James Shipton commenced as ASIC Chair on 1 February 2018, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in regulation, financial markets, the law and academia, both internationally and in Australia.

Most recently, he was the Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Program on International Financial Systems. Prior to that, his career has included Executive Director and Commission member of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong and almost a decade at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.