Kate Ng is a Senior Vice President at the Bank of New York Mellon, based in London. She advises the custodian bank’s largest lines of business – Asset Servicing & Digital and Treasury Services on EMEA sanctions and financial crimes compliance and risk management. She serves as a member of the European Banking Authority’s sanctions technical expert group, where she contributed to Union-wide standard setting for sanctions compliance supervision. As a frequent speaker, Kate actively contributes to the industry, as well as regulatory and academic engagements to comprehensively raise awareness and build capacity on economic crime prevention. She brings a diverse mix of experience from journalism, research, trade advisory and banking to her global perspective and solution-oriented approach. Kate is a Certified Sanctions Specialist (ACSS), Cryptoasset Anti-Financial Crime Specialist (ACAMS) and holds a MSc in Security Risk Management.