Introducing our prestigious Advisory Board, composed of compliance experts from
various industries. This esteemed group is specifically assembled to pool their collective knowledge
and expertise, all with the singular goal of shaping our strategy and content. Their invaluable
contributions ensure that we consistently deliver timely and vital information to the Reglex
community.
Kate
Wombell, Founder & Chief Compliance Advocate, Reglex
Kate is the Chief
Compliance Advocate of Reglex, and has a long background in regulatory compliance starting with work
at the AFBD (Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers predecessor to the FCA in the UK) and then
with several major Global Investment Banks in UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. As a regulator, she was
instrumental in drafting and implementing reporting for the sector’s first set of financial
resources and client money rules. She then turned from game keeper to poacher by joining various
global banks and had first hand experience of significant market events, not least the Lehman
collapse in 2008where she enabled incoming ex-Lehman teams to be quickly on-boarded (licencing and
undergoing necessary training on their new employers’ policies and controls).
Jonathan
Crompton, Partner, RPC
Jonathan is a Partner at RPC in Hong Kong who
specialises in disputes and investigations, particularly those involving the finance and tech
industries. He is a founding committee member of the crypto-fraud focused CFAAR Hong Kong Chapter, a
Board member of Justice Without Borders, and a judicial officer for Hong Kong Rugby and Asia
Rugby.
Jonathan represents companies and individuals in claims before national courts and
arbitration tribunals, including against large financial institutions. He also helps victims of
cyber and crypto frauds, telephone scams and other frauds to recover their assets using the civil
and criminal tools available to them. As the Asia lead for RPC's Cyber Incident Response team
Jonathan helps victims of ransom attacks, data breaches and other cyber incidents to respond to and
investigate the attack and to minimise the risks to their business and affected data subjects. He
also advises clients on issues relating to data governance impacting their Asia
operations.
Jonathan has been named one of Asia Legal Business' 2022Super 50 TMT
Lawyers, is ranked in Chambers &Partners' Global guide for Dispute Resolution
(International Firms) – China, and is recognised in Legal 500's Hong Kong guides for Dispute
Resolution: Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration. He is also the co-author of the Hong
Kong chapters of Legal 500's comparative country guide for Data Protection and Cyber Security,
and Lexology GTDT's guide to Financial Services Litigation
Joshua Chu,
Solicitor, Chief Risk Officer at Coinllectibles™, Marvion™ and XBE, Senior Consultant at
Prosynergy
Joshua is the Group Chief Risk Officer at Coinllectibles™ and
Marvion™, the first publicly traded blockchain Fusion DOTs™ technology company on the US OTC
Markets. Aside from his role as Group CRO, Joshua is also a Litigation Solicitor qualified to
practice in Hong Kong. Before becoming a lawyer, Joshua worked in the healthcare industry serving as
the IT department head at a private hospital as well as overseeing their procurement
operations.
Since embarking upon his legal career, Joshua has conducted a number of novel
cases which includes: (a) Acting for one of the world’s largest & longest running
crypto-exchanges in Hong Kong’s first crypto-litigation Bitmain Technologies Limited v. iFinix
Inc. & Anor (HCA 1980 of 2015); (b) Obtaining Hong Kong’s first order for alternative
service by data rooms Hwang Joon Sang & Anor v. Golden ElectronicsInc. & Ors [2020]
HKCFI 1084; (c) Obtaining Hong Kong’s first order for digital disclosure orders Hwang Joon Sang
& Anor v. Golden Electronics Inc.& Ors [2020] HKCFI 1233; and (d) Appearing before
the Review Body on Bid Challenges under WTO Government Procurement Agreement.
A firm
Judicial Activists at his core, Joshua and his team of counsel has worked tirelessly to device a
number of novel applications which is aimed at pushing for the digital transformation of Hong Kong’s
judicial system. Today, Joshua’s legal practice is mainly focused in the field of dispute resolution
and technology law. Aside from his roles as a Chief Risk Officer and Lawyer, Joshua is currently
also a Senior Consultant with Prosynergy, a regulatory consulting firm which had been founded by
ex-SFC Regulators as well as being a management consultant for the Korean Blockchain Centre. Joshua
is also a sub-committee for the NFT Association of Hong Kong.
