encompass corporation appoints Jon May and Yasmeen Jaffer as industry advisers


 

Jon May

encompass corporation has appointed Jon May, former CEO of market leading KYC utility, kyc.com and global head of Regulatory and Compliance Managed Services at IHS Markit, and Yasmeen Jaffer, former Managing Director and Global Head of Business Development at IHS Markit, as industry advisers. Jon is currently CEO, and Yasmeen, Partner, of the KYC, Regulatory and Compliance FinTech firm, JJCFinTech.

During his time as CEO of startup kyc.com – a joint venture between IHS Markit and Genpact – Jon May grew the company’s client base from 600 to 2,600 companies and 4-15 banks in just two years. Prior to that he enjoyed a successful career at Goldman Sachs where he was Managing Director and Global Head of Client Onboarding for the bank.

Yasmeen Jaffer

Yasmeen Jaffer co-founded JJCFinTech after leaving IHS Markit as a Managing Director, where she spent her career developing a range of industry-led solutions in the KYC, regulatory and compliance space.

Jon and Yasmeen will both advise on encompass confirm – next generation AML and KYC solutions for banking and finance. This will include working with potential clients and partners on how encompass can digitise the KYC process through its robotic search capabilities. In addition, they will bring deep industry perspectives to our teams.

Wayne Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO, encompass said: “Jon and Yasmeen are two of the KYC industry’s leading lights with a wealth of experience between them. Recognised as experts on digital transformation, they are looked to by a number of tier 1 banks for advice on the latest tech and the opportunities that brings. Working with Jon and Yasmeen we look forward to capitalising on our innovation, as well as continuing to grow our UK operations.”

Jon May said: “Today’s regulatory environment continues to present financial services with many of the same challenges year on year. RegTech provides a way to digitally reimagine the process and fundamentally rip up legacy practices. Solutions like encompass have the ability to intelligently transform swathes of information into a smart digestible format.”

Yasmeen said: “encompass has built strategic partnerships with market leading information providers; combined with their next generation RegTech software, this places them at the forefront of delivering cutting edge solutions to an industry which is ripe for automation.”

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