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Ms Mariam Ashroff is a seasoned sustainability professional with 14 years of experience in financial services. As the Sustainability Lead for LGT Private Banking in Asia Pacific, she leverages her extensive financial expertise and deep knowledge of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles to drive the integration of sustainability across the organization.

Ms Mariam collaborates closely with LGT's investment teams to embed sustainability into investment processes, refine ESG tools, and enhance product frameworks. She also spearheads the identification of strategic sustainability opportunities, both internally and through external partnerships, to strengthen LGT’s leadership in responsible finance.

Dr El’fred is an Associate Professor at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. He holds a PhD in Accounting and is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore) and Chartered Accountant (Australia and New Zealand). He is also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Prior to joining the academia, Dr El’fred was an auditor with one of the Big Four international accounting firms in Singapore and Australia. He conducts research and teaches in the areas of assurance, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, sustainability and ethics at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has been a winner of the Teaching Excellence Award in the Accounting Division.

Dr El’fred has published in internationally-refereed journals, including the Abacus, Accounting & Business Research, Accounting ISCA CONFERENCE 2024 SPEAKER’S PARTICULARS Page 2 of 3 & Finance, Accounting Horizons, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Corporate Governance, Journal of Business Ethics and StrategicRISK. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy and an ad hoc reviewer for several refereed journals. His views and opinions are also sought after by the press, including The Business Times, The Edge, The Financial Times, The Straits Times and TODAY. El'fred's professional contributions include serving on the Judging Panel of the Best Annual Report Award, Best Managed Board Award Core Committee, ISCA Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee, ISCA Corporate Governance & Risk Management Committee, ISCA Ethics Committee, SID Accreditation Committee, SID Advocacy & Reports Committee, SID Audit Committee Chapter Publications Sub-Committee and SID Professional Development Committee. He is a member of the Audit Committee of SCELSE and CaringSG Limited.

Mr Jarrod is a partner and the Deloitte Southeast Asia Leader for Forensic Investigations. Working across the globe, he has been instrumental in helping financial institutions and corporations with investigations into complex fraud, serious misconduct, and other financial and economic crimes.

Based in Singapore the past 10 years, Jarrod is experienced working on high-profile matters involving regulators such as the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In a professional career spanning over 25 years, Jarrod's experience leading multidisciplinary forensic teams has been gained within the Big Four accounting firms as well as time spent working in the enforcement division of the UK Financial Conduct Authority. He was also the in-house forensic accountant and investigator based in the internal audit department of a Fortune 100 manufacturing corporation.

Mr Manik is EY Asean Data and Artificial Intelligence Leader, responsible for the growth strategy of data and AI services across Southeast Asia and developing new human, process and technological capabilities that help deliver business value for companies.

A seasoned management consultant, he advises and works closely with companies across diverse industries — including government, communications, financial services, natural resources and health care — on envisioning and executing transformation journeys enabled by AI and other technologies.

Previously, Manik was the CEO and founder of an AI startup dedicated to alleviating global food insecurity by helping growers improve yields sustainably through AI. He was also the AI practice lead for Southeast Asia at a global consulting firm.

Manik holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and a BEng (Hons) from the Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India.

Mr Adrian is the Chief Financial Officer of Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore with 20 years of extensive experience in the Insurance Industry. Having started off his career as an Auditor, he transitioned into various strategic roles in Finance and IT. Over the past decade, Adrian held leadership roles as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, demonstrating strong proficiency in both financial stewardship and business transformation.

Mr Adrian Chua Tsen Leong is Deputy Secretary (Development) at Singapore’s Ministry of Finance. He oversees financing for the government’s transport, housing and infrastructure programmes, and security, resilience and sustainability needs. Mr Chua also oversees whole of government functions relating to procurement and finance systems.

