Davinder Billing
- Head of Financial Crime Risk
- Westpac
- Profile
- Davinder Billing is a financial crime risk executive with over 20 years’ experience spanning financial services, regulatory agencies and law enforcement. As Head of Financial Crime Risk and Fraud at Westpac Institutional Bank, he is responsible for leading the design, implementation and oversight of enterprise-wide financial crime frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring strong alignment to regulatory expectations while enabling sustainable business growth. Davinder has built a distinguished career delivering large-scale financial crime transformation initiatives and remediation programs in response to complex regulatory environments. He has significant experience engaging with leading global regulators, including AUSTRAC, the US Department of Justice, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. His work is characterised by the development of industry-leading, practical and defensible risk management frameworks that balance regulatory compliance with commercial objectives. Prior to joining Westpac, Davinder held senior executive roles across major international banks including Standard Chartered, Northern Trust and JP Morgan. Most notably, he led the design and global implementation of a correspondent banking financial crime risk framework at Standard Chartered, in response to regulatory enforcement action. He has also served as Chief Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer across Asia-Pacific, advising executive leadership teams on compliance strategy and regulatory risk management. Davinder’s early career with AUSTRAC and Australian law enforcement agencies provided a strong operational and investigative foundation. He worked closely with agencies such as the Australian Federal Police and Australian Crime Commission on complex money laundering and terrorism financing matters, and contributed to the implementation of Australia’s AML/CTF regime. Davinder was also posted to Jakarta, Indonesia to lead a high-profile international capacity-building program, strengthening AML/CTF frameworks in line with global standards. He was awarded an Australia Day Medal in recognition of his contribution to advancing AML/CTF reforms in the region. Davinder holds two master’s degrees; International Security Studies, and Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.
Speaker for
Opening Panel: Are Financial Institutions Still Too Fragmented to Fight Modern Financial Crime?
Panel discussion
07/29/2026
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09:10 - 09:40