Professor JOHN BROOME
Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong, Australia

John is a Professorial Fellow in the Law Faculty of the University of Wollongong, teaching in the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention. He also conducts his own consultancy business drawing on his extensive experience in Australian government. He has 30 years experience in public law, policy development, law enforcement, public sector management and administration, inter government and international relations. He has worked closely with the private sector in both policy development and regulatory roles. John has worked extensively with regional governments and institutions.

John works closely with international organizations including the ADB, IMF, World Bank and EC particularly in relation to anti-money laundering and terrorist financing initiatives. He has assisted government agencies in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Mongolia, Vietnam and the Philippines and a number of Pacific Island countries to improve their capacity to respond to money laundering. He has led ADB and EC funded teams of international and domestic consultants in the Philippines, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, China and Indonesia.

 

DAVID J.A.COPE
Detective Chief Inspector, Narcotics Bureau, Hong Kong Police

Detective Chief Inspector David Cope has served in the Hong Kong Police since 1989; he has been investigating financial crimes since 1994 and has served in the Commercial Crime Bureau, Organized Crime and Triad Bureau and Narcotics Bureau of the Hong Kong Police.

Mr. Cope is currently in charge of the Hong Kong Police unit that investigates the laundering of proceeds of organised crime in Hong Kong.

During his career Mr. Cope has been the lead investigator and officer in charge of a number of the largest prosecutions for money laundering in Hong Kong, he has also been closely involved with the development of the Hong Kong Police’s financial investigation training and outreach programs. Mr. Cope was formerly the deputy head of the Hong Kong Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (“JFIU”) and was in charge of its day-to-day business.

Mr. Cope Mr. Cope holds a law degree and has presented widely on financial crime and anti-money laundering both in Hong Kong and in numerous other jurisdictions including Singapore, Kuwait, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. He is an FATF Evaluator and has recently participated in the Asia Pacific Group evaluation of Myanmar’s AML regime.

 

CATHERINE FUNG
Department of Justice, Government of Hong Kong

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
- Immaculata High School, Kelowna, B.C., Canada.
- B.A., University of Manitoba, Canada.
- LL.B (Hons.) University of Buckingham, England.
- Bar Finals, Council of Legal Education, England.
- Called to the Bar of England & Wales.
- Called to the Bar of Hong Kong
- Barrister of Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- Legal Practitioner of Northern Territory, Australia.
- Bachelor of Law, Peking University, PRC.
- LL.M in Chinese & Comparative Law, City University of Hong Kong.
- Candidate of the Doctor of Juridical Science Programme (“JSD”), City University of Hong Kong

WORKING EXPERIENCE
- Prosecutor of the Prosecutions Division, Department of Justice, Hong Kong.
- Deputy Section Head of the Domestic Asset Recovery Section.
- Assessor on Mutual Evaluation of Asia Pacific Group and was part of the assessment team on the anti-money laundering laws of Mongolia.

 

Professor JORGE GODINHO
Faculty of Law, University of Macau

Jorge is a Portuguese law professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau, where he serves as coordinator of the Master and postgraduate program in International Business Law, and as coordinator of the legal subjects taught in the Faculty of Business Administration.

He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, with a thesis on patrimonial strategies of crime control (financing of terrorism, money laundering, confiscation, asset freezing, and associated detection mechanisms), and a Master degree in Law at the University of Macau, with a thesis on the crime of money laundering. He is a law graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (1989).

 

VIOLET HO
Managing Director, Beijing, Kroll

Violet Ho is a managing director at Kroll and head of Kroll’s Beijing office. She plays a leading role in Kroll’s business operation and project management in the Greater China Region. Violet has worked on hundreds of highly complex investigative projects utilizing her keen cross-cultural awareness, in-depth understanding of the business environment in China and strong management and networking capabilities, where her fluency in English and Chinese Mandarin has been beneficial.

