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Tuesday, November 30 2021 - 06:30
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Pragma Appoints Former Standard Chartered Head of Client Tax Information Compliance, Michael Brevetta as Head of Regulatory Compliance
SYDNEY, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Pragma announced that Michael Brevetta has joined the cybersecurity consultancy 
as its Head of Compliance, Conduct, and Regulatory Risk effective from 1st 
November 2021.

Brevetta brings over 18 years of experience as a lawyer and compliance 
professional focusing on financial services risk and regulation, Anti-Money 
Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance, and tax 
information reporting and withholding. 

Standard Chartered Bank benefited from his experience for four years; he led a 
Central Compliance team that ensured the bank's global compliance with 
applicable tax transparency and automatic exchange of information regimes.

Prior to that, Michael led PwC Singapore's US Regulations practice, advising 
financial institutions, including banks, insurers, and asset managers on 
large-scale regulatory implementation and operationalisation projects, 
including the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) provisions, Common 
Reporting Standard (CRS), Volker Rule, and FATF recommendations on the 
treatment of tax evasion as a predicate offence to money laundering. Before 
joining Pragma, Brevetta was the Head of APAC Tax Reporting at a Swiss-based 
global bank. 

At Pragma, Brevetta will take the lead by growing and overseeing Pragma's 
Compliance and Risk Advisory team, supporting the needs of financial services 
organisations, including banks, asset managers, exchanges, insurance companies, 
and fintech companies.

"In just five years, Pragma's Cyber Regulatory Risk work has accelerated 
tremendously, and having that additional depth and perspective in compliance 
advice for our global clients involved in adhering to technology risk 
requirements will be a major advantage for them in an increasingly complex and 
dynamic legal and regulatory landscape," said Pragma Co-Founder Manish Chawda. 

"Joining the leadership team at Pragma is an excellent opportunity to leverage 
my experience to support an organisation that is truly changing the 
cybersecurity space as it expands its compliance and regulatory risk advisory 
service offerings," said Brevetta.

About Pragma

Pragma(https://link.pragmastrategy.com/PressRelease) is a global Cyber Security 
and Regulatory Consulting firm that helps leading businesses, governments, and 
not-for-profit organisations strengthen cyber and regulatory resilience with a 
pragmatic approach.

Learn more about Pragma's AML, CFT and KYC Compliance & Regulatory Risk 
Services(https://marketing.pragmastrategy.com/aml-cft-kyc-compliance)

SOURCE:Pragma - Cyber Security Consultancy

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