Prior to this, Mr Chua was Deputy Secretary (Industry) at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry where he was responsible for economic forecasting, industry and enterprise development, energy policy, and economic planning and strategy. Before that, Mr Chua served as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, where he was responsible for the defence budget, manpower, digital transformation and legal issues. Mr Chua started his career at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), where he was Executive Director (Strategic Planning and Communications Department) and Executive Director (Prudential Policy Department). He served as a member of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund from 2008 to 2010, during the global financial crisis.

He was also a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Policy Development Group, where he contributed to the development of the post-crisis bank regulation framework. Mr Chua has served as a Board member of the Defence Science and Technology Agency and Chair of its Human Resource Committee. Mr Chua is currently a member and Audit Committee Chair of the Defence Science Organisation (DSO) Board, and a member of the JTC’s Finance and Investments Committee. Mr Chua graduated from Harvard University with a Master in Public Policy under a MAS Scholarship.

Ms Siew Hwi is the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Performance at Changi Airport Group. She heads Enterprise Performance and is also at the forefront of spearheading transformational initiatives and driving pivotal changes across Enterprise Performance.

Ms Siew Hwi is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of extensive experience spanning across listed companies, private and public sectors and leading multiple disciplines such as Finance, Business Operations, HR, Enterprise Risk Management, Procurement, IT etc.

Mr Voon Hoe chairs the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants Financial Reporting Committee and leads the PwC Accounting and Financial Reporting advisory services in Singapore. He has over 25 years of experience advising global clients across various industries – financial services, technology, energy, commodities, transport and logistics providing end to end accounting, financial reporting, treasury, financial advisory and regulatory compliance solutions.

Specifically on accounting, he has led projects on IFRS conversion, review and implementation of finance, treasury and risk reporting systems covering various reporting frameworks – IFRS, US GAAP, public sector accounting and integrated reporting across Asia. He is currently a member of PwC’s Global Corporate Reporting Services Group and the Global Banking Industry Accounting Group

Mrs Chia-Tern Huey Min is the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA), where she leads strategic initiatives in fostering a vibrant and trusted business environment in Singapore. With a proven track record in regulatory leadership, Huey Min brings a wealth of experience from her distinguished tenure at Singapore’s Inland Revenue Authority, where she held key leadership roles spanning tax administration, tax policy, operations and regulations.

Internationally, Huey Min has been instrumental in shaping global tax policy, representing Singapore on discussions on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) and chairing the Peer Review Group of the Global Forum for Transparency and Information Exchange from 2016 to 2022. Her distinguished contributions to public service were recognised with the Public Service Administration Medal (Gold), a testament to her transformative impact on Singapore’s regulatory landscape

Ms Yvonne Chiu is an audit partner with KPMG Singapore and has over 25 years of experience.
She has extensive experience in the audits of global financial institutions as well as listed corporations.

She holds the critical role as KPMG Singapore’s Audit Quality Leader to drive and monitor audit quality. Chairperson of the KPMG Singapore’s Audit Quality Committee, and Chairperson of KPMG Singapore’s Audit Practice Committee.

Ms Yvonne has extensive knowledge in the conversion from a number of accounting standards to International Financial Reporting Standards. She is the Chairperson of the Financial Statements Review Advisory Panel of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. She is also a member of the ISCA’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee.

She is also a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (winner of the Northcott Prize) and a practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). She also holds a First Class Honours degree from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.

Ms Yvonne is a strong advocate for corporate governance, process re-engineering, automation, analytics and sustainability matters. She held several management positions in the private sector (mainly US MNCs) across Asia Pacific for about 15 years before joining the public sector for another 14 years. Currently, she is the CFO of SMU and concentrates mainly on the financial transformation, ERP systems implementation and business partnership. Prior to her current scope, Yvonne held the position of CFO at Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), an agency in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). The agency extends its presence through 36 Overseas Centres in 23 countries globally. She was responsible for Finance, Procurement, Administration and Sustainability for the Singapore HQ and worldwide operations.

