Mike leads Market Development for Refinitiv’s risk business across Asia. In this role he helps define Refinitiv’s go-to-market, product and content strategies, including for the flagship World-Check and Enhanced Due Diligence product sets. He is particularly focused on keeping abreast of regulatory, industry and technological developments, to ensure Refinitiv continues to innovate and develop products that meet client needs.

Mike has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Cape Town, and spent several years at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) studying cognitive science. As a “former future academic”, he has a strong continued interest in history and science, and particularly palaeoanthropology, astronomy and cognitive science. Professionally, Mike has a passion for combating corruption, transnational financial crime, and believes in the power of big data to achieve these ends.

Charlie Richiardi, Illicit Finance Policy Lead at the British High Commission in Singapore and part of SOCnet – a UK Government network within the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, working in partnership to tackle illicit finance and serious and organised crime. Charlie has previously worked in Panama and the UK’s Caribbean Overseas Territories on money laundering and illicit finance, and in the UK’s National Crime Agency, developing the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT), the UK’s Financial Sector PPP model.

Tarini is the Head of Compliance at Aspire, where she is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing the company’s regulatory compliance program and department. Tarini has over 18 years of experience in the financial services sector, managing regulatory and audit relationships and is also an inaugural member of the Singapore Fintech Association's Payments sub-committee. Before Aspire, Tarini served in leadership roles at Bruc + Bond, Cullinan Group and Barclays Capital, and is a postgraduate from the London School of Economics.

Nizam is CEO and Founder of Ethikom Consultancy, a compliance-focused consultancy in Singapore. 

Nizam draws upon his previous regulatory experience as Head of the Market Conduct Policy Division of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, his compliance background as Head of Compliance for Southeast Asia at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley, and his legal background as Deputy Public Prosecutor/State Counsel at the Commercial Affairs Department and Senior Legal Counsel at Citigroup, to assist global financial institutions (including fund managers), FinTech firms and corporate clients with licence applications and various regulatory compliance issues.

 

Nizam is the founding Chairman of the Regulatory and Compliance Sub-Committee of the Blockchain Association of Singapore. 

He is also a Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Studies.

Neil looks after the sales of Refinitiv’s Risk and Compliance solutions to Fintechs, Corporates and Banks in the ASEAN region. He joined Refinitiv in 2014 and has helped banks, regulators, police forces tackle money laundering and terrorist financing through intelligent use of data. 

Niels Allerup is heading the business development activities for Notabene across the APAC region, helping digital asset firms and financial institutions comply with the Travel Rule requirements. Previously, he helped multinational corporations and financial institutions manage third-party risk management and comply with KYC/AML regulations by strategically utilising technology and data analytics. 

Azman Hamid is a qualified lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in legal, regulatory, and compliance in international banks and financial services. Azman also co-founded and led a successful exit of a robo-advisory asset management firm. As Regulatory Counsel, Azman excels in establishing compliance frameworks for regulated financial entities that comply with applicable laws and regulations, operating cross-border in multiple jurisdictions.

Azman joined Upbit in 2018 and currently serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Upbit Singapore as well as the General Counsel at VerifyVASP, where he has worked on the Travel Rule solution, since its inception.

Azman has a law degree from the National University of Singapore, a Master of International Business from Melbourne University and an Oxford University certification in fintech. When not dealing with regulatory matters, Azman is an intrepid traveller, traversing the wonders of nature or working on his swing at a golf course.

Scott Bradford is the International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) Attorney Advisor for Southeast Asia for cybercrime and is based in the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Bradford has been a federal prosecutor for 15 years, and, during that time, has developed extensive experience and expertise investigating and prosecuting cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, including cases related to computer hacking and intellectual property. Previously, Mr. Bradford was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, where he held several leadership assignments, including Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Coordinator, National Security Cyber Specialist, White Collar Chief, and Deputy Criminal Chief, where he, in addition to other responsibilities, oversaw all economic, national security, and cybercrime-related investigations and prosecutions. He also has extensive experience investigating and prosecuting white collar, money laundering, public corruption, and national security cases. Additionally, Mr. Bradford serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Oregon School of Law, where he has taught courses on white collar crime and trial advocacy and has coached a mock trial team. Mr. Bradford graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman