/KYC, Market conduct and investigations, Common Reporting Standards (CRS), Operational effectiveness and project management

Daniel Levison has more than 20 years of experience in advising clients on complex multi–jurisdictional investigation, litigation, arbitration, and compliance matters across the Asia–Pacific region. As head of the disputes and compliance practice for Morrison & Foerster in Singapore, he represents clients in commercial litigation and arbitration, government and internal investigations, and helps clients develop, review, and implement world class compliance policies, procedures, and training programs and protect their businesses through pre–acquisition and third–party compliance due diligence. Clients rely on Daniel’s intelligent and flexible approach to handling these highly sensitive issues in connection with fraud and corruption, anti–money laundering, economic sanctions and export control, privacy and data security, and competition matters. Daniel’s practice covers the Asia–Pacific region and beyond, including Japan, China, Korea, India, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, and nearly every country in Southeast Asia. His clients span a range of industries including banking and financial services, private equity and venture capital, technology, software, pharmaceuticals and life science, consumer goods, e–commerce, real estate, hospitality, and professional services. Daniel has been ranked as a top practitioner (Band 1) for Corporate Investigations and Anti–Corruption by Chambers Asia Pacific for the past three years, and is recognized as one of the world’s leading investigations lawyers by Who’s Who Legal: Investigations/Global Investigation Review in 2019 and 2020.

Anthonia HUI is a self-made success story who started from humble beginnings. She is the co-founder of AL Wealth Partners, a specialty firm providing independent wealth advisory, fund management and multi-family office services, which holds the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Capital Markets Services License for global accredited and institutional investors. As a trusted advisor to families, Ms. Hui manages three to four generations of wealth and takes on board key family office functions. Ms. Hui has achieved great success and recognition in the international private wealth management arena with her exceptional drive, determination and perseverance. Ms. Hui is a former top banker in major international banks including Coutts, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and Citigroup, with over three decades of experience in private banking, wealth management and family offices in London, Paris, Zurich, Hong Kong and Singapore. Her in-depth, multidisciplinary knowledge and experience have given her international insights that few bankers can claim. Ms. Hui co-founded the Association of Independent Asset Managers in Singapore with other like-minded members, a professional body of Independent Asset Management (IAM) firms, to support the nation’s drive to be a leading global wealth management center. As President, Ms. Hui leads initiatives to assist members in promoting industry best practices as well as understand and meet regulatory issues related to IAM’s independent business model. In November 2014, Ms. Hui was conferred the title of “IBF Fellow” by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF), the standard-setting body for financial sector competencies in Singapore. The “IBF Fellow” is launched to recognize professionals who are key practitioners and thought leaders in the financial industry. Ms. Hui is credited for her exemplary role in developing the private banking and independent asset management (IAM) industries in Singapore. Ms. Hui was involved in setting up and implementing the “Financial Industry Competency Standards” (FICS), a benchmark-setting framework for professional achievement in the wealth management industry. The FICS is initiated and supported by MAS/IBF, where Ms. Hui is an active member in the Advisory Committee. Ms. Hui is also committed to grooming talent in the industry. She is a leader and influencer in the banking community and is frequently invited to speak at universities and investment bodies both in Singapore as well as abroad.  She lectures in workshops, seminars and courses to mentor students and professionals in wealth management and has contributed significantly in the design of professional courses and curriculum.   In addition, Ms. Hui also advises on restructuring of wealth management practices for financial institutions. She is a frequent speaker in international private wealth management and family office forums.

Stefano Demichelis is a Principal with Kroll’s Investigations and Disputes practice, based in the Singapore office, and leads the Financial Investigation team for Southeast Asia. With over 14 years of experience in fraud investigations, Stefano advises clients on the prevention, detection, and investigation of frauds in various industries such as automotive, manufacturing, financial institutions, and government bodies. Passionate about data analytics and fraud investigations, Stefano has created fraud detection tests and established data mining techniques to facilitate and conduct fraud investigations at various organizations.

Prior to joining Kroll, Stefano worked for TNT in the Netherlands as a Senior International Auditor before being appointed Audit Manager Investigations, responsible for carrying out fraud investigations on behalf of the Corporate Audit Department. Before that, Stefano spent two years at TRW Occupant Safety Systems Italy as a Financial Controller and three years as a Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen Italy.

