Chris Ong
FCA (England & Wales), BSc (Hons), MBA, MSID

Chris Ong is a Principal Management Consultant. Chris has accumulated over 30 years professional experience starting with external auditing in the manufacturing and financial services sectors with Arthur Andersen in London. He then returned to Singapore and gained exposure to international tax planning and compliance in the oil and gas industry. Chris went on to head internal audit function in industries ranging from broadcasting, real estate, banking, supply chain management, shipping and natural resources. Chris was the managing partner for enterprise risk services at Deloitte Beijing and head for risk management for Northern China for three years (2005 to 2008). Overall Chris has gained good experience in governance and risk consulting and he has advised many groups in China, Singapore, Indonesia, Europe and USA. Some major projects led and accomplished by Chris included the following:

• Implemented the directors’ risk assessment for C suite and strategic projects throughout Asia Pacific for formulating risk-based audit plans;
• Rolled-out risk-based audits for “RED” risks through innovative partnering and facilitation workshops;
• Transformed the Internal Audit Division (over two thousand auditors) to zoom into risk-focused audits and distinguish them from Compliance and Internal Controls Departments at the request of the Board of a leading listed Chinese banking group;
• Facilitated the adoption of key performance/risk indicators for senior staff in a major bank and planning board
• Advised a major listed Taiwanese construction and engineering group on risk modelling and critical risks for strategic audit implementation 
• Chris led a number of active roundtables for real estate and hospitality industries and is an active contributor to leading periodicals and conferences in Asia.