MSW Connect has been set up by Mathilde Swierczynska, a seasoned compliance practitioner and general counsel. Mathilde has contributed to growing a culture of compliance to protect people’s and firms’ reputation over her 20 years of career in Singapore and Hong Kong. Living in the garden city of Singapore since 2002, she is inspired by nature in her compliance practice.
Getting It Right from the Start
Creating a compliance culture is not a one-off. It is the cornerstone that connects stakeholders and empowers them to nurture a risk culture intertwined with their values. Just like a garden it requires visionary planning, attention to constituents and constant fertilization and adjustments.
One “rotten apple” can affect an entire organisation and impact the entire eco-system as can be seen from several high profile scandals.
Culture in the Financial Ecosystem
Mathilde has been pivotal in “planting the seeds of compliance” in numerous projects in the finance industry, upon acquisitions or organic growth: she has been advising on integrations projects and legal & compliance units set-up from a governance, risk, compliance and operational standpoint.
Managing Director
Her latest roles in-house were as Managing Director in the banking sector where she collaborated with internal and external key stakeholders and advised management on governance matters and compliance, reputation and conduct risks arising from business opportunities.
Mathilde was hired to set-up the multi-family office of SMBC Private Wealth. Before this appointment, she was with the family-owned private banking boutique firm UBP where she was the country Head of Compliance for Singapore and in charge of growing the compliance function following the Coutts acquisition. She started her banking career with the French bank CIC where she held various positions in legal and compliance in Asia. She started in a law firm in Singapore in 2002.
Board of Directors
Mathilde is an Accredited Directors from the Singapore Institute of Directors and advises boards on governance, risk and compliance matters.
She co-founded Inspiring Girls in Singapore and serves on the board of the charity where she participates in developing and nurturing corporate sponsorships, fundraising and program development.
She serves on the board of ESSEC Asia Pacific and is a member of its International Advisory Board providing strategic advice to the executive team of the French business school.
An Enthusiastic Trainer
One of her passions is to curate content to nurture directors’ awareness of the latest risks in the governance and compliance space, groom compliance professionals or deliver trainings to front-office staff or material risk takers in the fields of ethics and conduct risk.
She partners with e-learning platforms to transform compliance learning into a pleasant experience and support the need to scale corporate learning and development via digitally accessible content enhanced by AI.