about us
Delivering integrity, excellence and the very
best experience to our clients
Combining Expertise in Market-Leading Technology
with Experience in Global Compliance Management
Built On Expertise
ethiXbase’s leadership team combines many years of experience in global compliance management with market-leading technology to help organisations identify, mitigate and manage their third-party risks.
We are committed to helping organisations reduce the risks of bribery and corruption, while complying with the anti-corruption laws of every country in which they operate.
Our Mission and Goal
OUR MISSION
With a focus on anti-corruption, human rights, labour and environment, our mission in alignment with the United Nations Global Compact principles is to support organisations worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to help create a business environment in which organisations are committed to doing business with integrity and transparency, while avoiding corruption of any form by complying with the anti-corruption laws of every country in which they operate.
Why ethiXbase?
Expertise & Agility
The ethiXbase strategic team is comprised of seasoned professionals who are actively advancing compliance solutions in close partnership with clients and the industry.
Expertise & Agility
The ethiXbase strategic team is comprised of seasoned professionals who are actively advancing compliance solutions in close partnership with clients and the industry.
We are motivated and inspired by helping you succeed with the right programme to protect your organisation from bribery and corruption. We know that you expect that from us, and we will keep working non-stop until we exceed your expectations.
Innovation & Technology
We are constantly investing in technology to ensure we deliver results; we know they matter. Our platform is built hand-in-hand with our corporate clients, leveraging on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to automate and streamline your end-to-end third-party compliance workflows.
Innovation & Technology
With our dynamic technology platform ethiXbase 2.0, we are able to digitise, automate and simplify your third-party compliance lifecycle on our platform drawing information from across the globe to deliver intelligence, instantly.
We provide you with the support, technology, and intelligence your business needs which allows you to operate with confidence while acting quickly to seize opportunities in an evolving regulatory landscape.
Consultative Approach
We know that no two businesses’ third-party risks are the same. We configure and tailor solutions based on your risk profile and budgetary requirements.
Consultative Approach
We know that no two businesses’ third-party risks are the same. We strive to always do the right thing for our clients. We configure and tailor solutions based on your risk profile and budgetary requirements. We are your strategic partner offering expertise and support for every step of your journey.
Integrity & Commitment
From the board down, ethiXbase is committed to improving business ethics, best practices, and compliance processes by making solutions accessible for every organisation, no matter their size or budget.
Integrity & Commitment
From the board down, ethiXbase is committed to improving business ethics, best practice, and compliance processes by making solutions accessible to every organisation, no matter their size or budget.
Our Utopia: a global business environment where companies are committed to doing business with integrity, and are able to avoid corruption of any form, including bribery, while complying with the anti-corruption laws of every country in which they operate.
Board Of Directors
The ethiXbase leadership team is comprised of seasoned professionals who are actively advancing compliance solutions in close partnership with clients and the industry. We are motivated and inspired by helping you succeed with the right programme to protect your organisation from bribery and corruption risk. We know that you expect that from us, and we will keep working non-stop until we exceed your expectations.
Nick Roberts
Nick Roberts is a successful entrepreneur, investor and company director with specific expertise in building, scaling and selling global risk and compliance businesses.
Formerly based in London and New York and living in Sydney since 2008, Nick has 30 years of international experience. He has founded successful businesses in the UK, USA and Asia, generating very significant returns for shareholders on exit.
Following his most recent sale Nick is now focused on investing in and actively supporting a selected number of early stage technology businesses that have demonstrated outstanding leadership, game changing solutions and genuine global potential.
Nick’s support for founders and leaders typically involves work around strategy, fund-raising, governance and risk management, international expansion and ultimately processes for shareholders to realise the value created.
Chairman
Leas Bachatene
Director
Leas Bachatene is a proven business leader with over 15 years of experience, having established and led commercial organisations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Leas joined Complinet Group in 2004, a leading provider of compliance solutions for the financial services industry. He went on to found their operations in both the Middle East and Asia. Within 4 years of inception these operations contributed to over 15% of the group’s revenue.
Under Leas’ leadership, Complinet became the point of reference for the compliance community in the Middle East and Asia. This was achieved through a variety of strategic projects with regional regulators which helped to improve governance and compliance culture and best practices including the GCC Regulators’ Summit and the Pan-Asian Regulatory Summit.