Violet has managed a wide range of risk consulting projects in Greater China ranging from fraud prevention to investigations of white-collar crime and distribution scams. She also manages investigative due diligence inquiries and assignments on business controls, intellectual property protection, HR/employee risks, corporate security and crisis management.

 

DAVID HSU
Director of Compliance and Control, Citibank

David has been with Citibank for over sixteen years and has over thirteen years of compliance experience. He was responsible for all Citibank Hong Kong Corporate Banking compliance activities from 1995, this was followed by three years working in the Regional Compliance Office in Asia, as the Head of the Citibank Asia Control Room and the Regional Compliance Training Director. Currently David is the Director of Compliance and Control for Citibank Hong Kong’s Global Consumer Group and also Hong Kong’s Country Compliance Officer. David is active in providing anti-money laundering training to Citi staff in Asia and in external seminars, and has also given presentations to regulators, Central Banks and law enforcement from various countries on this subject. David holds a Master of Business Administration degree and is a Chartered Accountant from Canada.

 

MARK JOHNSON
Partner, Regulatory & Dispute, Herbert Smith

Mark Johnson is the head of Herbert Smith's Dispute Resolution practice in Asia. He has been based in Hong Kong since 1987 and has extensive experience of litigation and regulatory matters both in Hong Kong and throughout Asia, with a particular focus on the financial services sector.

Mark acts for international and regional financial institutions, advising them on regulatory, compliance and contentious matters including insider trading, internal investigations, Judicial Reviews, alleged breaches of Listing Rules, and other disciplinary proceedings.

Many of the matters on which he advises involve a cross-border element.

 

NIGEL MORRIS-COTTERILL
Head, The Anti Money Laundering Network

Nigel Morris-Cotterill is the head of The Anti Money Laundering Network an international group of companies with divisions dealing with Silkscreen Limited (UK) Consultancy, where Nigel is the lead consultant on many of the projects. He was a UK solicitor dealing with asset recoveries, compliance and other issues for many years, retiring from full time practice to develop consultancy and related services in relation to money laundering risk management and compliance. In addition to his consulting role he has delivered training across Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific since 1994. He is the author of many articles and commentator of choice on money laundering and terrorist financing issues for numerous broadcast and print media outlets around the world.

The AML Network also includes:
• Vortex Centrum Limited (UK) - publishers of numerous print and online resources including Click To Learn More (clicktolearnmore.com) compliance e-learning
• The Society of Anti Money Laundering Professionals (Hong Kong) - global Society for all of those engaged in combating money laundering and financing of crimes including terrorism. Members are drawn from all over the world and from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds
• AML Net Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) - provider of research and technical assistance to the group and Global Response Centre. Developer of the Quick To Learn More e-learning platform, and of the CMS platforms used by World Money Laundering Report and The Chief Officers' Network (based on third party software)
• The Financial Crime Forum Limited (UK) - producer of public training courses and high level Fora.
• Risk Values Limited (UK) - Risk Values is the only pre-screening software for clients and staff which assesses the psychological propensity to commit financial crime. Nigel designed the concept which was developed by specialists.

The Group Holding Company is The Anti Money Laundering Network Limited, a Hong Kong corporation.

Nigel lives in Kuala Lumpur from where he supervises Group operations.

 

NICK ROBINSON
National Leader, Forensic & Dispite Services, Deloitte

Nick leads the Forensic and Dispute Services Practice for China. Formerly the head of Security and Investigations for Wal-Mart's Global Procurement team based in China, he has over 19 years of financial crime investigation and integrity compliance experience. Prior to working with Wal-Mart, Nick was employed by another big-four forensics team where he was responsible for regional fraud risk evaluation / prevention services, investigations and anti-money laundering engagements. Prior to this Nick was a Detective Inspector with the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police.

