Singapore Financial Crime Risk Assessment Roundtable – in Partnership with Themis

Born in Liverpool, Allan has more than 25 years’ financial service experience in Jersey and the UK.

As Global Head of Business Development, Allan is responsible for overseeing the promotion of Jersey as a leading international finance centre across key strategic overseas markets including Africa, the Gulf region, Asia, the US and the UK.

Allan joined Jersey Finance in 2015 as Business Development Director, before being promoted to Regional Head – West, where he was responsible for overseeing the Africa, US and UK markets.

Prior to Jersey Finance, Allan spent five years with Barclays in Jersey, where he was Vice President and leader of the Jersey International business within Barclays Wealth & Investment Management division. Before this, he spent 20 years with Royal Bank of Scotland.

A keen runner in his spare time, Allan successfully completed the London Marathon in 2014 and 2016, while he is also Chairman of The Grace Crocker Family Support Foundation, a Director of Jersey 2 Africa 4 Football Foundation, and an advisor to the Cherie Blair Foundation’s 100,000 Women Campaign Board.

Carel has 35+ years broad international experience having lived and worked in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe for market-leading financial services firms. He was the Global COO for various sales & trading businesses at UBS Investment Bank, Head of Change Management, Group Sales, at Deutsche Börse, financial management consultant with Price Waterhouse and auditor with Arthur Young & Co. He is a Fellow of both the ICAEW and Association of Corporate Treasurers, holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and fluent in English, Dutch and Spanish. Carel developed a group-wide client strategy and supporting infrastructure to drive sales and revenue growth Deutsche Börse, established Fixed Income trading businesses for UBS Investment Bank in Moscow and Istanbul and developed country strategies for National Bank of Abu Dhabi.

Navin is a Partner at Dentons Rodyk & Davidson in Singapore. Navin’s practice focusses primarily on criminal defence litigation in the Singapore courts and working with corporations in regulatory/internal investigations. Prior to entering private practice, he was a former Deputy Public Prosecutor/Deputy Director (Corruption and Financial Crimes) at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore. A graduate from the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law, Navin also has a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2023, Navin was recognised as a “Future Star” in the White-Collar Crime Category (2023) in Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, and a “Recommended Lawyer” in the Doyle’s Guide’s Leading White-Collar Crime & Regulatory Investigations Lawyer Rankings.

Sid oversees Compliance operations for Ogier in HK & Singapore. Sid advises different business lines of Ogier on AML/CTF/Sanctions and investigations. Prior to Ogier, he was a Public Prosecutor for the Enforcement Directorate in India leading anti-money laundering prosecutions, a brief stint at the Solicitor-General of India's office before moving onto working in cryptocurrency investigations and compliance for virtual asset exchanges in the UK, Europe, Japan and HK. He has worked with the Interpol and HK police force in recovering stolen crypto assets and acts as a consultant to a blockchain analytics firm AMLBot. He has also worked with a TCSP in HK as a MLRO. Sid qualified as a lawyer in 2010 and completed his Master of Laws (LLM) in Criminal Law & Justice from the University of Edinburgh.