Avalon currently leads the APAC and MEIASC Financial Crime Compliance Cyber initiatives expert team having re-joined SWIFT in 2019. She is responsible for driving take up of Swift’s added value shared services solutions in the areas of AML, CTF and Fraud across the two regions as well as community enrichment through educational engagements and consultations. She has 11 years’ experience in financial crime compliance having started her career at Dow Jones providing AML, Sanctions and ABC solutions to sub-Saharan Africa. Avalon initially joined SWIFT in 2016 covering the UKI & Nordic markets.

In the years away from SWIFT, she joined a Regtech startup that focused on elements of AI and Natural Language Processing delivering a multisource KYC platform to the banking sector. Avalon sat on the board of the Regtech sub-committee of the Singapore Fintech Association 2020-2021 and is an active DEI champion both internally and externally.