Compliance in Asian Wealth Management Forum 2019

Evelyn is Head, Network Compliance, Wealth Management  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.
 

NetGuardians COO & Managing Director APAC, Raffael Maio is primarily responsible for securement of financing as well as business development in Asia. In 2017, he played a key role in securing CHF 8.5 million in the company’s third round of financing. He is a keen entrepreneur who, along with Joël Winteregg, is the co-founder of NetGuardians. On the technology side, Raffael brings several years’ experience in security software engineering, in environments ranging from a Silicon Valley start-up to a multinational product security company. In terms of business development, he is adept at both innovative and traditional models. He has a degree in Software Engineering as well as an EMBA.

Jordan joined IMTF in 2018 to strengthen the Singapore regional office especially in the area of project delivery as well as regional product alignment of the modular IMTF RegTech platform. Prior to IMTF, he was in financial services consulting working with banks and insurers on projects around client information and lifecycle management processes and platforms, regulatory-led change management as well as business integration and technology consolidation projects both local and global. Jordan holds a master’s degree in business administration from Cranfield School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

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.

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.

Glen is the Director, and head of DWF Compliance a division of DWF LLP an international UK law firm. He is passionate about compliance and truly believes that compliance is a value-added necessity and not an obstacle to businesses. He specializes in providing Anti money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism compliance, Personal Data Protection compliance and risk (including international tax reporting compliance such as the Common Reporting Standards) solutions to the fiduciary industry, private clients and financial institutions. His previous experience includes being Group Legal, Compliance and Group Data Protection Officer for various organizations. He is the author of articles published in various financial publications and has contributed to the Singapore chapter in “World’s Leading Financial and Trust Centres” (2nd Edition). He has also taken part in various international compliance conferences and seminars. Glen is certified by the Institute of Banking & Finance as an IBF Advance Compliance/Anti Money Laundering practitioner and he specializes in financial compliance. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree with 2nd Class Upper Honours and he was awarded Best AML results by International Compliance Association. He also maintains a link with the legal academia as a guest lecturer for the University of London law programs.

Noor has more than 40 years of experience in a broad range of services within the wealth management and financial services industries, spanning across various industry segments. Her previous positions held, all based in Singapore with regional/global responsibilities, include being Director and Head, Business Development (South East Asia), The Citigroup Private Bank, Director, Business Development (South East Asia), GE Capital, and Deputy Managing Director, Rabobank Asia Ltd. Her main area of expertise was developed through engaging high networth individuals, families and corporate leaders to initiate, negotiate and facilitate the implementation of wealth advisory and financial transactions, including private equity and mergers and acquisitions across industries. Her extended years in managing account relationships and leading teams to serve international high net worth individuals, families and corporations in Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East has resulted in her being able to share best practices to optimize outcomes realistically. As a result of this experience she has built an extensive global network comprising organisations and individuals in multi-geographies, which she now applies towards a key service provided by NQ International – its talent identification, executive placement and specialized executive coaching services for C-suite and near C-suite level individuals. This service encompasses coaching sessions relating to real-time situations, tailor-made to suit the particular circumstance of the individual or group. The service reaches out to individuals involved with the challenge to successfully drive organizational change, as well as those facing career progression challenges. The participation and involvement of women leaders, as part of gender diversity is also a key service provided by NQ International. NQ International formulates custom-designed leadership development strategies to help corporate leaders develop the capabilities needed to achieve their strategic objectives. Embedded in these programmes is also the critical issue of the enhancement of cultural assimilation, especially between Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia, given the enhanced need for mobility by corporate leaders today. The specially designed programs also incorporate the transfer of leadership skills across industries, by individuals, using tried and tested tools of influential and effective leadership techniques, as well as critical thinking. Through these services, corporate leaders who face career challenges or those seeking advancement in their current role, are guided to formulate decisions with a purpose and to chart a realistic leadership development strategy by maximizing their individual resources. Noor is a frequent speaker at major international conferences on human capital, talent placement and retention, global wealth management and family office advisory issues. She is currently, among others, a founding member and President of Breast Cancer Foundation, Board Member of The Singapore Ireland Fund, Board Member, ISCA Cares (Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants), member of the Woman's Health Advisory Council, Singapore, and a was joint co-chairperson of BoardAgender in Singapore, an organization formed to encourage women to take on board positions, for diversity. Noor is also a member of the Disciplinary and Inquiry committees of the Singapore Dental Council, and a member of the Inquiry committee of the Law Society, Singapore. Founded in Singapore in October 2007, NQ International is also engaged in not-for-profit activities which include various charity-related activities in which Noor is actively involved with. Noor is married with 3 grown children and seven grand children, She is an avid musician, often performing to raise funds for various regional charities. 

