Appointments to The Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC)
30 Mar 2017The Minister for Finance has re-appointed Mr Chaly Mah, former Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Asia Pacific, as Chairman of the Singapore Accountancy Commission (“SAC”). In addition, five new members have been appointed and seven other members have been re-appointed to the SAC. These appointments will be for a two-year term and will take effect from 1 April 2017.
2. The seven re-appointed members are:
- Mr Gerard Ee
President
Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants - Mr Kon Yin Tong
Managing Partner
Foo Kon Tan LLP - Ms Leong Wai Leng
Chief Financial Officer
Temasek Holdings - Mr Quek Suan Kiat
Former Vice Chairman
Barclays Bank PLC Singapore - Mr Sim Guan Seng
Managing Partner
Baker Tilly TFW LLP - Mr Evan Law
Chief Executive
Singapore Accountancy Commission - Mr Yee Ping Yi
Deputy Secretary (Policy)
Ministry of Finance
3. The five new members are:
- Mr Sushil Nair
Director and Co-Head of Corporate Restructuring & Workouts Practice
Drew & Napier LLC - Prof Pang Yang Hoong
Vice Provost (Undergraduate Matters and Student Development)
Singapore Management University - Mr Steven Phan
Area Managing Partner, Asia-Pacific
EY - Mr Magesvaran Suranjan
President
Procter & Gamble Asia Pacific - Mr Ong Khiaw Hong
Chief Executive – Designate (Chief Executivewef 1 April 2017)
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
A brief write-up of the five new members can be found at Annex A.
4. The Ministry of Finance and the SAC welcome the new members, and would like to express our appreciation to the following retiring members for their invaluable contributions to the SAC:
- Mr Chng Lay Chew
Chief Financial Officer
Singapore Exchange Limited - Ms Rachel Eng
Deputy Chairman
WongPartnership LLP - Mrs Deborah Ong
Assurance Partner, Singapore and International Team Leader
Global Assurance Quality Review Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Mr Tham Sai Choy
Asia Pacific Chairman
KPMG - Mr Kenneth Yap
Chief Executive
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority - Prof Gillian Yeo
Associate Dean (Faculty), Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Technological University
5. The SAC comprises 13 members including Chairman. The list of members of the SAC, with effect from 1 April 2017, can be found at Annex B.