Edward Jacobson is a Vice President in the Payments Advisory Team and is responsible for providing financial crimes compliance advisory to JPMorgan’s Trade Finance business. Edward’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, advising on trade finance related KYC issues, evaluating trade finance AML/CFT escalations and advising on AML/CFT considerations for new trade finance products and initiatives. Edward has an undergraduate degree in law from the University of Edinburgh and close to 10 years of experience working in financial crimes compliance.

Tiffany Ho is a seasoned Executive Director leading the Payments Advisory team across 14 Asia Pacific jurisdictions. In her role, she is responsible for proactively identifying, evaluating, mitigating and reporting on AML and reputational risks across the FCBs, FinTechs, Virtual Asset Service Providers and Trade portfolio. With over 15 years of experience in the financial industry covering banks, securities brokerage firm and funds, Tiffany has accumulated a broad range of industry knowledge and expertise in AML matters. 

Hermione Tay is the Regional Product AML Advisory in MUFG Bank,  focusing on  Trade Finance AML advisory for APAC. Prior to joining the second line, she spent 15 years in Trade Finance Sales and Advisory with two global banks.

James Li joined Linklogis as the CEO for Linklogis International Company Limited in 2019. Before Linklogis, he was EVP for  a Digital Bank in China, Z-Bank for 2 years managing digital commercial banking business. 

Patrik Jonasson manages GS1 Asia-Pacific’s regional government affairs and external cooperation, charged with defining and executing regional strategies and programmes.

Nick Allison comes to GS1 New Zealand from a position as a Principal Economist at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER). At GS1, Nick works with Government agencies to support their adoption of GS1’s global data standards for identification, traceability and electronic data interchange (EDI).

He has previously held leadership roles at the Ministry of Economic Development, Foundation for Research, Science & Technology, Transfund and Ernst & Young.

Leanne Kemp is the Founder and CEO of Everledger. With extensive experience in emerging technology, business, jewellery and insurance, Leanne is pushing boundaries with Everledger, addressing real-world challenges through driving transparency and trust along global supply chains using emerging technology.

Salaam is the Global Head of Trade & Wholesale Lending Investigations. He has extensive experience in the entire credit cycle including origination, relationship management, product delivery, internal credit audit and risk management

Leigh is the ASP Head of AML Risk Stewardship for HSBC, based in Hong Kong.  He has held a number of roles across Financial Crime Compliance at major global financial institutions in London and Hong Kong, most recently as Global Head of Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Wealth & Personal Banking at HSBC.  He has an MSc in Security Studies from University College London.