Stephanie Magnus is a Principal in the Corporate & Securities practice group in Singapore, and heads up the Financial Services and Regulatory Practice in Singapore. She has significant experience in compliance, and focuses on regulatory issues, particularly in the financial services, insurance and commodities sectors. Her practice also includes mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector. Stephanie regularly advises international banks, capital markets intermediaries, fund managers, insurance companies and other financial institutions on financial services compliance and regulatory matters, and works closely with her clients to navigate these matters. Stephanie was named in Chambers Asia Pacific for her "timely, practical and business oriented" advice, with a "deep understanding of the regulatory regime.. "

Matthew is a risk thought leadership expert, shaped by 30 years in Op Risk Compliance & COO roles including 11 years based in Asia & 10 years of independent change consulting at Institutional, Retail & Investment Banks & Insurance Comapnies such as Morgan Stanley, Citibank, ABN Amro, ING Barings, NAB, CBA, Westpac & ANZ. With all these great innovations coming to life in the FINTECH /REGTECH sector, Matt has joined the sector to ensure the end products are both practitioner friendly and business friendly.

Marina Woon is the Head of Compliance and Risk (Singapore) for Schroders Wealth Management. She oversees the compliance framework for regulatory, operational risk, financial crime and AML risk for the Bank. She is CAMS certified.

She has 30 years of banking experience and has served in Citi Private Bank, BNP Private Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and DBS. She has also held key positions in a wide spectrum of functions in the areas of business risk surveillance, control, operations, branch management, sales/marketing, general management with P&L responsibility.

An early adopter of bitcoins, Ville has been an advisor and investor for several cryptocurrency companies and a private broker for HNWIs and Family Offices in Europe, Asia, Middle-East and Africa. Ville has been involved in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry long before any regulatory discussions had begun and has been in active dialogue with authorities and regulators internationally. Ville has also coached several Financial Institutions about crypto investments and advised in the development of several tokenized ownership models of assets, currently termed ICOs.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

Anthonia HUI is a self-made success story who started from humble beginnings. She is the co-founder of AL Wealth Partners, a specialty firm providing independent wealth advisory, fund management and multi-family office services, which holds the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Capital Markets Services License for global accredited and institutional investors. As a trusted advisor to families, Ms. Hui manages three to four generations of wealth and takes on board key family office functions. Ms. Hui has achieved great success and recognition in the international private wealth management arena with her exceptional drive, determination and perseverance. Ms. Hui is a former top banker in major international banks including Coutts, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and Citigroup, with over three decades of experience in private banking, wealth management and family offices in London, Paris, Zurich, Hong Kong and Singapore. Her in-depth, multidisciplinary knowledge and experience have given her international insights that few bankers can claim. Ms. Hui co-founded the Association of Independent Asset Managers in Singapore with other like-minded members, a professional body of Independent Asset Management (IAM) firms, to support the nation’s drive to be a leading global wealth management center. As President, Ms. Hui leads initiatives to assist members in promoting industry best practices as well as understand and meet regulatory issues related to IAM’s independent business model. In November 2014, Ms. Hui was conferred the title of “IBF Fellow” by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF), the standard-setting body for financial sector competencies in Singapore. The “IBF Fellow” is launched to recognize professionals who are key practitioners and thought leaders in the financial industry. Ms. Hui is credited for her exemplary role in developing the private banking and independent asset management (IAM) industries in Singapore. Ms. Hui was involved in setting up and implementing the “Financial Industry Competency Standards” (FICS), a benchmark-setting framework for professional achievement in the wealth management industry. The FICS is initiated and supported by MAS/IBF, where Ms. Hui is an active member in the Advisory Committee. Ms. Hui is also committed to grooming talent in the industry. She is a leader and influencer in the banking community and is frequently invited to speak at universities and investment bodies both in Singapore as well as abroad.  She lectures in workshops, seminars and courses to mentor students and professionals in wealth management and has contributed significantly in the design of professional courses and curriculum.   In addition, Ms. Hui also advises on restructuring of wealth management practices for financial institutions. She is a frequent speaker in international private wealth management and family office forums.

Before joining Aon in Singapore, Andrew was a Senior Associate at a leading Australian insurance law firm.  As a lawyer, Andrew provided coverage advice to major insurers and defended third party claims, specialising in professional indemnity, directors' and officers' liability and medical malpractice.

Andrew moved to the financial services and professions group at Aon to develop Aon’s cyber practice in Asia. He travels regularly to Aon’s offices throughout the region to meet with clients and help them to better understand their cyber risk exposure and how risk transfer solutions can be tailored to address their needs. He also advises on complex claims and policy wording efficacy across financial lines insurance.

Andrew has worked with clients across a range of industries including finance, retail, aviation, marine, manufacturing and telecommunications throughout Asia.  He is recognised as a thought leader in this space, having delivered presentations and cyber risk simulations throughout the region.