John is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at The University of Hong Kong, responsible for designing and delivering postgraduate law courses on financial crime compliance, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, white collar crime, and sanctions.  In addition, he is a seasoned compliance practitioner who has worked at a number of international law firms.  With more than 15 years of experience, he regularly advises partners, lawyers, and business services professionals on different professional conduct issues and internal risk management matters (e.g., conflicts of interest, anti-money laundering, operational risk management, professional ethics).

John obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration (with first class honours) and Juris Doctor from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  He is a fellow and external examiner of the International Compliance Association.  In addition, he is a part-time doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong.  Recently, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Integrated Professionalism and Ethical Infrastructures for Managing Conflicts of Interests Issues: A Study of International Law Firm Lawyers in Hong Kong and Singapore”.