REGULATION ASIA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Manager in the Market Infrastructure Team at ASIC
Alex Orgaz-Barnier is a Senior Manager in the Market Infrastructure Team at ASIC (Australian Securities & Investments Commission). He leads the unit responsible for overseeing the Australian futures markets and OTC trading and reporting infrastructure, including licensing and supervising Trade Repositories and administering the Australian Derivatives Transaction Reporting Rules.
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- Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs
Ari Redbord is Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics company. Prior to joining TRM Labs, he served as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Department of Treasury. In this capacity, he worked with teams from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and other Treasury and interagency components on issues related to sanctions, the Bank Secrecy Act, cryptocurrency, and anti-money laundering strategies.
Bradley is Co-Founder at Regulation Asia, the leading regulatory news intelligence service for the financial sector in APAC. Bradley advises governmental and start-up projects, including several regulated digital assets, climate markets and payments entities.
Bradley co-founded Regulation Asia and currently serves as CEO and Head of Research. He was previously Vice President of Business Development at SunGard Financial Systems (now FIS) heading up strategic, business planning and product development across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, in total overseeing 36 countries. Prior to that Brad was a management consultant focused on alternative assets. He was involved in several significant research programmes, including one assisting on TARP in 2008 for the US Treasury Department and the World Bank.
Job Titles:
- Research Analyst
- Research Executive
Charlene is a research analyst in the Regulation Asia research team, covering various financial regulation related topics across Asia Pacific. Charlene holds a masters degree in professional accounting and applied finance from the University of Queensland.
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- Commercial Director, Asia Pacific
Charmaine Athaide, with over 20 years' sales leadership experience, excels in driving revenue growth, and crafting market strategies for tech solutions in Asia and the Middle East. Charmaine is a trusted advisor to her clients and works closely with them to leverage on a full suite of services to craft and execute marketing campaigns, maximise client visibility, cultivate new markets, and reinforce brand identity in the APAC region
Job Titles:
- Data Analyst
- Marketing & Data Analyst
Ethan is a data analyst for the Regulation Asia team supporting marketing, analytics and audience development.
Jane is a highly motivated and accomplished professional with over a decade of experience in the financial services sector. Beginning her career as a practicing lawyer in Malaysia, she later transitioned to the financial services industry where she assumed responsibility for overseeing regulatory compliance and risk management.
Prior to her current role at Charles Monat Associates, Jane served as the Head of Compliance at both AAM Advisory and St. James's Place Singapore, where she established robust policies and standards that were successfully integrated throughout the organisations.
Throughout her career, Jane has worked closely with advisors and business stakeholders to ensure that clients can easily conduct business with the firm while maintaining compliance with all regulatory requirements.
Jill started her career in economic research but her passion for writing led her to journalism as a correspondent with Reuters covering bonds. Her areas of coverage have expanded over the years to include all financial asset classes and non-financial subject matters such as art. She graduated with degrees in economics and law.
Julia is a partner with PwC Singapore's Digital Regulatory Risk & Compliance practice. She is a risk and transformation specialist advising banks, wealth managers, capital markets intermediaries and non-FIs on digital transformation strategy and execution, risk & regulations, controls and governance.
With over 20 years of experience, she has led core banking, compliance, operational risk, finance transformation programmes, corporate governance, ERM and internal audit reviews. Clients value her partnership to connect the dots and co-create pragmatic, best-fit solutions for them.
Prior to her current role, she has assumed various leadership roles at firm-level as private banking industry lead, banking governance, risk and compliance and digital transformation services leader.
Outside of client work, Julia is active in giving back with board directorship and mentoring. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for ISEAS (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), the board of Building Construction Authority and committee of the Governance and Audit Committee of Singapore Heart Foundation. She is a mentor with Young Women Leadership Connection and Mentorshub.
Manesh manages the research team and serves as editor, also contributing his own coverage of significant regulatory changes that impact banking, capital markets, asset management and financial services across Asia more generally. Manesh is a former trader and investment consultant with a degree in Finance and Banking.
Job Titles:
- Journalist and Editor
- Senior Reporter
Based in Singapore, Mark is an experienced journalist and editor with over a decade of experience reporting on technology and business trends throughout Asia. Mark got his start as an engineer, graduating from the UK's Queen's University of Belfast with a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. As senior reporter for Regulation Asia, Mark focuses on regulatory changes impacting financial markets, with particular interest in fintech, cybersecurity and crypto markets.
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- Business Development Manager, Asia Pacific
Maya Javier brings rich experience from collaborating closely with Government Bodies and Asset Managers in her past roles. With a Master's Degree in Media, Law, and Journalism, her expertise includes crafting impactful commercial programs, copywriting, strategic planning, and proficient project management. Maya excels in nurturing robust client relationships in the APAC region, fostering sales success while ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction.
