In a sweep of APAC hiring Revolut has appointed Rayson Tan as Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Legal. Tan has more than two decades’ experience. Most recently Tan was a Managing Director in the Compliance & Regulatory Affairs department of Credit Suisse. Typically for a business with a payment services focus his background includes AML. He took on this role after a stint as their Deputy Head of Financial Crime APAC.
Tan has also held a number of country, regional and global AML and sanction roles at Deutsche Bank and UBS.
The announcement comes alongside news of the hiring of new regional CEO, James Shanahan. Shanahan joins the fintech firm after a short sting at Railsbank.