Complinet was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2010 to form the cornerstone of their Governance, Risk and Compliance business. Following the acquisition Leas served as Managing Director of Thomson Reuters’ GRC division in Asia Pacific where the business saw double digit growth year-on-year during his five-year tenure. During this period Leas spear headed the acquisition of a major e-learning provider and was key to the successful integration of the GRC businesses with the broader Financial and Risk division.
Prior to joining Complinet Leas led various commercial divisions within the publishing industry for Informa Group and eFinancialnews.com in London.
Leas holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a High Diploma in Marketing and a Master’s in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Director
Deborah Graaven
Director
Deborah Graaven has 20 years of experience in marketing and was previously the APAC Regional Director of Marketing for a major logistics company with prior experience in both Technology and FMCG multinationals. Born in Surinam and Holding a Masters Degree in Communications from Erasmus University in the Netherlands
Deborah has lived in Singapore for the past 15 years. She speaks 5 languages and is responsible for advising on the brand positioning and digital marketing of the company.
Director
Michael Short
Director
Michael Short is a successful SME entrepreneur whose functionality specialty is investing in Risk Data and Background Screening firms that operate in international markets.
Since 2000, Michael has co-founded and financed three of Asia and the Middle East’s most successful risk data and background screening businesses, he subsequently exited all via acquisition by multi-national market leaders or PE firms. His main focus remains businesses in the risk management and risk data spaces. Michael is an experienced global business leader and has managed at either CEO or Board Director level in numerous businesses and business units during the past 20 years.
Including leading global sales and marketing teams from the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, managing back office and research operations in India, Malaysia and China and managing at a board-level one of the first truly global ‘RegTech’ companies.
Prior to life in the corporate world, Michael was an inspectorate officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police where he specialised in Criminal Intelligence and Asian Organised Crime enforcement. Michael speaks English and Chinese (Cantonese).
Director
Yogesh Bhura
Director
Yogesh Bhura is a successful serial entrepreneur and is also one of Asia’s leading risk management specialists. He runs and manages IQ Capital Holdings Pte Ltd (Singapore) and also acts as an Advisor to Swedish private equity fund EQT (www.eqt.se) and on the board of Singapore based InCorp Group (www.incorp.asia) and ethiXbase (www.ethixbase.com).
Additionally he is invested in technology driven businesses including Mosaik Risk Solutions (www.mosaikrisk.com), Eduvanz (https://eduvanz.com/), Omniware Technologies (www.traknpay.com) and a social entrepreneurship firm Head Held High (http://head-heldhigh.org/).
Yogesh is a graduate in Commerce and a Chartered Accountant, apart from a Certified Oracle Financial Consultant. Prior to starting his entrepreneurship journey, he has had experience in managing Finance, Wealth Management, Custodial Operations etc. He has also been a guest speaker at CIIE (part of IIM Ahmedabad) workshop.
Since 2000, Yogesh has co-founded, financed and managed three of Asia’s most successful anti-corruption focused Risk & Compliance businesses, namely Quest Research, IntegraScreen and Dataflow. Each of these businesses were sold to strategic/private equity after scaling up at regional and global level.
Director
Our Leadership Team
Leas Bachatene
Leas Bachatene is a proven business leader with over 15 years of experience, having established and led commercial organisations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Leas joined Complinet Group in 2004, a leading provider of compliance solutions for the financial services industry. He went on to found their operations in both the Middle East and Asia. Within 4 years of inception these operations contributed to over 15% of the group’s revenue.
Under Leas’ leadership, Complinet became the point of reference for the compliance community in the Middle East and Asia. This was achieved through a variety of strategic projects with regional regulators which helped to improve governance and compliance culture and best practices including the GCC Regulators’ Summit and the Pan-Asian Regulatory Summit.
Complinet was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2010 to form the cornerstone of their Governance, Risk and Compliance business. Following the acquisition Leas served as Managing Director of Thomson Reuters’ GRC division in Asia Pacific where the business saw double digit growth year-on-year during his five-year tenure. During this period Leas spear headed the acquisition of a major e-learning provider and was key to the successful integration of the GRC businesses with the broader Financial and Risk division.
Prior to joining Complinet Leas led various commercial divisions within the publishing industry for Informa Group and eFinancialnews.com in London.
