About Us
Who we are
The RegTech Association of Hong Kong is an independent, not-for-profit association founded by a community of RegTech startups and partners in 2019.
What we do
The main goal of the Association is to promote RegTech in Hong Kong and beyond. This is an association of its members, by its members and for its members.
Our mission statement
The RegTech Association of Hong Kong exists for three main reasons:
Promote
Promote RegTech startups and the unique proposition of each in transforming Governance, Risk management and Compliance.
Support
Support RegTech business matching to enable regulated entities to fast-track identification and adoption of RegTech startup solutions.
Facilitate
Facilitate discussion, workshop and publication among stakeholders to form insights on technology development, application and integration with future regulations.
By Community for Community
Board of Directors
Jenny Chow
Chairperson
Jenny Chow is a seasoned practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in securities law and compliance. She has formerly served as a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance drafting team, C-suite executive of multiple investment banks, as well as the Chief Compliance Officer on SDG Development with the United Nations Development Program of UNSIF (United Nations SDG Innovative Finance).
She is also a serial entrepreneur and now with the focus on her Web 3.0 Fintech startup, which has multiple projects recognized and supported by Cyberport and HKTech300 of City University of Hong Kong.
Lawrence Yeung
Honorary Treasurer
Lawrence Yeung has extensive banking experiences managing systems solutions, business analytic, operational planning, ORM and, AML/CFT compliance. In 2019, he joined Earth Channel Limited as Compliance and Operations Advisor.
Felix Cheung
Founding Chairperson
Felix is a Hong Kong-based Regtech entrepreneur. His expertise includes how to use technology to transform GRC business processes and internal controls to meet regulatory, contractual and industry requirements and expectations.
David Liu
Board Director
David Liu is the founding advisor for Moment Fintech, Asia’s first ESG-focused fintech and regtech accelerator and venture builder. In addition to fintech and regtech companies, David also works extensively with financial institutions, corporations, and exchanges across the region to manage a wide array of ESG, regulatory, and compliance risks along with navigating the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape surrounding blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
Simon Leung
Board Director
Simon Leung is a seasoned AML/CFT Compliance officer, who has over 30 years of AML/CFT experience that was attained from the police, Financial Intelligence Unit and banking industry. He is now running a start up with focus on AML/CFT system development and also a well-recognized trainer in the AML/CFT field.
Alex Oxford
Board Director
Alex currently leads RegTech/SupTech firm AML Analytics operations in the Asia-Pacific region focusing on testing, validation and optimisation of AML/CTF detection and screening technologies for leading regulated entities and supervisory authorities. Prior to joining AML Analytics in early 2019, Alex led the encompass corporation, a specialist KYC automation RegTech, sales function in Asia and had various business development roles covering the Asia-Pacific region based out of Hong Kong for multinational RegTech firm, LexisNexis. Alex has held key Non-Executive roles at the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and helped advise Australian RegTech, identity management firm, RapidID who successfully exited in 2017. Alex has earnt a Masters in Science from University College of Dublin, Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University and various AML compliance and governance accreditations from ICA, ACAMS & AICD.
Benjamin Petit
Board Director
Senior international business development and finance professional with 16 years’ experience across disciplines (Business Development, Strategy, Finance management, M&A, Contract Management and Structured Finance) and across Europe and Asia. After having co-founded a boutique M&A in Paris supporting SMEs and start-ups, Benjamin came to Asia and gained 15-year experience business development, M&A, and finance, leading financial teams and driving revenue growth across Asia for MNCs. Prior co-founded Chekk Benjamin was CFO of an MNC in Asia and Board of Director of various entities.
Committees
The value of the Association is generated through the work and activities of our 9 Committees.
Membership Committee
The membership committee deals with onboarding new members of the association. The committee is currently working on selecting the most suitable startups to grow our like-minded community.
Communication Committee
The communications committee deals with internal and external communication of the association to support, promote and facilitate the understanding of regulatory technology to all stakeholders.
Education Committee
The education committee deals with the organisation of teaching programs in coordination with universities and academic members to increase the knowledge of the stakeholders.
Partnership Committee
The partnership committee deals with onboarding of corporate partners and institutions who are not members but can support the members, fund them and carry the association into a sustainable future.
Investment Committee
The investment committee deals with evaluating investment proposals and negotiating the terms in order to allow new board members who can support the association in the long term.
Research Committee
The research committee deals with the organisation of intelligent legal research and smart ways of sourcing content and data relevant to regulations in tandem with global data bases and media outlets.
Events Committee
The events committee deals with creating an agenda of events to promote regulatory technology companies, and selecting events in the ongoing agenda of institutions and regulators in Hong Kong.
Funding Committee
The funding committee deals with the organisation of funding programs that can facilitate the adoption of RegTech and accelerate the fund-raising of the member startups in tandem with the partners.
Overseas Affairs Committee
The overseas affairs committee deals with creating and maintaining international relationships with similar associations, organisations, lobbyists and other government bodies.