Course objectives:
- Define statutory and fiduciary duties and responsibilities of directors.
- Provide an overview of the regulatory environment and the corporate governance landscape in Singapore.
- Highlight the critical elements of financial and other disclosures needed.
- Describe the key components of effective board leadership.
- Recognise the balance between performance and compliance.
The course will cover the following areas:
- The directorship landscape and regulatory environment
- Evolving legislation affecting all companies
- Director duties and responsibilities
- Due diligence, liabilities and rewards
- What makes an effective board.
Programme
8:30am : Registration
9:00am : Directorship and the regulatory environment
10:00am : Break
10:30am : Director’s role, responsibility and liability
12:30pm : Networking lunch
1:30pm : Accounting and auditing
3:30pm : Break
4:00pm : An effective board
5:30pm : Q&A
6:00pm : End of programme
CPD Hours : 8
SID members : $610.40 (incl. 9% GST)
Non-members : $795.70 (incl. 9% GST)
SID Corporate Members may utilise their complimentary vouchers.
SPEAKERS
Abdul Jabbar
Head, Corporate & Transactional Group, Rajah & Tann
Mr Abdul Jabbar Bin Karam Din is the head of Rajah & Tann Singapore’s corporate and transactional practice and a member of the firm’s executive committee. He has more than 25 years of extensive experience in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and banking and finance. He also advises companies on corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters. He has served as a director on several boards, both listed and private. Mr Jabbar also serves as company secretary to numerous boards in Singapore. He is listed as a leading practitioner in Who's Who Legal – M&A and Governance (2017–2023) and Who’s Who Legal – Management Labour and Employment (2011–2023). He has also been recommended in The Legal 500 (Corporate and M&A) and recognised as a leading practitioner in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite..
Lee Tze Shiong
Director Transformation and Quality, CLA Global TS
Mr Lee Tze Shiong has more than 30 years of audit experience, most of which were with large international audit firms. Prior to joining Nexia TS, he was the Divisional Director of the Public Accountancy Division of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA). In his previous appointment, he spearheaded the small and medium sized enterprise audit group in one of the big four accounting firms in Singapore. He was involved in the audit of listed and multinational groups, initial public offerings and other audit advisory engagements, and has worked in different overseas locations.
Lim Ju May
Technical and Assurance Director, CLA Global TS
Ms Lim Ju May is the Technical and Assurance Director of CLA Global TS. Prior to joining CLA Global TS, she spent 8 years as Head of the Technical Department at the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) where she pioneered numerous initiatives. She has a wealth of experience in the accounting and auditing profession including over 12 years with Big Four accounting firms. She also authored ISCA’s Micro Accounting Model and other ISCA publications such as CFOs for Sustainability Reporting Roundtable Report, Fueling Sustainable Ecosystems – Insights From The Financial Services Sector, Leases Roadmap, Technical Bites, and many others.
Wilson Chew
Managing Partner, JP Wilson
Dr Wilson Chew has spent over 20 years in enterprise growth and strategy, served over 200 entrepreneur and family-led companies, and led more than 140 strategy engagements including 12 public listings in Asia and two national scale-up initiatives with the Singapore Government. He is the Managing Partner at JP Wilson, a growth strategy firm for private clients. Dr Chew was the former partner for strategy at the Entrepreneurial and Private Clients practice of PwC. He is Chairman of Fortrec Group, former Deputy Chairman of National Arthritis Foundation and Independent Director of Swee Hong Ltd. Dr Chew has also served as adviser for the Wharton-SMU-IBM Business & Industry Insight programme and lectures at SMU’s Lien Centre for Social Innovation. He is presently reading law at the Singapore University for Social Sciences.
Registration
Please register online by 5 February 2025.
Course Enquiries
Email : [email protected]
Tel : (65) 6422 1188
Upon successful registration for the course, you are deemed to have read and accepted SID’s Terms and Conditions.