Simon
Young
Simon Young is a FinTech and RegTech enthusiast. He joined DBS Bank Hong Kong as Head of Compliance in June 2021 where he leads effort to develop its RegTech roadmap in addition to many other compliance priorities.
Over the course of his 20+ years career, Simon has held a number of senior leadership positions in compliance and financial crime compliance across financial services and fintech industries in Hong Kong and Mainland China, including recently Chief Compliance Officer (Overseas) and Group Head of Financial Crime Risk Management of Ping An Group where he led efforts to develop and employ AI-empowered advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities to detect and monitor financial crime risk for the group covering 40 business lines and 210 million customers. Previously, he was Senior Director of Tencent Financial Technology and Alternative Chief Executive of WeChat Pay Hong Kong, Risk Management & Compliance Director of Octopus Cards Limited, etc.
Simon holds MSc Information Systems Management and LLM International Corporate & Financial Law. He is a Board member of ACAMS Hong Kong Chapter, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of ACCA Greater Bay Area Advisory Board and Governance, Risk & Performance Global Forum.