Ms. Caroline Lee

Former Deputy Chair, International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA)

Ms Caroline Lee is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at RH Petrogas Limited.

Ms Lee has over 35 years of experience in the public accountancy profession. She was a Partner with KPMG LLP in Singapore, where she specialised in professional standards, ethics, audit quality and risk management. From 2015 to 2022, she served as Regional Head of Quality & Risk Management for KPMG Asia Pacific and was a member of KPMG's Global Quality & Risk Management Steering Group. In this capacity, she worked closely with member firms across the Asia Pacific region, providing oversight on governance, compliance, risk and quality management systems.

Beyond her professional career, Ms. Lee has been actively involved in global and national standard setting. She was a member of the IESBA from 2017 to 2022, including as Deputy Chair, contributing to international ethics and independence standards for the accountancy profession. In Singapore, she chaired the Ethics Sub-Committee of the Public Accountants Oversight Committee from 2021 to 2023 and continues to contribute through the ISCA Ethics Committee.

Ms Lee holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the National University of Singapore. She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore who is a Member-in-Retirement of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.