James Shipton

James is a senior advisor to several financial services firms and a Senior Fellow at Melbourne University’s Law School and a Fellow at The Ethics Centre, Sydney.   James is also an advisory board member at the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies at Monash University.  James was previously the Chair of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC).

Prior to leading ASIC, James was the Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Program on International Financial Systems.  Before Harvard, he was a Commission Member and Executive Director at the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong’s capital and financial markets regulator.

Before the SFC, James held several roles in the financial sector, including nine years at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.  James also practised corporate and financial law with Linklaters in Hong Kong and Bangkok, and Ashurst in Melbourne.

James completed a BA in Asian studies at Melbourne University and a LLB (Hons) at Monash University; he undertook postgraduate studies at Hong Kong University.  He was a Fellow at Harvard Law School and is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong, England and Wales, and Victoria.