Award-winning RegTech provider Know Your Customer has announced the appointment of Jamie Anderson as Head of Sales for the Asia-Pacific region. 

Established in 2015, Know Your Customer provides best in class digital solutions for anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) compliance to financial institutions and regulated organisations around the world. By centralising the KYC/AML process for all client types within one solution, Know Your Customer strengthens compliance, reduces costs and delivers exceptional onboarding experiences to both individuals and corporate entities.

An experienced sales leader, Jamie Anderson has more than fifteen years of experience implementing highly successful sales strategies and building sales teams in financial services markets across London, Hong Kong, Singapore and the overall APAC region. Prior to joining Know Your Customer, he held strategic positions at sector-leading software providers and financial institutions including Thomson Reuters, Standard & Poor’s, and FIS.

Claus Christensen, CEO & Co-Founder of Know Your Customer, commented:

“It is my pleasure to welcome Jamie Anderson as Know Your Customer’s new Head of Sales in APAC. Jamie’s financial technology expertise and experience in building highly effective sales teams will be fundamental in further developing Know Your Customer’s sales function across the region. As a fast-growing RegTech organisation, we recognise the importance of Hong Kong, Singapore, China and the overall APAC region, and we are deeply committed to expanding our business across these highly strategic markets”.

The new appointment comes on the strength of Know Your Customer’s client announcements both in Hong Kong (Gateway Private Markets), Singapore (CapBridge) and Europe (SIX Group), showcasing the success and commitment of the business to a fast growth across Asia and Europe in 2020 and beyond. Earlier this year, Know Your Customer also announced its collaboration with investment platform Angel Hub in Hong Kong and won the Hong Kong Economic Times FinTech Award in the “Outstanding Identity & Transaction Management Solution” category for the second year in a row.