Singapore
With experience in banking, asset management, regulatory compliance and legal services, I connect people, seek synergies and drive positive transformations in social and business networks.
- Drive business development strategy, new client relationships and partnership efforts in the APAC region - External stakeholder management: explore synergies with corporate and legal associations to encourage thought leadership and support in-house General Counsels/Chief Legal Officers with flexible legal resources - Established the first strategic association partnership in Asia with the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association. 2022 - Hosted the inaugural General Counsel event with successful turnout of 100 attendees and 20% sales conversion 2023 - Co-hosted and sponsored the SCCA Regional APAC Legal Congress with 900 registrants 2023 - Planned and moderated APAC Data Privacy Event for legal and business community 2024 - Co-hosted and sponsored the SCCA Regional APAC Legal Congress with 1500 registrants across ASEAN countries
- Oversee company finances, corporate and legal matters, HR, recruitment and payroll functions - Draft business plans, prepare pitch decks and grant applications; successfully qualified for Singapore Enterprise BIG incubation programme (amongst 17 out of 100 start-up applicants) - Identify business opportunities & allocate resources to projects - Strategise marketing initiatives & drive B2B retail partnerships - Recruitment & talent management - Iterate development for e-commerce platform and integrate online payment systems - Appointed Data Protection Officer ensuring compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) Singapore; GDPR Europe
- Subject Matter Expert (to ca. 200 analysts) and Deputy Team Leader (Team of 13) in regulatory compliance projects - Deutsche Bank (Corporate and Investment banking), Charles Stanley Investment Management firm (listed on the London Stock Exchange), Santander Bank (Global Markets) Regulatory compliance scope: 4th/5th EU Directive for AML/KYC; MIFID II, EMIR, CIS, UCITS, FATCA, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), Sanctions and PEP screenings, High Risk entities - Risk assessment of Institutional Cash Management and Trade Finance Financial Institutions, ID & Verification of UBOs/ IBOs/ Controllers and treatment of PEPs. Higher risk EDD entities include Complex ownership structures, Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), Collective Investment Schemes (CIS funds), Trusts and Foundations, Correspondent Banking, Investment Management - Implementation of policies and due-diligence procedures - Project management with client MLRO and compliance team
- Acquire and manage international corporate clients with annual turnover from £6,5 million to £350 million - Handle cross-geography client on-boarding processes for subsidiaries of parent companies in foreign countries - Grow sustainable revenues from existing customer portfolio through targeted acquisition of quality new-to-bank international customers - Work with internal product partners (such as Payment and Cash Management, Trade, Insurance) to assess needs of international customers and offer appropriate solutions as well as external professional stakeholders such as accountants or trade organisations - Structure credit facilities; Generate quality assets through use of appropriate risk management tools - Appointed regional representative (North East England) for a Global CRM Project. Introduce a new market segment