CISO2SME - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Associate Director
• Associate Director, Tax

Anuradha Rai joined the RSM Stone Forest in 2015. Currently a tax manager, she specialises in handling corporate and individual tax compliance filing requirements and handling withholding tax matters across different industries. Anuradha's portfolio includes managing a team to provide accounting and compliance solutions to Small to Medium Enterprises ("SMEs"). She is also actively involved in the development of individual tax system as well as meeting prospects to advise them on annual compliance matters and statutory filings. Before joining AccountServe, Anuradha assumed the role of a tax and corporate secretarial manager with a mid-sized accounting firm in Singapore. Anuradha is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant ("ACCA"). She is also an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Provisional) Income Tax & GST of the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals Limited ("SCTP").

Job Titles:

• Manager, Corporate Secretarial

Bernice Lau joined RSM Stone Forest's CorpServe as a corporate secretarial assistant intern in 2006, and continued her tenure upon attaining her Diploma in Accountancy awarded by Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Bernice has more than 10 years of professional experience in areas of corporate secretarial compliance, business establishment and registration, corporate restructuring and dissolution, and cessation of business. She holds a Bachelor of Commence in Marketing Management conferred by Murdoch University, Australia, and she is an associate member of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore ("CSIS").

Job Titles:

• Director
• Director, Corporate Services

Catherine joined the firm as a corporate secretarial executive upon attaining a Diploma in Accountancy (Merit) from Ngee Ann Polytechnic. She then pursued the ICSA and became an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in 2000. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of London. Catherine has more than 20 years of experience which includes all aspects of corporate secretarial compliance, business establishment and registration, corporate restructuring and dissolution and cessation of business. She has dealt with a diverse portfolio of clients who are in the businesses of manufacturing, property development, information technology, financial institutions, fund management, investment holding and shipping etc. In the course of her secretarial practice, Catherine has served as Company Secretary to both public-listed and private companies. Qualifications Bachelor of Law (Honours), University of London

Job Titles:

• CEO
• Founding Partner

Since commencing his own practice, he has undertaken numerous consultancy projects in the region. In addition, he has helped several companies to restructure as well as secure venture capital funding and additional credit facilities from financial institutions. In the area of pre-listing review and listing work, Kian Huat was instrumental in the successful listing of several companies on the Singapore Exchange. Qualifications Chartered Accountant of Singapore

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• Partner
• Management
• Partner, IT Services

Eileen assists our clients in Technology Consulting, Infrastructure and Security, and ERP/CRM Business Solutions, as well as oversees other IT businesses for the firm. Her role is mainly in business development and collaboration with partners. A qualified accountant by training, Eileen is also heavily involved in IT consultancy work. Her forte is in the retail/F&B, construction, healthcare, services, sales and distribution industries. Her accounting background, coupled with her strong interest in IT, gives her a clear understanding of processes and methodologies to help clients evaluate and implement IT solutions. Eileen's list of clients ranges from international firms to local and listed companies. Prior to her appointment, she was involved in regional project management since 2000, providing retail consultancy to a number of well-known international retailers in the region. She had also been with the Accountant-General's Department, handling financial work, budgeting, planning and internal audit. Qualification Chartered Accountant of Singapore Eileen heads the Technology Services business unit which provides advisory, implementation and managed services for IT infrastructure, IT security, ERP/CRM business solutions, and data analytics tools for clients across industries. As the Technology Head, she also leads the firm's Business Continuity Planning committee and is the appointed Data Protection Officer for the group. Eileen is also actively involved in digital consultancy work. She is the programme director for IMDA's Chief Technology Officer-as-a-Service programme - A nationwide Go Digital initiative which provides digital advisory and project management support services to local SMEs. A qualified accountant by training, Eileen leverages her accounting knowledge and backend business process expertise to help clients simplify workflows, digitalise with practical IT solutions and manage their IT and digital transformation efforts. Eileen's list of clients ranges from international firms to local and listed companies. Since 2013, she has also been overseeing a team that specialises in providing IT security managed services to support the key local teleco companies' broad clientele base. Prior to joining the firm, she was with the Accountant-General's Department, handling financial work, budgeting, planning and internal audit.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Director, Staffing Recruitment & Accounting Services

Fionn has significant regional experience in areas of accounting and finance, statutory compliance, payroll, taxation, audit, and consulting. In the firm, Fionn helps businesses meet their regional accounting and reporting requirements. As a technology enabler for digital transformation in Finance, she is passionate in business grooming through cloud accounting to sustain growth, layering technology driven capabilities and dashboards to provide insights to meet the ever-evolving business landscape. She helps in managing regional pursuits of client outsourcing, recruitment and contract talent solutions that can help businesses improve operational efficiencies. Prior to joining the AccountStaff, Fionn was with an MNC responsible for the regional accounting, corporate finance, statutory and compliance for the Australia, India, and Singapore offices.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• Management
• Partner at RSM Singapore
• Partner, Business Consulting

