Deborah Young

Deborah has led the establishment of a global non-profit organisation in regulatory technology and committed to accelerating the adoption of RegTech – a diverse variety of software solutions addressing the greatest compliance and regulatory challenges for all industries, everywhere in the world. Having co-developed one of the world’s first global RegTech taxonomies and directory of suppliers, she has supporting a global centre of excellence and making RegTech globally accessible. The cohort of stakeholders includes top tier banks, global technology companies and consulting firms. She has advocated for the industry with world economic bodies, government, regulators, investors and trade agencies. Deborah is a sought-after leader and advisor on the global RegTech industry, a regular speaker, presenter and designer of RegTech and SupTech programs and engages with regulators and central bank agencies globally. Deborah is driving the Association’s global market program and has led economic and industry development projects for global institutions, APEC and in Asia.

Deborah is a member of Chief Executive Women, a member of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Digital Panel, she sits on the global advisory committee of Women in Regulatory Innovation and on the Alliance for Innovative Regulation Global Advisory Council and Griffith University Advisory Board Member for their Academy of Excellence in Financial Crime Investigation and Compliance. Deborah holds an Executive MBA (Global) from UTS Business School and was named as one of Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence for Innovation.