Avalon was recently appointed as Head of Payments, APAC at SWIFT, where she leads strategy and engagement across the region’s dynamic payments ecosystem. Since rejoining SWIFT in 2019, she has worked closely with the community to drive innovation, adoption, and resilience in payments.

In her previous role, Avalon led SWIFT’s Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) initiatives for APAC and MENA, focusing on AML, CTF, and fraud prevention. With more than a decade of experience spanning compliance and technology, she has also contributed to a RegTech startup building AI- and NLP-driven KYC solutions, and served on the RegTech sub-committee of the Singapore FinTech Association (2020–2021).

She remains a regular speaker at industry events across the region on payments, innovation, and financial crime.