Seah Gek Choo
Chairperson, ISCA Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee; Deloitte – Partner (Audit & Assurance) SheXO and Boardroom Program, SEA & Singapore Leader
Gek Choo has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting in Singapore, with a focus on serving multinational and local companies in the real estate and hospitality sectors. She has advised many companies on initial public offerings on the Singapore Exchange and has facilitated external seminars on updates to financial reporting standards and initial public offerings.
Gek Choo leads the Deloitte Southeast Asia's Boardroom Program, which develops advance thinking and promotes dialogues with key influences, business leaders, corporations and their boards of directors, investors, the accounting profession, academia and government on current and emerging corporate governance issues. She is also the leader for Deloitte Southeast Asia's SheXO Program, which supports the personal and professional development of established, emerging or aspiring women leaders by creating a supportive environment for them to connect, grow and drive change in communities to advance women in leadership. From 1 June 2023, she is also Deloitte Southeast Asia’s Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer.
She is a faculty member of the Deloitte University Asia Pacific and conducts leadership programme for Deloitte leaders in the Asia Pacific region. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a member of ISCA, as well as Fellow Member of CPA Australia.
Narissa Chen
Member, ISCA Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee; Mazars – Partner, Head of Audit and Assurance
Narissa is the Head of Audit and Assurance, as well as a member to the Executive Committee (EXCO) of Mazars LLP. Narissa is also the Partner in charge of Technical, Training and Talent. Having started her career in a Big 4 firm, Narissa has over 15 years of professional practice in audit and assurance, as well as techinal research. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and is currently a member of the ISCA Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee
Beh Siew Kim
Member, ISCA Sustainability and Climate Change committee; Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer, CapitaLand Investment / The Ascott Limited
Ms Beh Siew Kim is Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer, Lodging, CapitaLand Investment, and a nonindependent , non-executive director of CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS). She oversees all aspects of Lodging’s finance, treasury, and investors relations functions, lead Lodging’s sustainability efforts to strengthen its sustainability practices, identify areas to which improvements can be made in accordance with the Group’s commitment to sustainability. Additionally, Siew Kim is concurrently Managing Director of The Ascott Limited, and have an oversight on the business and operations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Japan and Korea.
Prior to her current role, Ms Beh was the Chief Executive Officer of the Managers of CLAS (CapitaLand Ascott Trust), listed on SGX, the largest hospitality trust in Asia Pacific. Under her leadership, CLAS has also been recognised for its excellence in sustainability and corporate governance. In 2021, CLAS was named the ‘Global Sector Leader – Hotel’ in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). CLAS was ranked 1st in the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index for REITs and Business Trusts in 2021 and 2022. CLAS was also the first hospitality trust globally to issue a sustainability linked bond in April 2022.
Ms Beh has over 25 years of experience in investment, financial and corporate planning, development, compliance and audit.
Teo Eng Siong
Member, ISCA Young Professionals Advisory Committee; Manager (Global Investigations), PayPal
Eng Siong is an accomplished investigation professional and people manager with in-depth experiences in leading investigations teams on complex investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations, convoluted cross-border investigations and expert witness matters across a broad range of industries.