Leas holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a High Diploma in Marketing and a Master’s in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Seymour
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Seymour has more than 30 years’ experience in the GRC and Banking & Finance industries. Prior to joining ethiXbase in 2019, he was CFO for 7 years at Dataflow Group in Hong Kong during which they successfully sold a majority stake to EQT capital partners (a private equity firm). Mr. Seymour was CFO at the Integrascreen Group in Singapore for two years prior to the company being successfully acquired by World-Check in 2009.
Mark’s experience in Banking and Finance includes 8 years in London and New York with Smith New Court plc and 10 years in Hong Kong with Merrill Lynch Inc where he was Director-Financial Controller of the Equities and Investment Banking divisions for their Asia Pacific region.
He also spent 2 years with Deutsche Bank in their Manila based off-shore accounting services center where he was a Director in Financial Reporting. Mr. Seymour holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting and Finance from Manchester Metropolitan University and is a qualified accountant (ACMA/CGMA).
Chief Financial Officer
Michelle Knight
Managing Director, Business Intelligence and Due Diligence
Michelle has worked with a number of large risk consultancies and compliance focused companies in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong over the past 22 years. As a leader in the business intelligence field in Asia, Michelle specialises in due diligence, vendor and employee integrity screening, corporate research, and AML and compliance related projects.
She has extensive experience in managing a wide range of complex business intelligence enquiries and analysing and reporting information from global sources, managing cross-country business intelligence teams as well as ensuring timely and accurate reporting of information to clients.
Michelle is a Bachelor of Science (Hons) graduate from University College London, holds a Graduate Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering from the International Compliance Association and University of Manchester Business School and is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Managing Director, Business Intelligence and Due Diligence
Martin Money
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Martin joined ethiXbase as Managing Director, Asia Pacific in September 2019, bringing a wealth of experience in software sales and marketing. An established governance, risk and compliance solutions professional, Martin formerly led the Thomson Reuters’ Australia and New Zealand’s Risk division as well as the GRC team for SAI Global across Asia Pacific.
Martin established deep relationships with clients and industry thought leaders building a solid reputation for providing straightforward support and advice.
During Martin’s tenure, the ANZ business within the Risk division of Thomson Reuters achieved significant growth and established a leadership ranking by top analyst firms.
Prior to that, Martin has held senior leadership positions in a variety of technology start-ups with a primary focus in fintech including Complinet and Total Compliance.
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Kevin Spiers
Managing Director, Professional Services
As Managing Director of Professional Services, Kevin leads the delivery of finely configured end-to-end compliance platforms.
The Professional Services team is central to the customer experience at ethiXbase and is relentless in understanding and solving customer pain points.
Kevin is passionate about building highly collaborative relationships with
partners to develop technology products and defensible compliance strategies.
Prior to ethiXbase, Kevin led Nexis and Due Diligence product delivery teams at LexisNexis for the Business Insight Solutions division, building an autonomous agile culture. This built on his experience leading content and project teams at Complinet.
Managing Director, Professional Services
Nazmul Islam
Director, Information Technology
Director, Information Technology
Christine Foo
Marketing Director
Christine leads the marketing function of ethiXbase, where she is responsible for the go-to-market and customer retention strategy focussing on branding, demand generation, digital marketing, communication and thought leadership activities to ultimately drive customer satisfaction and success.
Christine is extremely passionate about planning, strategizing and executing marketing initiatives to ensure the concepts come to life.
She has a proven track record of more than 15 years of marketing experience working for large enterprises to small and medium-sized companies across Australia, Asia and Europe.
Throughout her career, she has led multiple marketing branding and transformation projects where she transformed a traditional marketing organisation into a high-performing lead-generation machine.
Christine earned her BSC of Science (Hons) in Marketing from The London School of Economics.
Marketing Director
Patricia Sianu
Head of Customer Support
Patricia Sianu serves as the Head of Customer Support for ethiXbase, with vast experience and expertise in dealing with customer needs, increasing service quality, conducting sales and engaging customers.
Offering first-rate leadership for our customer support team, and the vision for a consistent and higher standard, Patricia is driven by a ‘lead by example’ philosophy.
She is actively engaged with our customer base in trainings, feedback sessions and discussions, allowing her to understand how our service is used and thus providing her with the base from which to constantly improve it.
Patricia’s previous work has included roles at international companies with outstanding reputations, including the IFRS Foundation and Genpact. Patricia has a Masters in Business Administration.
Head of Customer Support
