Comply Now is a best-in-class global regulatory compliance advisory company helping crypto entrepreneurs and other financial innovators navigate the ambiguities of digital governance and compliance regimes across jurisdictions – allowing you to refocus on growing your venture.
Cecilia Müller Chen
Founder
Cecilia is a Swiss strategic advisor with expertise in risk management, regulatory compliance, audit and proven experience in driving sustainable growth and operational excellence during turnarounds and financial crises. She was a FINMA-approved Chief Compliance Officer, CISO and DPO and Head of Business Management at UBS, SIX, DB, and CCB, where she has consistently delivered global and regional transformations, resulting in competitive advantage, substantial capital savings, and revenue and M&A. As a software engineer, she assessed emerging technologies from Silicon Valley and highly complex F2B IT systems and tech stacks with senior IT architects to orchestrate solutions across asset classes, jurisdictions, and divisions during her tenure in UBS Investment Bank Chief Architect’s Office.
Cecilia is an operator who built and scaled an international organisation to sustainable financial self-sufficiency and expanded operational reach from 90 to 180 jurisdictions, and grew the client base from zero to 100 companies by building the operational backbone for technology, operations, finance, and marketing and communications. She is a co-founder and former Chair of the 100 Women in Finance Zurich Education Committee and is currently Global Fintech Committee member. She recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of 100 Women in Finance at the London Stock Exchange and the SIX Exchange.
Awards & Learning for Life
She received a cross-divisional, team leadership award for advancing risk culture at UBS and a commendation letter from the United Nations for advancing six UN SDGs in over 130 countries early on in her career.
Cecilia holds an E-MBA from the University of St. Gallen, an MBA from the University of Toronto, and dual degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. She holds certifications in IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance, European Seminar on Frontier AI and Law (ML4Good), Software Engineering, Advanced Compliance Management from the University of St. Gallen. She holds a ESOP Governance Certification from the Private Directors Association. She speaks German, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese.
Prof. Dr. Markus Müller-Chen
legal off-counsel
Top legal firms and consulting companies call on Prof. Müller-Chen’s expertise in complex international litigation and arbitration cases in Switzerland, UK, and the United States concerning contract and commercial law across a wide range of industries: from reinsurance, insurance, banking, asset management, pharmaceutical, chemical, food processing, industrial, automobile, oil & gas, consumer goods, and art.
Accomplishments
Prof. Dr. Markus Mueller Chen has been a tenured professor of private law, international private and procedure law, and comparative law at the University of St. Gallen since 2002. He is a member of the Ethics Committee and the Nomination and Succession Committee of the University of St. Gallen. From 2015 to 2019, he served as the Dean of the St. Gallen Law School. From 2013 to 2019, he was on the Board of Directors of the Swiss Association of International Law. From 2015-2019, he was a member of the Supervisory Council of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. He graduated with summa cum laude at the University of Basel.
Awards & Scholarship
Basler Wissenschaftspreis 2000, which goes to one outstanding person across all academic disciplines at Basel University. He was awarded a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation and Werenfels Foundation.