Before that, she was the CFO at the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) for 11 years overseeing similar portfolio with the addition of Service Quality, Organisational Excellence and Piers Facilities Management. Concurrently, she was also the Quality Service Manager (QSM), Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Head of internal Sustainability efforts. Her effort in Sustainability reporting led to the inaugural sustainability reports that won international and regional accolades and awards. In 2019, she conducted a round table and published the first Maritime Sustainability Reporting guide. For her Sustainability efforts, she was awarded the top 50 ASEAN Woman Award in 2018. Professionally, Yvonne served as Vice President and Council member of Institute of S’pore Chartered Accountants and was the Chairperson for the Continuing Professional Education, Membership Growth and Engagement Committee and member of the Nomination Committee.

Currently, she is the Chairperson of the Accountancy Salary Review and Career Taskforce and a member of the Climate Change and Sustainability Committee. On the personal front, she is a board member of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance of Singapore (CPAS) and was previously with the Medifund Committee at Lions Home for the Elders. In additional, she served on the Public Sector and CFO Committees at CPA Australia earning her the titles of fCA with ISCA, fCPA with CPA Australia and fCMA with Chartered Institute of Management Accountant, UK and Chartered Global Management Accountant. Within public sector, she served on AGD HR Committee, MOF Procurement Council and Vital (Government Shared Services) Advisory Panel, MOF Finance Policy Consultation Group, Finance Competency Development Committee and Advisory Committee of Accounting Standards for Statutory Boards (ASSB). She was also on the Board of Enterprise Singapore Holdings and its subsidiaries such as Infrastructure Asia, IPI and Cargo Community Network.

Mr. Mike Driver, a Senior Advisor, is a deeply experienced government and organizational leader with a strong background in transforming public finances, data, technology, and people; he is a leading thinker in the finance profession and has successfully developed and delivered complex public policy while serving as the former Head of the Government Finance Function (UK, HMT), where he reset the vision and strategy for over 10,000 professionals, transformed communications and engagement, and built cross-functional relationships to enhance executive placements and shared services.

Ms. Goh Soon Poh was appointed Auditor-General of Singapore on 8 February 2019.
Before her appointment as Auditor-General, Ms. Goh held senior management positions in various public agencies including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Public Service Division, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Prime Minister's Office. She was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2015.

Ms. Goh studied Economics at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has also attended the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD Business School, Singapore.

Professor Ho Yew Kee is Professor of Practice (Accountancy) at the City University of Hong Kong and Deputy Dean of Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies. In his current position, he oversees the graduate programmes of CityU. Previously he was Professor of Accounting at the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Technology. Professionally, he is a Fellow CPA (Australia), Fellow Chartered Accountant (Singapore), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and a Fellow and an Accredited Senior Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Professor Ho is the Chairman, St Luke’s Eldercare Ltd and Chairman, Audit Committee, Singapore Reinsurance Corporation, and honorary secretary, Dover Park Hospice. He had held directorships in United Overseas Insurance Ltd, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Accounting and Corporate Reporting Authority (ACRA), Singapore Tax Academy, CPA Australia, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, Charity Council among others.

Mr Ho Kwon Ping is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Group and Laguna Resorts and Hotels, and Executive Chairman of Thai Wah Public Company. All three family-owned companies are listed in Singapore and Thailand. He was the founding Chairman of Singapore Management University (SMU), and has chaired Singapore Power and MediaCorp Singapore. He has served on the boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Diageo, Singapore Airlines, and GIC.

Among various awards, Mr Ho has received the London Business School Entrepreneurship Award; CEO of the Year at the Singapore Corporate Awards; CNBC Travel Business Leader Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award from the National University of Singapore; and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Creativity Association, China Hotel Investment Summit, Australia Hotel Investment Summit and School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Honoured for his contributions and accomplishments in the hotel industry in the Asia Pacific region and globally, Mr Ho is the only two-time recipient of Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific - HICAP’s Innovation Award (2003) and Lifetime Achievement Award (2019) in its 30-year establishment. For his services to the country, he has been decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal and Distinguished Service Order by the Singapore Government. Mr Ho has also been conferred honorary doctorates by Johnson & Wales University and Hong Kong Poly University.