Adriel Loh is the Global Head of Compliance for Bank of Singapore. He is responsible for ensuring that the private bank fulfills its compliance requirements across the various markets in which it operates, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Manila, London and Jersey. He has over 16 years of experience in legal, compliance and regulatory matters. He started work as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and was subsequently appointed as a Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts (now State Courts). He also held positions with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Pictet & Cie. Prior to joining Bank of Singapore, he was Head of Legal and Compliance Asia for Union Bancaire Privee. Adriel is a qualified lawyer and has a law degree from the National University of Singapore.

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.

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.

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.

Sabrina is the Head of Compliance of BNP Paribas Wealth Management Singapore since 2013 where she oversees compliance matters including KYC/CFT, Sanctions, Protection of Clients Interests, Market Integrity and Professional Ethics. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Sabrina spent more than 15 years in different compliance roles covering private banking, stock broking , asset management and institutional trusts. She has worked in Coutts, Bank Julius Baer, Citigroup Private Bank, HSBC Asset Management, OCBC Securities and OUB Securities where she started as an internal auditor. Sabrina is a certified International Financial Sanctions Compliance Officer (IFSCO). In her free time, she likes running collects antique brooches.

Laurence was called to the UK Bar in 2006 having studied law at the University of Bristol, Warwick University and Nottingham Law School. He joined Sovereign as in-house Counsel at the beginning of 2008, and was appointed Sovereign Group Tax Counsel in 2010. Now Sovereign’s Head of Tax, Laurence has recently re-located to Asia and will be principally based from Sovereign’s Singapore office for the foreseeable future. Specialising in the UK tax treatment of overseas structures and pension schemes, Laurence typically advises high net worth individuals on tax mitigation strategies concerning future planning as well as unscrambling existing offshore structures. A large part of his practice involves advising on UK property ownership issues. Laurence advises high net worth clients directly, as well as professional clients who receive the advice on their behalf. He works closely with external tax counsel practising at the UK’s leading tax chambers; he also works closely with HMRC, particularly in the area of the UK tax treatment of overseas pension schemes. He is currently co-writing a book on UK pension taxation and is the ITPA Jurisdiction Editor for Singapore.    

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.

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.

Joshua is an Partner in EY’s Financial Services Practice with a focus on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF). At EY, Josh has led a number of regulatory and internal audit driven AML/CTF reviews and remedial actions at financial institutions on issues including intensive reviews of sanctions controls, transaction monitoring and CDD/KYC files across the APAC region and globally. Prior to joining EY, he has over 10 years of compliance management experience for the financial services sector and has held senior positions with leading international banks, focusing on AML policy management, Customer Due-Diligence remediation and regulatory review within the Asia-Pacific region.

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.

Zac Lucas is the Founder of Centenal Legal Technology Group. Zac is a practicing lawyer with over 20 years legal experience, admitted to practice in England & Wales, and is a former Partner of various international law firms including, Harneys, Ogier, Lawrence Graham and Gowling WLG advising on all areas of international private client law, including cross border wills, trust and estates and business succession planning. Zac has particular expertise advising on international regulatory law and has lectured and written extensively on the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS). As a result, Zac has been retained by a number of leading private banks, trust companies, wealthy individuals and families and a governmental authority to advise on the practical implementation of the CRS. Zac has now taken the step, in founding Centenal Legal Technology Group, to leverage the power of information technology to create innovative enterprise application software solutions for use by Financial Institutions, Business Professionals and UHNW families and individuals.

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.

Adriel Loh is the Global Head of Compliance for Bank of Singapore. He is responsible for ensuring that the private bank fulfills its compliance requirements across the various markets in which it operates, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Manila, London and Jersey. He has over 16 years of experience in legal, compliance and regulatory matters. He started work as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and was subsequently appointed as a Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts (now State Courts). He also held positions with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Pictet & Cie. Prior to joining Bank of Singapore, he was Head of Legal and Compliance Asia for Union Bancaire Privee. Adriel is a qualified lawyer and has a law degree from the National University of Singapore.

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.

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.

