VIVEGANANDAM  

Jesudevan

V Jesudevan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TradeKins a global consultancy specialising in compliance training, capacity building, crisis management, and internal investigations.  He has close to 2 decades of extensive legal experience. Prior to founding TradeKins, Jesu was criminal prosecutor and Deputy Senior State Counsel in the Singapore Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) specialist financial crimes team where he oversaw and led the prosecution of criminal matters, and was responsible for advising the Government on a variety of issues.

Jesu worked closely with the Singapore Commercial Affairs Department and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to investigate a range of financial crimes from complex fraud, to corruption, money-laundering, market manipulation, export control breaches, and failures by directors to discharge their duties under the Companies Act. Notably, Jesu is a recognised specialist in the area of export controls, and UN sanctions, with a special focus on Iran and the DPRK. He worked closely with local ministries and enforcement agencies such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Singapore Customs, ACRA, and Maritime Port Authority, as well as numerous foreign regulators in and around the region when he advised on the appropriate responses to be adopted by Singapore in order to satisfy international obligations.

Jesu has also worked in one of Singapore’s largest law firms where he specialised in complex dispute resolution and arbitration. He had acted for a major oil and gas company, a major US aviation insurer, the world’s largest chemical company and the world’s leading suppliers of concrete in several actions (both litigation and arbitration proceedings) relating to the sale and supply of sand.

Prior to joining the AGC, Jesu accepted the invitation from the Singapore Judiciary and served as a District Court Judge for close to 3 ½ years.

Jesu is an internationally sought after thought leader in compliance, export controls, and financial crimes. He has presented at numerous international conferences and seminars. Recently, he was recognized as an expert by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and serves as Singapore’s representative to the EUP2P’s working group in connection to a global publication on dual-use goods trade controls.

Recently, Jesu assumed the role of President of the Centre For Trade Excellence, a Singapore based global non-profit organisation that builds internal capacity, strengthens partnerships amongst stakeholders, and promotes awareness of compliance requirements and standards in export controls and global trade.

A Fulbright Scholar, Jesu holds a Master of Laws from New York University (focusing on compliance and risk management), and graduated from Leeds University in 2003. Jesu was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 2005.

• Compliance
• White collar crime
• Risk Management
• Corporate Governance