Austin Copp

Global Head of Client Money and Assets Compliance at HSBC

Speaker

Austin Copp is Global Head of Client Money and Assets Compliance at HSBC and leads a specialist team providing regulatory advice and strategy to the Group globally, including 7 UK CASS entities and EEA branches.

Austin has over 20 years experience in regulation, both as supervised and supervisor. At FCA Austin worked as Senior Associate in the then newly formed FCA CASS Unit, before leaving to head up Logistic Compliance at RBS before re-joining HSBC in 2014. Prior to this Austin held senior positions as CF1, 10 and 11 at Close Brothers as well as time at JP Morgan Private Bank and HSBC James Capel Investment Management. Austin juggles his professional life with the demands of a wife, 4 teenage children and escapes by coaching youth rugby in Kent.