Ken leads the DFSA’s innovation and technology risk supervision programmes. This includes overseeing the Innovation Testing Licence programme (a.k.a. regulatory sandbox); the supervision of innovative technology-enabled financial services providers such as payment services providers, alternative lending platforms, automated wealth management, and DLT-based product offerings; and the cyber risk supervision programme.

Ken joined the DFSA in 2012 and has since led the supervision of brokerage and trading activities, supervised numerous banking institutions, and the restructure of the DFSA’s supervisory risk model. Prior to joining the DFSA, Ken managed a team of market conduct investigators at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), prior to which Ken was an open-outcry and electronic equity options market maker on the trading floor of the CBOE.

** The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the independent regulator for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).