05 Oct 2015   

Mr Tan Huay Lim has been appointed by Hong Leong Asia as an Independent Director of the company, as well as a member of their Audit Committee.

Mr Tan was an Audit Partner of KPMG Singapore with more than 30 years of accounting and auditing experience in Messrs KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) until his retirement in September 2015. He was also the Singapore Head of KPMG Global China Practice from September 2010 until his aforesaid retirement. During Mr Tan’s stint with KPMG, he was responsible for the audit of many privately-owned enterprises, multi-national corporations and public listed companies, covering diverse businesses including banking, insurance, manufacturing, trading, fast moving consumer goods, real estate, infrastructure, constructions, transport, shipping, mining and oil and gas.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) degree from the Nanyang University, Singapore and is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and Certified Practising Accountants Australia.

Read the original SGX announcement here.