Hong Kong SAR
AML KYC professional with 7+ years of experience leading global Financial Economic Crime (FEC) investigations, client due diligence (SDD, ODD, CDD, EDD, TM, OFAC, FATCA/CRS), and regulatory compliance across North America, Europe, and Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and Israel. Proven expertise in onboarding and ongoing reviews on mass retail, UHNW/HNW clients, SMEs, trust structures, and wealth-holding vehicles. Strong exposure in AML quality control, multi-jurisdictional regulatory engagements, and audit readiness. Trusted advisor and compliance coordinator to senior management on risk mitigation, internal controls, and compliance strategy.
Leads rigorous KYC and client review processes across all of the institution’s five (5) lines of businesses and affiliated entities, ensuring all onboarding and ongoing due diligence fully complies with the highest jurisdictional regulatory and legal standards. Oversees company-wide regulatory compliance through continuous monitoring, strategic audits, and proactive risk mitigation, identifying and addressing potential regulatory exposures. Provides senior management with clear, actionable recommendations to remediate deficiencies and strengthen internal controls. Designs and delivers targeted compliance training, enforces policies, across the organization. Maintains and updates KYC and AML frameworks, prepares comprehensive due diligence reports, and ensures all client files are meticulously organized, fully compliant, and audit-ready. Serves as the primary liaison with multi-jurisdictional regulators during compliance audits, ensuring adherence to jurisdictional regulatory standards and demonstrating the institution’s unwavering commitment to regulatory excellence and best-practice compliance.
Performs case and data analytics, (4-eye) quality checks and controls on risks associated to financial accounts and contracts within the ING European jurisdiction, mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands. Ensures compliance to various regulations concerning money-laundering, tax fraud, and terrorist financing. Imposes and establishes legal, compliance, regulatory, and due diligence processes through constant account-data monitoring, fraud detection, and risk assessment.
KYC Service Analyst who reviews and validates customer information; analyses and remediates risks on potential money laundering activities in compliance with the Know-Your-Customer (KYC) compliance regulatory process under the Global Anti Money Laundering Program and the US Federal Banking Regulations.
Philippine Delegate and Youth Ambassador to the United States of America under the prestigious Philippine Youth Leadership Program sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State.