Elena Chan is the General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer at Beforepay Group.
Elena has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Beforepay, Elena spent nine years at Westpac holding various business, legal and risk roles. Elena was the Head of Group Transformation Office, Head of Data Transformation & Integration and the Head of Business Controls for Group Data. She also headed-up the Financial Markets legal team for Westpac’s Institutional Bank for several years.
Prior to joining Westpac, Elena worked at a number of law firms and corporations in Australia and the United Kingdom, including Morgan Stanley, Simmons & Simmons, Henry Davis York (now Norton Rose Fullbright), and PwC. She has extensive experience in advising financial institutions across a full range of legal, risk and compliance matters.