Noor has more than 40 years of experience in a broad range of services within the wealth management and financial services industries, spanning across various industry segments. Her previous positions held, all based in Singapore with regional/global responsibilities, include being Director and Head, Business Development (South East Asia), The Citigroup Private Bank, Director, Business Development (South East Asia), GE Capital, and Deputy Managing Director, Rabobank Asia Ltd. Her main area of expertise was developed through engaging high networth individuals, families and corporate leaders to initiate, negotiate and facilitate the implementation of wealth advisory and financial transactions, including private equity and mergers and acquisitions across industries. Her extended years in managing account relationships and leading teams to serve international high net worth individuals, families and corporations in Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East has resulted in her being able to share best practices to optimize outcomes realistically. As a result of this experience she has built an extensive global network comprising organisations and individuals in multi-geographies, which she now applies towards a key service provided by NQ International – its talent identification, executive placement and specialized executive coaching services for C-suite and near C-suite level individuals. This service encompasses coaching sessions relating to real-time situations, tailor-made to suit the particular circumstance of the individual or group. The service reaches out to individuals involved with the challenge to successfully drive organizational change, as well as those facing career progression challenges. The participation and involvement of women leaders, as part of gender diversity is also a key service provided by NQ International. NQ International formulates custom-designed leadership development strategies to help corporate leaders develop the capabilities needed to achieve their strategic objectives. Embedded in these programmes is also the critical issue of the enhancement of cultural assimilation, especially between Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia, given the enhanced need for mobility by corporate leaders today. The specially designed programs also incorporate the transfer of leadership skills across industries, by individuals, using tried and tested tools of influential and effective leadership techniques, as well as critical thinking. Through these services, corporate leaders who face career challenges or those seeking advancement in their current role, are guided to formulate decisions with a purpose and to chart a realistic leadership development strategy by maximizing their individual resources. Noor is a frequent speaker at major international conferences on human capital, talent placement and retention, global wealth management and family office advisory issues. She is currently, among others, a founding member and President of Breast Cancer Foundation, Board Member of The Singapore Ireland Fund, Board Member, ISCA Cares (Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants), member of the Woman's Health Advisory Council, Singapore, and a was joint co-chairperson of BoardAgender in Singapore, an organization formed to encourage women to take on board positions, for diversity. Noor is also a member of the Disciplinary and Inquiry committees of the Singapore Dental Council, and a member of the Inquiry committee of the Law Society, Singapore. Founded in Singapore in October 2007, NQ International is also engaged in not-for-profit activities which include various charity-related activities in which Noor is actively involved with. Noor is married with 3 grown children and seven grand children, She is an avid musician, often performing to raise funds for various regional charities. 

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.

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.

Jordan joined IMTF in 2018 to strengthen the Singapore regional office especially in the area of project delivery as well as regional product alignment of the modular IMTF RegTech platform. Prior to IMTF, he was in financial services consulting working with banks and insurers on projects around client information and lifecycle management processes and platforms, regulatory-led change management as well as business integration and technology consolidation projects both local and global. Jordan holds a master’s degree in business administration from Cranfield School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

NetGuardians COO & Managing Director APAC, Raffael Maio is primarily responsible for securement of financing as well as business development in Asia. In 2017, he played a key role in securing CHF 8.5 million in the company’s third round of financing. He is a keen entrepreneur who, along with Joël Winteregg, is the co-founder of NetGuardians. On the technology side, Raffael brings several years’ experience in security software engineering, in environments ranging from a Silicon Valley start-up to a multinational product security company. In terms of business development, he is adept at both innovative and traditional models. He has a degree in Software Engineering as well as an EMBA.

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.

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.

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.

Laurence was called to the UK Bar in 2006 having studied law at the University of Bristol, Warwick University and Nottingham Law School. He joined Sovereign as in-house Counsel at the beginning of 2008, and was appointed Sovereign Group Tax Counsel in 2010. Now Sovereign’s Head of Tax, Laurence has recently re-located to Asia and will be principally based from Sovereign’s Singapore office for the foreseeable future. Specialising in the UK tax treatment of overseas structures and pension schemes, Laurence typically advises high net worth individuals on tax mitigation strategies concerning future planning as well as unscrambling existing offshore structures. A large part of his practice involves advising on UK property ownership issues. Laurence advises high net worth clients directly, as well as professional clients who receive the advice on their behalf. He works closely with external tax counsel practising at the UK’s leading tax chambers; he also works closely with HMRC, particularly in the area of the UK tax treatment of overseas pension schemes. He is currently co-writing a book on UK pension taxation and is the ITPA Jurisdiction Editor for Singapore.    

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.

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.

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.

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.