Mr Ross McKechnie
Senior Director, Enforcement
Securities and Futures Commission
Ross McKechnie is a Senior Director of Enforcement at the Securities and Futures Commission. Mr McKechnie leads the surveillance, special operations and investigation functions related to market misconduct activities, including insider dealing and market manipulation across the securities, derivatives, and futures markets. In this role, he directs teams of skilled professionals to conduct investigations into market related offences. He also participates in policy and strategy formulation, as well as making major enforcement decisions of the Division. In addition, he fosters close collaboration with other local and overseas regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies to conduct joint investigations where appropriate.
Prior to his role at the SFC, Mr McKechnie has held various positions at global financial institutions based in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Most recently, Mr McKechnie served as the Regional Head of Compliance Controls Asia Pacific at Natixis Corporate & Investment Bank in Hong Kong from 2020 to 2022 and held a compliance advisory role in New York from 2022 to 2023. Previously, Mr McKechnie held several management roles at UBS AG, including Global Head of Employee Monitoring Product, Regional Head of Monitoring, Surveillance, and Controls for Asia Pacific and Regional Head of Employee Conduct for Asia Pacific from 2015 to 2020.
Mr McKechnie also has extensive experience in other global financial institutions including Wells Fargo and Standard Chartered Bank.
Mr McKechnie received an honorary Master of Arts in Economics from the University of St Andrews and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southampton.