Mr Dennis is Deputy Commissioner (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore) and concurrently CEO of Tax Academy of Singapore. As Deputy Commissioner, Dennis oversees the Goods & Services Tax, Property Tax (including Stamp Duties), Law as well as Investigation & Forensics Divisions in IRAS

The Tax Academy of Singapore is a not-for-profit institution set up by IRAS in collaboration with international accounting firms – Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC, the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP), the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and the Law Society of Singapore. Our mission is to raise professional competency of the tax community and develop our standing as a leading centre for taxation and regional tax knowledge hub.

Prior, Dennis was Chief Executive of VITAL Shared Services (Apr 2020 to Mar 2024). VITAL is the Central Agency for Corporate Shared Services in the Singapore Public Service, a Department under the Ministry of Finance. In this role, Dennis led more than 500 Corporate Services professionals, serving more than 100,000 public officers across 100 public sector organisations (Ministries, Departments, Organs of State and Statutory Boards) in the areas of finance, human resources, and procurement.

Dennis was Senior Director (Finance and Admin Division) Ministry of Home Affairs from Apr 2017 to Mar 2020.

Dennis graduated from Oxford University with a BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics (First class), as well as an MSc in Management from the London School of Economics. He also holds an MBA from the Anderson School at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

Mr Sing Hwee is a partner of the Ernst & Young Singapore Consulting Practice. He is currently the Global Client Service Partner Temasek Portfolio Companies (TPCs) as well as Government & Public Service (GPS) accounts (covering Ministries, government agencies and statutory boards in Finance, Trade, Manpower, Community, Culture & Youth as well as Social & Family).

He is also the lead partner in EY Private Client Sector as well as EY Asean Digital practice and Enterprise Risk practice. For 9 years till 2018, Sing Hwee was a member of the EY Asean Partner Governance Council and led the Advisory (Risk) Internal Audit Practice in EY Singapore, Asean and Asia Pacific, overseeing more than 30 partners and 700 professionals across 17 countries.

Mr Sing Hwee has close to 30 years of experience in providing risk management, governance business process and performance improvement, internal controls and business advisory services to Boards and Audit Committees of listed companies as well as family offices, private clients and organisations in the public sector and private businesses.

For the Boards where he holds the position of Audit & Risk Committee Chairman/ member, he led and continues to lead in the governance and risk oversight, development of risk management and governance framework and process as well as review and assessment of risks and performance of audits for organisations in the government and public sector including statutory boards and government related organisations.

Ms Ng Meow Ling is the Technical Director of the Inspection Department in the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA).

ACRA’s Inspection Department is responsible for the administration of the inspection programmes to review the audits performed by public accountants as well as the quality controls of public accounting entities. This is to drive ACRA’s strategic objective of promoting high quality audits. The Inspection Department also monitors public accounting entities/public accountants' compliance with AML/CFT requirements.

Ms Aileen Tan is Singtel's Group Chief People and Sustainability Officer responsible for
the Group’s overall people and sustainability agenda. She has over 30 years of experience
in various leadership roles spanning multiple industries and geographies.
Aileen joined Singtel in 2008 as Group Director, Human Resources and in 2009, she was
tasked to set up and lead the Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility function, which has
evolved into the present-day Group Sustainability function. In her current role, she focuses
on developing a purpose-led organisation, championing sustainability, creating an inspiring
culture, and making the Singtel Group a place for amazing people to deliver impact. Under
her leadership, Singtel has won numerous global and regional accolades for its leading
people and sustainability practices.

