Sam Gibbins

Sam is the Founder of complilearn, providing specialist and advanced Compliance learning to clients globally. He has extensive experience delivering content across a wide range of Governance, Risk, and Compliance areas, to a variety of industry sectors. Sam has been based in Singapore for nearly nine years working on consulting, learning and development across a range of public and private institutions.Previously Sam was the General Manager, Asia, for Governance Risk & Compliance Solutions, building the corporate presence in the Asian market across a wide and varied client base, for both facilitated workshop and online legal and compliance training solutions. In this role Sam spent four years growing the business through acquisition of new clients, and based on strong feedback for a range of delivered projects, encompassing workshop delivery, in house sessions, online learning and consulting engagements. Prior to joining GRC Solutions, Sam spent five years in Singapore working for the International Compliance Association, developing, building and promoting courses under the Financial Industry Competency Standards. These standards were categorised under the Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) system from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, helping to build the competence of working professionals through development, enhancement and application of skills and knowledge. Alongside this, Sam also worked on the skills and competency-based development framework and associated courses, for Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering with the Asian Institute of Finance and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (formerly IBBM), as well as with the Australian Financial Markets Association. In recent years he has helped establish a number of ‘Compliance Academies’ at global firms.As well as building public courses, Sam has worked with organisations to develop bespoke courses suited to individual clients needs for a variety of regional and global businesses. He often trains clients in workshop facilitation sessions, is an Associate Trainer with the Financial Training Academy at the Aventis School of Management, a Corporate Trainer and Facilitator with PD Training, as well a registered Enrichment Trainer with the Ministry of Education (Singapore). He is a current faculty member of the Graduate Diploma in Organizational Psychology with the Aventis School of Management, and a faculty member for the International Academy of Business and Financial Management.Sam has completed the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment with the Institute for Adult Learning, the in-house training division of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency. He possesses a BA (Hons) from King’s College, University of London, as well as a Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering from the International Compliance Association, a Certificate in Combating Financial Crime from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), and is also a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (International) with the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. He is a Certified Compliance Professional with, and a member of, the International Academy of Business and Financial Management. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, the Australian Chamber of Commerce, the International Compliance Association, the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and the Adult Education Network. Sam is also a Founding Member of the International RegTech Association.