Mr James Xu
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
James is a partner in the Audit and Assurance of the Singapore office.
He has more than 24 years of public accounting experience, including 2 years in New York office.
He has extensive experience in the audit of multinationals and local companies in various industries including Manufacturing, Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT), Real Estate and Construction, Transportation, Consumer Products, Energy and Resources. He has significant experience in international coordination, cross border audits and large group audits.
He is fellow member of Chartered Accountant of Singapore, fellow member of ACCA, US CPA and CFA Charterholder.
He is the chairman of the Financial Statements Review Committee and vice chairman of Audit and Assurance Standard Committee of ISCA and a member of the Practice Monitoring Sub-Committee of ACRA.
Ms Kuldip Gill
Assistant Chief Executive (Accounting and Compliance Group), ACRA
Kuldip is the Assistant Chief Executive of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and oversees the Accounting and Compliance Group which supports ACRA in developing a progressive and responsive regulatory regime as the regulator of business registration, financial reporting, public accountants and corporate service providers. This includes the oversight of public accountants and public accounting entities, financial reporting by companies, as well as setting the strategic direction for ACRA’s enforcement efforts over business entities and company directors.
Kuldip leads ACRA’s involvement in the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR), of which ACRA is a member of the IFIAR Board, Global Audit Quality Working Group and Technology Task Force. She also serves as the Chair of the Human Resources and Governance Committee of the IFIAR Board.
Kuldip has more than 30 years’ experience in public accounting in various countries in the region including Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, with extensive experience in the audits of multinational and local companies in a wide spectrum of industries. Prior to joining ACRA, she was a partner in one of the Big-4 firms in Singapore and was responsible for some of the quality aspects of the network firm.
Kuldip is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Kuldip has more than 30 years’ experience in public accounting in various countries in the region including Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, with extensive experience in the audits of multinational and local companies in a wide spectrum of industries. Prior to joining ACRA, she was a partner in one of the Big-4 firms in Singapore and was responsible for some of the quality aspects of the network firm.
Kuldip is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Mr Adrian Loo
Member, ISCA FSRC, Partner, Audit, KPMG LLP
Adrian is an audit partner with KPMG Singapore and has 18 years of audit experience. Adrian serves clients in various sectors including shipping, technology, energy, and real estate. He has extensive experience in the audits of multinationals and local listed companies, as well as public offerings. Adrian is also the topic team lead for impairment of non-financial assets in KPMG Singapore. Adrian is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. Adrian is also an associate member of the Institute of Valuers and Appraises, Singapore.
Ms Pamela Fan
Partner, ESG Assurance Leader, KPMG LLP
Pamela has over a decade of experience working with multinational companies and leading audits of internal controls over financial reporting and regulatory compliance for local and multinational companies. Her expereience includes a two-year secondment to KPMG in US where she worked on US GAAP and PCAOB audits and one-year stint at Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), working on the financial reporting surveillance programme. She leads the ESG Assurance in KPMG Singapore.
Ms Chia Chey Hui
Chief Financial Officer, Fairprice Group
Chia Chey Hui joined NTUC Enterprise as CFO in July 2014 and was appointed as CFO for FairPrice Group in October 2019 with the formation of FPG.
Since joining, Chey has helped the group built up capabilities in Financial Controls, Finance Planning & Analysis and started a Finance Shared Services Center serving the group of NTUC Social Enterprises. Under her lead, a Business Process Re-engineering Centre of Excellence team was formed in 2017 that helped the group entities look at business process and operational efficiency/excellence. Chey also leads the Legal & Secretariat, Risk, Real Estate and Group Indirect Procurement (non tech) functions in FairPrice Group.
Chey has more than 25 years of experience in leading Finance roles. Prior to NE, she spent more than 18 years with Philips in various roles leading the Finance function for different products and geographies, as well as drove growth strategies with the regional CEO.
In addition, she managed the Finance transformation for the ASEAN Pacific region in order to meet the business requirements of the future. She was also responsible for co-managing the fiscal and treasury framework with the respective functions as well as supporting all M&A activity in the region. Prior to Philips Electronics, Chey was with PWC.
Chey holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School.
Ms Bong Yap Kim
Divisional Director, Financial Reporting Division, ACRA
Ms Bong oversees ACRA’s Financial Reporting Division, which comprises the Financial Reporting and Information Department; and Sustainability Reporting (Financial) Unit.
The division sets the strategic direction in promoting high quality financial reporting and filing of financial statements by companies incorporated in Singapore. It has also taken on a new role to develop a roadmap for wider implementation of sustainability reporting in Singapore, beyond listed companies.
Ms Bong is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Ms Sue Lightfoot
Head - Group Accounting Policy, United Overseas Bank
Sue joined UOB in 2015 and is currently Head of Group Accounting Policy, Group Finance. She is also Secretariat for UOB’s Group Sustainability Committee (GSC) which is chaired by the Group’s Chief Sustainability Officer. She is currently serving on ISCA’s Financial Reporting Committee and is a member of the FRC- ESG Working Group. Formerly she was a member of ISCA’s Banking and Finance Committee and also a member of the FRC-IFRS 9 Working Group. Sue previously held roles with Standard Chartered, the Australian Accounting Standards Board and PwC in Singapore, Australia, and the UK. She is a Chartered Accountant and also completed a Masters in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences – more than two decades ago!
Ms Yong Zen Yun
Accounting Technical Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Zen Yun is an audit partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and has extensive experience in auditing a broad range of Technology, Entertainment and Media companies. As the Accounting Technical Leader of PwC Singapore, Zen Yun leads a team of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) specialists in Singapore. She is an expert in the audit of internal controls over financial reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and has extensive experience in advising US public and emerging companies on complex accounting and reporting matters surrounding the application of IFRS and SEC reporting rules.
Being active within the accounting profession, she is currently serving on the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) Financial Statements Review Committee in Singapore and speaks frequently at seminars organised by the various accounting professional bodies. Zen Yun is also a practising member of the ISCA and Fellow of CPA Australia.
Ms Tan Pei Jun
CFO (Singapore and Southeast Asia), Sembcorp Industries Ltd
Ms Pei Jun Tan started her career with Sembcorp Industries in 2010 and is currently the CFO of Singapore and SEA Market at Sembcorp Industries. As the CFO of Singapore and Southeast Asia, she provides leadership and is responsible for full spectrum of finance function, including financial and management reporting, corporate finance, investment and marketing decisions, banking and treasury, tax planning and compliance, risk management and internal controls for the Energy/Utilities Business in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
She is also responsible for executing deal negotiations in greenfield and brownfield projects, leading finance and tax due diligence and post deal integration.
Prior to her current appointment, she was posted and based in China as the CFO of China Market at Sembcorp Industries from 2012 to 2018. She also spent 6 years in assurance work in PwC Singapore.
Ms Tan Wee Khim
Chief Inspector, Financial Reporting and Information Department, ACRA
Ms Tan heads ACRA’s Financial Reporting and Information Department.
The department sets the strategic direction in promoting high quality financial reporting and filing of financial statements by companies incorporated in Singapore.
Ms Tan is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Mr Andre Toh
Partner, Ernst & Young Solutions LLP
Andre is a partner with more than 20 years of experience in Ernst & Young, Strategy and Transactions, in Singapore. He is the Asia Pacific Leader for Valuation, Modelling & Economics advisory. In his daily work, he assists clients in valuations, business sustainability and decision modelling. He has appeared as an expert in the Courts of Singapore as well as arbitration proceedings.
Andre is a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser with the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore (IVAS), a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and a Fellow of CPA Australia. He is chairman of the Standards and Technical Working Group in IVAS.