Cherry Chai

Experience

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  PwC

  Oct 2002 - May 2006

  Senior Associate - Audit

  External audit - team lead for audits in various industries including banking, asset management, manufacturing etc

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  Barclays

  May 2006 - Jan 2017

  Process transformation within regional IA, Regional governance risk and controls, and hosted regional conference. Portfolio lead for the audits of regional wealth management business in APAC. Audit lead for the investment bank in the Asia Pacific region. Audit execution in a broad range of global and regional investment bank and wealth management audits.

  • APAC IA Business Manager

    Mar 2016 - Jan 2017

  • VP - Barclays IA Wealth and Corp Bank

    May 2012 - Mar 2016

  • Vice President - Barclays IA Investment Bank

    Apr 2009 - May 2012

  • AVP - Barclays Internal Audit

    May 2006 - Apr 2009
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  Citi

  May 2017 - now

  Global head responsible for providing assurance to the risk mitigation and validation of international regulatory issues, covering more than 30 jurisdictions within the Legal, Financial Crime and Compliance organization. Audit Director and Regional Head for AML Internal Audit. Audit Owner and SME for financial crime audits, risk assessments and entities across private bank, retail, corporate, institutional banking covering 15 countries. Managing teams across 7 countries

  • Director - Global Head Legal & Compliance Validations IA

    Jan 2024 - now

  • APAC Head of AML & Sanctions Internal Audit

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2024

  • SVP APAC AML & Compliance Internal Audit

    May 2017 - Dec 2019