A LinkedIn page for ‘Sam B’, director, APAC anti-bribery & corruption at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, linked to Bickett’s full name and image until recently, but no longer does. According to that page, Bickett has been based in Asia for seven years, originally working as a senior associate in dispute resolution at Freshfields. Prior to this, he was the APAC regional head of anti-bribery and corruption at Deutsche Bank in Singapore. He began his career in Asia as an associate at Ropes & Gray in Hong Kong.
Mark Tsang, a Hong Kong-based spokesperson for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, declined to comment on the story.