Adeline Koh is a veteran insurance supervisor having worked for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for over 20 years. She had been actively involved in policy making, inspection and supervision of the insurance industry. While she was stationed in London as MAS Representative, she also represented the MAS at Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meetings in Paris. FATF is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.

She was also seconded to the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) as Chief Executive Officer to spearhead the IBF as it changed its charter to be the standards setting body for financial professionals in the financial sector.

Adeline has also been a Compliance professional in the insurance industry for over 15 years. As the Head of Regulatory and Compliance in QBE Asia Pacific Division for many years, she was responsible for developing and implementing its compliance strategies, framework and monitoring controls across 15 markets in Asia Pacific, which included AML/CFT and Sanctions Policy and Procedures. She was directly involved in developing training programs which included AML/CFT and Sanctions and actively managing any issues relating to these matters, giving advice and guidance to the business to mitigate the risks.

She is currently General Manager – Compliance at Steadfast Distribution Services which is fully-owned by Steadfast Group (Steadfast), a listed group in Australia. Steadfast is the largest network of insurance brokers in Australia. In Singapore, Adeline is responsible for the compliance management of Steadfast equity-owned businesses as well as providing compliance advisory support for its network of 16 registered brokers/exempt FAs in Singapore.

Adeline graduated with a B. Soc Sc (Hons) degree in Economics from the National University of Singapore. She is also a Fellow of the UK Chartered Insurance Institute and a Certified Risk Professional Manager, ARiMI.