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- Events Operations Manager
Mia Wong helps to manage Regulation Asia projects and events, overseeing and coordinating logistics, operations and budgets, including working with various project teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met and outcomes match expectations. Mia has a strong work ethic and attention to detail.
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- Executive Director and Head of Payments Department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Mr Ken Nagatsuka is the Executive Director and Head of Payments Department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The department is responsible for the authorisation, ongoing supervision and policy-making in relation to payment systems and payment service providers, such as e-money issuers, remittance providers and digital payment token (more commonly known as cryptocurrency) service providers under the Payments Services Act.
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- Wealth Planning Manager With DBS
Nick co-founded Regulation Asia and oversees sales and marketing aspects. He has worked in financial services publishing for over 15 years, including at leading publications Risk, Euromoney and Global Custodian. Nick has overseen teams across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and has worked with governments and regulators across Asia to produce leading conferences aimed at attracting high-level investment into local infrastructure projects. Nick plays an active role in the fintech space, holding a senior position at Bambu, a Singapore B2B digital wealth technology company.
Nithya Subramanian, a deputy editor at Regulation Asia, has wide experience covering the financial sector in India and Singapore. She has written extensively about wealth management, capital markets and insurance sectors tracking policy and corporate developments. Researching and writing about the South Asian diaspora settled in Singapore and the region is another area of interest. She has a post-graduate degree in English literature.
Osvaldo is a Suitability & Wealth Management SME for NICE Actimize. Prior to joining NICE, he was a Financial Consultant with Fidelity Investments, where he helped retail and HNWI clients define their financial goals and provided them with financial planning concepts and solutions to meet those goals. Before Fidelity, Osvaldo served around ten years at TIAA, working on the institutional side of the business for four years and the Wealth Management space for around six years. During his tenure at TIAA, he was a part of projects and pilots catering specifically to DOL and Suitability changes, including regulatory requirements and user interface. Before joining TIAA, he was a Financial Advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors for two years, responsible for the Wealth Management offering out of 5 offices. Osvaldo began his career as a Financial Advisor at Bank of America / Merrill Lynch for around seven years, where he was responsible for running a Wealth Management practice across six offices. Osvaldo has a bachelor's degree in Finance from New Jersey City University. He also holds a Series 7, 63, 65, and Life & Health Producers licenses from the state of New Jersey. ×
Parsa Khoshdel is an accomplished management consulting professional with more than 11 years of experience in private banking and financial services consulting.
He has extensive experience in driving large scale regulatory business transformation programs in collaboration with leading global financial institutions.
Parsa holds a Masters degree in Financial Engineering from National University of Singapore and is currently leading the PBWM Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management division for Synpulse in APAC.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Head of Operations
Prateebha Narayan is an Executive Director and Head of Operations Control and Transaction Reporting for Asia Ex-Japan with Nomura Singapore Limited. She was part of Lehman Brothers prior to 2008 and brings a total experience of about 25 years with the Financial Services industry.
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- General Manager and Head of DTCC Data Repository
Priya Kundamal is General Manager and Head of DTCC Data Repository, Singapore Pte. Ltd, the Singapore-based subsidiary of DTCC's Global Trade Repository (GTR) service that provides OTC derivatives trade reporting to ASIC and MAS. In this capacity, Priya works closely with regulators, market participant firms and industry associations across the Asia Pacific region and the globe on the adoption of automated solutions that deliver upon the G20's OTC Derivative Market Reforms. Priya has more than 20+ years of industry experience and has a strong understanding of the regulatory frameworks behind reporting requirements across jurisdictions, as well as the ever-evolving technology in this space.
Based in Singapore, Priya works closely across Regulation Asia functions to support sales, marketing and event operations.
Ranamita Chakraborty is a Singapore-based reporter with over five years of experience in journalism, content writing and public relations. She holds a Master's degree in International Relations from RSIS, NTU Singapore and a Bachelor of Communication degree from Murdoch University, Australia. She started her career in financial journalism at Asia Insurance Review where she covered insurance and risk management. Prior to that, she was working in public relations managing clients in finance and technology.
Job Titles:
- Global Head of Subscription Sales
Robert runs global subscription sales for both Regulation Asia and our sister publication ESG Investor.
Sanday Chongo Kabange is a Senior Reporter at Regulation Asia. He focuses on regulatory compliance in financial services, with a focus on financial crime matters, fintech and payments. He was previously at Red Flag Group, where he advised clients on compliance, regulatory and legal obligations. Sanday has a Master of Journalism from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Global Public Policy from the University of Southern California.
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager
- Senior Event Manager
Una is an event operations manager at Regulation Asia, based in Singapore, responsible for overseeing the logistics and operations of events to ensure meetings and events run smoothly from conception to completion. She has previously served as Marketing Events Manager for Argus Media, running events and conferences in APAC regions and Managing Operations for a private finance institution. Her precision, details-oriented style, and problem-solving skills make her an excellent logistical support to her team members.