the client is seeking a seasoned Head of Compliance to lead the Asia region team based in Singapore. This role will drive compliance excellence across the region for a global private bank, supporting wealth management and related financial services while maintaining robust compliance across jurisdictions. The position focuses on building strong regulatory relationships and enabling future growth through effective compliance leadership.
Key responsibilities include managing and retaining a team of 15+ members in Singapore and Hong Kong, ensuring smooth integration and regional execution. The role will lead and oversee the regional compliance function, including regulatory compliance, AML/FCC activities, and compliance monitoring. The successful candidate will ensure consistent implementation of global compliance policies while addressing local regulatory requirements, act as a trusted adviser to regional senior management and business leaders on compliance and regulatory risks, and oversee regulatory interactions, examinations, and issue remediation across Asia.
The role includes monitoring regulatory developments and assessing their impact on the bank’s activities, strengthening compliance culture through training, governance, and effective escalation mechanisms, and maintaining a strong reputation with regulators. The successful applicant should be a strong communicator with global stakeholders, a hands-on, results-driven approach, and commercial awareness with a risk-vs-reward mindset and an inclusive “we are all the business” approach. The position is expected to support a culture of collaboration and practical compliance leadership across the region.