Wai Khin is a Partner at RSM Singapore and oversees the Technology Compliance business arm. He has over 20 years of overseas and local experience in the Information and Communications (ICT) sector. His specialisation is in the areas of Information Security, Data Protection, and Business Continuity. He plays a key role in advising clients across industries to minimise digitalisation and cybersecurity risks as they innovate traditional business models. He has extensive experiences in managing information security and risk programmes to meet Legal, Human Resources, Audit, IT, Risk Management, and Information Security requirements. He is also well versed in data protection, data privacy and PDPA compliance. Together with his team of business consultants, they constantly look to secure transformational efforts and support business resilience by implementing and adjusting value added security programmes that are aligned with organisational objectives, and by building robust frameworks for security that goes beyond compliances. His global experiences include assisting organisations on IT due diligence audit, Sarbanes Oxley 404 IT General Computer Control audit, IT diagnostic audit for Merger & Acquisition processes, ISO 27001 certification projects, and compliance to internal and external IT audit requirements.

Job Titles:

• Senior Manager

Job Titles:

• Associate Director
• Associate Director, XBRL
• Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Stone Forest As an Accounts Manager

Lim Su Ping joined RSM Stone Forest as an accounts manager in 2019. She is involved in business process re-engineering and operations management for lean and productive teams. Su Ping supervises her team to effectively meet compliance timelines and she is also involved in the simplification of work processes through automation projects. Prior to joining the firm, she was a corporate secretarial manager with a mid-sized accounting firm in Singapore. Su Ping is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ("ACCA"), the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants ("ISCA") and Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore ("CSIS"), as well as a Chartered Valuer and Appraisal graduate.

Job Titles:

• Associate Director

Job Titles:

• Director

Sock Huan has extensive experience in Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining AccountStaff, she worked in a variety of industries such as logistics & supply chain, oil & gas and testing services. These experiences have provided her with the expertise to identify the right talent for businesses across sectors. Sock Huan graduated with an Accountancy degree from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and obtained a Certificate in Law and Tax Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• Director, Security Solutions

Job Titles:

• Director, Business Development

Vincent has a wealth of experience in the banking sector, spanning retail and corporate banking, and treasury. He has close to 40 years' experience with Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank. He was involved in credit, trade finance, and cash management, commodity and project financing, and client relationship management. Prior to joining the RSM Stone Forest Group in 2021 as Director of Business Development, Vincent was a Senior Vice President with the Enterprise Banking division of DBS. Vincent's deep knowledge of various banking products and understanding of the financing needs of businesses across various sectors allows him to help business owners review their funding needs, recommend the right mix and be the bridge to financial institutions. Whether it is trade finance loans, liquidity products, property loans, hire purchase, factoring, Forex or corporate credit card, he is able to help business owners optimise their facilities and manage their funding in a cost-effective manner. Education Graduate Diploma in Marketing of Financial Services, Marketing Institute of Singapore Graduate Diploma in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom Bachelor of Business, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia Diploma in Management Studies, Singapore Institute of Management Diploma in Banking and Finance, Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• Management
• Team Manager, Business Applications
• Team Manager, ERP

Vivi started her career with hands-on practical experience as an ERP programmer, helping SMEs modernising their accounting function. She deepened her skillsets on workflow integration with the implementation of cost-effective business process automation solutions. Over the past 15 years, her portfolio has grown and she currently heads the client servicing team. Vivi is actively involved in the pre-scoping of first level user requirements and advises on effective digital transformation strategies to optimise finance operations while maintaining compliance and security. A qualified Sage 300 consultant with a growing portfolio of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central projects, she supports SMEs across industries from the Not-for-profit, retail, F&B, and professional business services sectors. Her analytical and business oriented approach allows her to tailor innovative solutions that improve efficiency across the value chain. Prior to joining the firm, Vivi was involved in presales, solutions development, project implementation and post-implementation for ERP, retail POS, and accounting systems.

Job Titles:

• Associate Director

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Partner, Accounting & Staffing Services

Li Lian advises clients in accounting and project management across a variety of industries, with companies of different segments from start-ups, SMEs to international corporations. She also collaborates with businesses to accelerate their financial digital transformation. Further to her audit experience in the Public Accounting Practice, she was commercially trained in the retail industry where she was responsible for the entire business operations of a commercial retail firm, headquartered in Hong Kong. Qualifications • Bachelor of Economics (Honours), Major in Accounting, Monash University, Australia