Join us at this year’s Singapore Governance and Transparency Forum as industry captains and experts discuss how good governance is essential to propelling companies along their sustainability journey.
Programme
9.30am
Registration
10.00am
Welcome address
Greg Unsworth FCPA (Aust.)
Divisional Deputy President - Singapore, CPA Australia
10.05am
Guest-of-Honour address
Lim Tuang Lee
Assistant Managing Director, Capital Markets Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore
10.15am
SGTI presentation
Professor Lawrence Loh
Director, Centre for Governance and Sustainability
National University of Singapore Business School
10.45am
Awards announcement
10.55am
Panel discussion: Navigating Sustainable Governance
11.55am
Closing address
Yeoh Oon Jin
Chair, Singapore Institute of Directors
12.00pm
End of programme and lunch
CPD Hours : 2
SID Member: S$65.40 (inc. 9% GST)
Non-members: S$98.10 (inc. 9% GST)
SPEAKERS
Melvin Yong
Country Head, Singapore, CPA Australia
Mr Melvin Yong is the Country Head for Singapore at CPA Australia. He leads CPA Australia’s initiatives to grow and serve its 8,600-strong membership in Singapore through a combination of events and services to engage members. He also drives strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and works with the local regulator, professional bodies, accounting firms and education institutions on activities that foster the development of the accounting profession in Singapore. Mr Yong is a well-known media veteran, with more than 25 years of experience in corporate and financial journalism, discussion moderation, public relations, news presentation and digital integration. As a former business editor and journalist at MediaCorp, he has interviewed and built strong working relationships with a wide spectrum of business, financial and accounting professionals.
Shai Ganu
Independent Non-Executive Director, Far East Orchard
Mr Shai Ganu is the global leader of the Executive Compensation and Board Advisory business at WTW. He leads a team of over 500 consultants across 45 countries and serves as a trusted adviser to boards and committees of more than 100 leading companies globally. A senior accredited director, he serves as an independent director on the boards of leading companies and not-for-profit organisations. He is a fellow and Council member of Singapore Institute of Directors and chairs the ESG Chapter. He is also a member of World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance community of experts and global governing board member of its Climate Governance Initiative.
Elizabeth Kong
Independent Non-Executive Director, Singapore Post
Ms Elizabeth Kong is an independent non-executive director of Singapore Post and serves on its Finance and Investment Committee, Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee, and Board Sustainability Committee. She is also the Asia General Counsel (Transportation and Electronics, Safety and Industrial, and Enterprise Operations) at 3M, serving as a senior leader in the execution of strategies and key priorities of 3M in Asia. Ms Kong was previously with leading international law firms Clifford Chance and Morgan Lewis Stamford where she advised on some of the largest headline public and private mergers and acquisitions in Asia of an aggregate value exceeding $25 billion. She is a trustee on the board of Cambridge Assessment Singapore and a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. She is also the Chairperson of 3M Women Leadership (Singapore).
Eliza Tan
Senior Vice President, Listing Compliance, Singapore Exchange Regulation
Ms Eliza Tan is the Senior Vice President of Listing Compliance at Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), a subsidiary of Singapore Exchange that undertakes frontline regulatory functions. She monitors listed issuers’ compliance with the continuous disclosure requirements; corporate action applications; and investigation of potential listing rule breaches. Ms Tan is a member of ISCA’s Sustainability Reporting Quality Subcommittee and supports SGX RegCo’s efforts in building listed issuers’ capabilities in sustainability.
Greg Unsworth
Digital business and risk services leader, PwC Singapore
Having been with PwC for more than 30 years, Mr Greg Unsworth oversees a team of 20 partners and 400 professional staff. He serves on the firm’s leadership team and, as the former Asia-Pacific technology sector leader, has significant experience in advising clients around digital business initiatives and managing risks.
Registration
Please register online by 29 July 2024, 12pm.
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