Elsa Chow
Senior Vice President
Hong Kong
Elsa Chow is a Senior Vice President at Walkers Compliance & Regulatory Services in Hong Kong.
She has over 13 years' experience in the financial services industry and specialises in regulatory compliance, AML, CTF, financial regulation and policy and procedure development. She serves as an AntiMoney Laundering Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer to a range of investment structures.
Elsa has gained a comprehensive working knowledge of laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, rules and best practice standards related to the professional and financial services industry. Through her former roles, she has also been involved with industry consultations on Guidance Notes on Economic Substance Acts in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Seychelles.
Elsa is fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese.
Elsa has gained a comprehensive working knowledge of laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, rules and best practice standards related to the professional and financial services industry. Through her former roles, she has also been involved with industry consultations on Guidance Notes on Economic Substance Acts in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Seychelles.
Elsa is fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese.
Experience and recent work
Prior to joining Walkers, Elsa worked at a leading professional services firm as an Associate Director where she provided services to clients in accordance with onshore and offshore AML/KYC, EUES, CbCR, FATCA and CRS regulations in various jurisdictions including Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Belize and Seychelles. Her experiences in the last four years were greatly driven by rapid developments in global AML standards and implementation of various new regulations such as EUES.
Elsa is widely exposed to all sectors of the financial services industry including banks, trusts, funds and corporate services from an end to end aspect (from advisory service to filing and liaising with legal counsel and regulators on imposed notices). She also has deep exposure to internal policy and procedural drafting and contributed by providing recommendations to regulator exchange portals pre and post UAT in the form of changes to Rules (regulatory acts) to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of industry users.
Elsa started her career at HSBC (in both Canada and Hong Kong) as a first line of defense in AML/ CTF for high net worth clients, then transitioned into second line of defense in AML/ CTF in the policy and procedure line of businesses.
Elsa is widely exposed to all sectors of the financial services industry including banks, trusts, funds and corporate services from an end to end aspect (from advisory service to filing and liaising with legal counsel and regulators on imposed notices). She also has deep exposure to internal policy and procedural drafting and contributed by providing recommendations to regulator exchange portals pre and post UAT in the form of changes to Rules (regulatory acts) to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of industry users.
Elsa started her career at HSBC (in both Canada and Hong Kong) as a first line of defense in AML/ CTF for high net worth clients, then transitioned into second line of defense in AML/ CTF in the policy and procedure line of businesses.
Qualifications
Education:
- Masters of Business Administrative Degree (MBA), United Kingdom, University of Manchester
- Bachelor of Commerce - Business Management (BComm), Canada, Ryerson University
- Certificate in Financial Services Advice, Canada, The Canadian Securities Institute
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, ACAMS
Team Members
Other team members with related expertise
Dorothy Scott
Managing Director, Americas
Cayman Islands
Daniel Booth
Managing Director, Asia and Middle East
Hong Kong