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.
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