This week on The RegTechPulse we welcome Phoebe Ewen, Programme Director at The Mekong Club. Phoebe sits with us to discuss modern slavery, its global impact, and the vulnerabilities of the supply chain and service industries. Listen today to a wonderful conversation that brings awareness to a very concerning issue that affects more than 40 million people worldwide, and highlights key roles of the private and public sectors, as well as AML professionals in the fight against modern slavery.

Phoebe Ewen is the programme manager at The Mekong Club, a Hong Kong based NGO that works with private sector organisations to combat modern slavery. The Mekong Club engages with businesses across the finance, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing sectors, building tools and projects to combat the modern slavery issues within their operations. Phoebe manages a range of projects from developing typologies and red flags for banks, to apps that facilitate more effective worker interviews in factories for manufacturers. Phoebe has spoken internationally on the topic of modern slavery and its relationship with the private sector, and is passionate about galvanising action and harnessing the vast power that companies have to change lives. 

Phoebe holds a Masters degree with honours in International Relations from the University of Nottingham in the UK, and focused her masters thesis on supply and demand factors driving modern slavery in Asia. She is also ACAMS accredited as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.