Simon Young

Head of Compliance, Hong Kong
DBS Bank

Simon Young is a compliance professional, FinTech and RegTech enthusiast. He joined DBS 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+ year career, Simon had held a number of senior leadership positions in compliance and financial crime risk management across financial services and fintech industries in Hong Kong and Mainland China, including most recently Ping An Group, Tencent and Octopus Cards. Simon is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and holds MSc Information Systems Management and LLM. He is also a Board member of ACAMS Hong Kong Chapter and a member of ACCA Greater Bay Area Advisory Board and Governance, Risk & Performance Global Forum.