Nikita Nandakumar

Senior Vice President, Kroll

Nikita Nandakumar is a Senior Vice President in Kroll’s Financial Services Compliance and Regulation team. Nikita has extensive experience in APAC compliance and regulatory consulting and has advised numerous hedge funds managers, private equity firms, brokers, introducing brokers, fund distributors and market makers. She specializes in assisting clients meet their global regulatory obligations, provides ongoing compliance assistance and conducting regulatory audit projects (including periodic compliance reviews and regulatory inspections).

She works closely with clients who are regulated with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, US Securities and Exchange Commission, US National Futures Association and the Monetary Authority of Singapore providing advice during the regulatory licensing process, as well as on-going compliance support and specialized projects. She has led the support of various Asia based managers during compliance examinations by the SFC, the SEC and the NFA.

Nikita has wide-ranging experience drafting compliance review reports for clients to assess their strengths and weaknesses in their AML/KYC processes, professional investor & suitability and third party due diligence requirements.  

Nikita holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from the City University of Hong Kong.