Priscilla Adams

The Fintech Association of Hong Kong is a member-driven community whose mission is to be the voice of Fintech in Hong Kong. Board member responsible for leading all advocacy streams with regulators on behalf of the industry; Board Sponsor for the Blockchain & Digital Asset and Regtech Committees.

• Led and managed the compliance streams for a new digital asset exchange and related businesses, guiding the firm from immediately post-launch to a licensed, public company; • Drove strategic product initiatives by providing compliance advisory for new business lines, including DeFi due diligence, liquidity provision deals, and strategic partnerships; • Managed the firm-wide Compliance Framework and established key internal controls, including a Conflict of Interest framework and Control Room function; • Delivered on high-stakes projects by managing all compliance workstreams for the Bullish IPO and new multi-jurisdictional license applications.

• Demonstrated a "get-it-done mindset" by leading a large-scale restructuring and department transformation. As Programme Director, successfully unified 1,600 FTE into a cohesive department; • Orchestrated a comprehensive department transformation, designing and implementing a new Target Operating Model that delivered USD$65M in cost savings; • Led a team of five project managers to drive strategies for physical co-location, offshoring, back-office protocols, and optimized accounting structures.

• Led a team of 90 across 18 jurisdictions, ensuring robust oversight and management of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) risks in Asia Pacific; • Provided strategic direction for the function by defining the vision for Asia and guiding three operating model restructures to align with evolving business needs; • Advised senior leadership, including the ASP Board and Non-Executive Directors, on remediation efforts for Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Skilled Person Reviews across multiple global jurisdictions; • Served as Secretariat for the board-level Financial Crime Risk Management Committee (FCRMC).

Business Development • Following the loss of the firm’s largest audit client, worked closely with senior partners to develop a strategy to replace and surpass audit revenue with consulting revenue. Surpassed lost revenue within 18 months. Delivery: • Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) Secondment (Head of Governance & Insight, Asia) – led a team of 5 to implement the client’s new governance framework; • AML Investigations (Programme Manager) –Managed and led a 65-person team of investigators to reduce the client’s alert backlogs down from 35,000;

• Operational Risk – redesigned a client’s operational risk framework and implemented it.

Risk Strategy Manager, Wealth & Personal Banking (WPB), London, UK • Drafted and implemented the Group Risk Appetite Statement for the Wealth business. Transaction Risk Manager, Global Transaction Team, London, UK • Created a transaction risk playbook for all company divestitures; • Conducting due diligence risk assessments for 7 high risk divestitures across Latin America. Operational Risk Manager, Düsseldorf, Germany • Conducted risk due diligence of all new products and acted as secretary of the New Product Committee; • Performed OpRisk advisory for payments, trade & receivables finance businesses. Senior Business Development Manager, Buenos Aires, Argentina • Built investor portfolios for the Wealth segment.

Master's thesis on narco-trafficking and terrorism in Mexico, including its financial operations and security implications.