She is a member of the Singapore University of Social Sciences Board of Trustees, Globe
Telecom Board, Health Sciences Authority Board, NTUC-U Care Fund Board of Trustees,
Ministry of Finance’s VITAL’s Advisory Panel, Ministry of Manpower’s Workplace Safety &
Health Council in Singapore and Singapore’s APEC Business Advisory Council alternative
member.

Ms Aileen holds a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore and a Master of
Science in Organisational Behaviour from the California School of Professional Psychology,
Alliant International University, USA. She is a pioneer IHRP Master Professional, for being a
role model for the HR profession. Aileen received the Medal of Commendation (Gold) at the
NTUC May Day Awards 2022 and the Public Service Medal in 2018 for her significant
contributions to Singapore’s workforce and human resources sector. In 2024, Aileen was
recognised in Sustainability Magazine’s Top 100 Women in Sustainability globally and
ranked among the Top 10 Sustainability Leaders in Asia.

Mr Praveen Tekchandani is the Singapore Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader at Ernst & Young LLP, providing sustainability advisory and assurance services.
He has worked with corporates, governmental agencies and multilateral development banks on areas such as climate change and net zero strategy, carbon tax assessments, sustainability advisory, green finance and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework.

Praveen is a member of the Working Group on GHG and Product Life Cycle and Sustainable Finance Work Group at Enterprise Singapore. He is an appointed member of the Expert Board for Appeals under the Carbon Pricing Act at Singapore's Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment. He is also a qualified lead verifier and independent reviewer for the Singapore Carbon Tax Assurance program of the National Environment Agency.

In 2018, he received the Enterprise Singapore Merit Award for his significant contributions to the Singapore Standardisation Programme in the field of climate change.

Mr Boon Siong has more than 20 years of experience working in AGD, taking on various roles in the process. Prior to that, he worked four and a half years in external audit.

He is presently a Group Director in AGD, working with 3 teams in the areas of Treasury, Financial & Sustainability Reporting Standards, and Analytics.

Ms Esther first began her Public Sector career as an accountant in AGD, where she has since charted out a career spearheading various initiatives within Public Sector Finance in a wide range of portfolios in key areas such as Financial Operations, Financial Reporting, Treasury and Performance Evaluation.

During her stint as the Chief Financial Officer of Land Transport Authority, she put in place a robust budgeting, reporting and investment framework to ensure financial sustainability for LTA. She also led the adoption of technology to streamline finance operations, improve productivity, and tighten governance. In her current role in MOF/AGD, she is responsible for spearheading the initiatives to drive capability development, workforce planning and performance management of public sector finance function.

Dr. Nadir Ali Zafar is Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) and concurrently Director of the Singapore Leaders Network, a national movement managed by HCLI and supported by EDB. He joins HCLI from UAE-based education technology company Alef Education where he was Chief Operating Officer. During his time, the company grew from a start-up to an award-winning organisation that serves several hundred thousand students.

Nadir was one of the founding leaders of Alef Education and set up and oversaw the marketing, finance, human resources, legal, audit, procurement, and business support departments. He also spearheaded the company’s expansion into Asia, set up a healthcare program, and launched a new schools management business that was spun off into an independent entity.

Nadir’s experience spans over 20 years. Prior to Alef Education, he was at GEMS Education, where he reported directly to the Group CEO and served on the senior leadership team. He was then posted to Singapore as Director of Corporate Development, leading admissions and marketing for their Singapore school. In previous roles, Nadir has worked closely with the CEO of one of the largest shipping companies in the world and the CEO of one of the Middle East region’s largest media companies. Nadir has worked in UAE, India, Thailand, and Singapore.

Nadir graduated with a Bachelor of Business Management (Marketing) from the pioneer batch of the Singapore Management University and holds an MBA from INSEAD. He has also completed a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation at New York University. His past and current leadership experience extends to serving on the Board of a London-listed global education company, President of the Singapore Business Council in UAE, alumni leader for both his alma maters, and founder of an EdTech venture.