 

SHI YONGYAN
Deputy Director, General Office, AML Bureau, People's Bank of China

Mr.Shi holds a B.A. and M.A in economics from Peking University, China and a MBA (Nanyang Fellows) and a PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Mr. Shi also completed a six-week EMBA study program in Sloan School of Management, MIT, 2000.

In March of 2006, Mr. Shi took over current position at AML Bureau, People’s Bank of China (PBC), leaving State Administration for Foreign Exchange (SAFE), according to PBC’s decision to consolidate these two agencies’ AML regime. His responsibilities include AML research and public awareness raising, for instance, compiling the official annual publications of China Anti-Money Laundering Reports since 2004. Mr. Shi also participated in the mutual evaluation on China’s AML/CFT systems carried out by FATF and EAG in 2006. Mr. Shi has attended FATF and EAG plenary meetings and its working group meetings as a member of China delegation.

 

CLINT STINGER
Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Services Leader, Deloitte

Clint is a Principal in Deloitte's U.S. member firm, currently serving as Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Services Leader for Deloitte in Hong Kong/China. Based in Hong Kong, Clint serves investment, commercial and retail financial institutions and regulatory authorities throughout the Asia Pacific region. He has extensive AML consulting and due diligence experience, having led major AML consulting engagements and AML due diligence exercises on two major Hong Kong IPO's and four M&A transactions in China. Clint has more than 17 years of professional experience.

Clint speaks frequently at regional seminars and conferences, and has been an instructor at a series of International Monetary Fund (IMF) organized AML/CFT workshops for Asian regional financial sector regulators and supervisors. He has also previously provided AML/CFT training and advice to the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Hong Kong Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU), Bank Indonesia and the Indonesia financial intelligence unit, PPATK.

 

MICHAEL TING
Head of Compliance, Sun Life Hong Kong Ltd

Mr. Michael Ting started his career as a lawyer qualified in Hong Kong, England & Wales and the District of Columbia, USA. In 2001, he moved over to a career in insurance industry | where he joined and set up the Legal Department at MassMutual Asia Ltd. Since 2004, Mr. Ting had been with New York Life International in-charge of the legal and compliance functioning in Asia, and more recently Western Union. Both experiences offer him a wealth of experience in financial services compliance. Currently Mr. Ting is the Head of Compliance for Sun Life Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Ting is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.

 

DAVID WILDMAN
Senior Liaison Officer, Australian Federal Police in Hong Kong

David Wildman is a Superintendent with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and is presently the Senior Liaison Officer responsible for law enforcement cooperation between Australia and Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. He has over 10 years of diverse experience in investigating complex trans-national crimes such as fraud, money laundering, corruption, counter-terrorism and drug smuggling. Prior to serving with the AFP he served with the New South Wales Police investigating armed robberies, theft and crimes of violence in the inner city suburbs of Sydney. He holds a Master of Arts degree and a Graduate Diploma in Serious Crime Investigation and completed a research thesis focusing on the investigation of intellectual property from digital storage media.

 

NELSON YEUNG
Head of Fraud Risk Management China, Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited

Nelson is a former senior inspector of Hong Kong Police Force. He has 8 years of detective experience with 4 years at the Crime Wing Headquarters. His last posting was at the Hong Kong’s Joint Financial Intelligence Unit, (JFIU), a designated unit to enforce HK’s AML and CFT laws on the forefront. During the same period Nelson was also the project director for the STREAMS project which was to automate Hong Kong’s entire STR submission and processing process electrically.

Nelson Joined Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited in January 2007 to head up Financial Crime Risk Department, for independent investigation and effective management of serious crimes, including code of conduct breaches, bribery, corruption and insider trading. His appointment reflects the regulatory focus on Financial Crime, as well as SCBCL’s resolve to stem out activities that adversely impact the bank’s financials and reputation. Nelson is young and with strong determination. His Shanghainese background, international vision, strong enforcement / regulatory contacts and high standard of detective skill are all the valuable assets to support his successes in driving of the function.