Meet the Judges - Awards for Excellence 2026

Regulation Asia prides itself on conducting a thorough awards review process. To complement the work of our editorial and research teams, we have selected a number of senior industry participants to serve on a judging panel to help during the review process. Our selection takes into account their involvement in the regulatory compliance domain, along with their exposure to the technology and services firms, in most cases having first hand experience from a practitioner’s perspective.

We would like to thank our esteemed judges for their participation in this year’s awards.

2026 Judges

Prof. Andreas Chai
Director, Academy of Excellence in Financial Crime Investigation & Compliance
Griffith University

Benedicte Nolans
Head of Innovation Hub, Hong Kong Centre
BIS Innovation Hub

Craig Robertson
Principal
Cron Risk Advisory

Dawd Haque
Market Initiatives, Regulatory Transformation & Strategy
Deutsche Bank

Derek McGibney
Managing Director, Founder
Cognitive GRC

John Ho
Head, Legal, Financial Markets
Standard Chartered Bank

Hiroshi Ozaki
Executive Advisor
KPMG AZSA LLC

Jee Meng Chen
Head of Financial Crime Compliance
CIMB

Dr. Kalpana Seethepalli
Director of Sustainable Finance for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa
Deutsche Bank

Kah Kit Yip
Group Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets
UOB

Guy Sheppard
Executive Director, Head of AI Strategy and Adoption
Standard Chartered

Matthew Chan
Independent Business Adviser
FS APAC

Mervyn Tang
Head of Sustainability Strategy, APAC
Schroders

Philip Keller
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Board Advisor

Remi Lopez
Financial Market Infrastructure Policy Expert

Hannah Cassidy
Partner
A&O Shearman

Victor Apps
Financial Crime Risk Strategist

Bill Coen
Former Secretary General – Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Bank for International Settlements

Anthony Hope
Executive, AML / CTF/ Fraud Risk Steward, and FCR Innovation
NAB

Sam Ahmed
Managing Director, APAC for Swarm A.I & Founder, Deriv Asia

Mark Nuttall
Executive Advisor
Strategy, Leadership, Networking, Deal Facilitation & Business Development

Siddhant Sahai
Director of Financial Crime Compliance
The Star Sydney

Prashant Joshi
Head of APAC Global Markets Regulatory Affairs & Projects
BNP Paribas

Jessica Chuah
APAC Ambassador
Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA)

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Dharmendra Jain
Senior Country Controller
Director – Finance

Brian Lo
Former Group Head of Market & Liquidity Risk at DBS Bank