Singapore Chapter

Cynthia Cheong is a senior governance and risk executive with over 35 years of experience leading internal audit, compliance, and risk oversight across global financial institutions. She most recently served as Managing Director for Technology Risk Management, Asia Pacific at Bank of New York Mellon, and was the General Manager at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Internal Audit Department after years in senior leadership roles in UBS Group Internal Audit.

She has advised boards and governance committees on regulatory compliance, internal controls, strategic risk management, and governance frameworks across diverse jurisdictions, with a strong emphasis on aligning governance practices to evolving regulatory expectations.

She now leads her own firm, C3 Consulting based on her ethos of Courage to discharge, Commitment to deliver and Curiosity to discern. She is focused on strengthening the risk and control mindsets through tailored training and advisory. 

Cynthia is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (Advanced), in addition to her other certifications in AI, Audit, systems and controls. She graduated from the National University of Singapore and is also a Chartered Accountant. She is an Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors and a pioneer member of the recently launched GDInstitute.

Kevin is the Head of Business Line AFC Advisory for the Corporate Bank and Investment Bank at Deutsche Bank AG, overseeing the APAC and MEA region. 

He leads a team providing AML advisory to business management and deal leaders on key clients and complex transactions across multiple geographies, ensuring that regulatory standards as well as international best practices are adhered to. 

Over the course of his AML career span of more than 20 years spent in international banks including Standard Chartered, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan, Kevin has executed and overseen multiple aspects of AML control activities from KYC, transaction monitoring, screening and regulatory reporting, across the Corporate and Investment banking space as well as in Private Banking.  

Kevin looks forward to providing guidance and mentorship to the ACAMS community and build on the continued growth of financial crime prevention practices. 

Simon Chung is globally responsible for Financial Crime Compliance (“FCC”), including Fraud and Rogue Trading Risk, for Financial Markets and Treasury Markets at Standard Chartered Bank. He has approximately 30 years of extensive experience in multiple functions across Corporate & Institutional Banking and has been a dedicated FCC professional for the last 20+ years, having also been responsible for Asia-Pacific as Regional Head of FCC Asia-Pacific in various capacities.

Simon is a long‑standing board member of the ACAMS Singapore Chapter.  He has been associated with the chapter as a founding board member since 2013 and has contributed to chapter governance, member engagement, and strategic discussions related to chapter operations and compliance best practices.

Haze Heng is a senior financial crime professional with over 20 years of experience in combating financial crime across major international banks and global payment companies. Her career has been dedicated to protecting the integrity of the financial system through strong compliance, risk management, and investigative practices.

Haze has held leadership and subject matter expert roles covering a broad spectrum of financial crime disciplines, including anti money laundering (AML), counter terrorist financing (CTF), fraud risk, sanctions compliance, and financial crime governance. She has worked extensively within complex, cross border operating environments, supporting institutions as they navigate evolving regulatory expectations and increasingly sophisticated financial crime threats.

Known for her strategic yet practical approach, Haze has contributed to the design and enhancement of financial crime frameworks, controls, and operating models within both traditional banking and payments ecosystems. Her experience includes partnering closely with business, technology, and operations teams, as well as engaging with regulators, auditors, and external stakeholders.

Haze is recognized for her leadership in building resilient financial crime programs, developing talent, and driving continuous improvement in risk management. She maintains a strong interest in emerging risks linked to digital payments, financial innovation, and financial crime transformation, and remains actively engaged in professional development within the global AML community.

Caryn is the Regional Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Director – APAC for ACAMS, where she is the lead English speaking SME practitioner on AML and Financial Crime Compliance across the APAC region. Working closely with APAC and international colleagues, Caryn plays a key role in shaping ACAMS priorities, offerings, and activities across the APAC region.

Caryn brings to ACAMS a wealth of AFC global banking experience that spans Standard Chartered, JP Morgan, Clearstream Banking, UBS AG, ABN Amro and Bank of America. Most recently she was the Head of Financial Crime Compliance Controls, Surveillance Excellence with Standard Chartered Bank, where she was responsible for the end to end process, governance, and risk management of the group wide alert disposition process. Caryn’s expertise covers Client Due Diligence, financial crime business advisory, project management, governance, risk management, and the overarching financial crime compliance framework.

Royston is presently the Group Head of Regulatory Compliance for MariBank, and concurrently the Head of Compliance and Regulatory Management for Monee, one of the largest digital financial services providers in South East Asia, comprising of banking, payments, credit and insurance. 

With over 25 years in civil and criminal litigation, commercial and corporate legal, regulatory compliance and risk management, he has held leadership roles in Legal, Compliance and Risk, with a specialization in financial services.

In addition to criminal and corporate trial experience, Royston has negotiated multibillion dollar fund distribution agreements, drafted commercial contracts between e-payment giants, and participated in convention negotiations at the United Nations. He has also guided companies through regulatory and external audits and led the development and implementation of AML systems in multinational companies.

Royston’s prior experience includes being a prosecutor, a magistrate, and senior roles with DBS Bank, General Electric, PayPal, Wirecard, Agoda, Booking Holdings, and Mastercard. 

Eric See is the Head of Financial Crime Investigations Singapore at HSBC, where he leads investigations across all financial crime risk types, including fraud, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, sanctions breaches, bribery and corruption. He provides strategic oversight of complex investigations and works closely with regional and global stakeholders to strengthen investigative capability and financial crime risk management.

Eric has over two decades of experience in financial crime compliance, investigations, and regulatory engagement within the banking sector. Prior to joining HSBC, he held senior financial crime roles at Standard Chartered Bank, where he led global investigative teams handling high-risk clients and complex cross-border financial crime matters. He is an active contributor to the financial crime compliance community and has represented his institution at the ACIP Risk Surveillance Working Group. 

Eric holds a Master of Science in Wealth Management from Singapore Management University and has completed executive education at Yale University. His professional certifications include CAMS, CCAS, CGSS, CFE, and TRM-CI.

Joy Tan serves on the WongPartnership LLP’s Executive Committee and is Co-Head of the Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice and Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice. She also leads the firm’s Corporate & Regulatory Investigations Practice.

Joy is a Fellow and an accredited arbitrator at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCiArb), sits on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Law Society of Singapore’s Disciplinary Tribunal. She is also an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC).

Joy is on the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and is also ranked as a Senior Accredited Board Director by SID. She serves as an independent director on multiple boards, both for-profit and non-profit.

Audrey Wong is Vice President of Financial Crime Solutions and Crypto Services, Services, Asia Pacific at Mastercard. She leads the development and implementation of compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), investigative, and transaction monitoring capabilities designed to safeguard the financial ecosystem and uphold regulatory standards. Her work focuses on addressing emerging threats—including scams, fraud, financial crime, and risks linked to digital assets—while supporting continuous monitoring across diverse payment rails such as digital wallets, account-to-account transfers, and card networks.

Audrey is a strong advocate for public-private collaboration and regularly engages with policymakers, regulators, and law enforcement agencies to enhance intelligence sharing and align on evolving compliance frameworks. She joined Mastercard in 2015, following over a decade in senior risk and regulatory roles across banking and financial exchanges in the United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Audrey holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).