Chay Yiowmin
Lead Independent Director
Mr Chay Yiowmin was appointed as an Independent Director of the
company on 28 June 2013.
Mr Chay is currently the chief executive officer of Chay Corporate
Advisory Pte. Ltd., a boutique corporate advisory firm. He is also a
non-executive director of 8I Holdings Limited. Between 2013 and
2015, Mr. Chay was the lead independent and non-executive director
of Advance SCT Limited.
Since graduating in 1998, Mr Chay has accumulated many years of
public accounting experience in Singapore and the United Kingdom
with a number of reputable international accounting firms, including
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Deloitte and Touche LLP, Moore
Stephens LLP and BDO LLP, the latter of which he was the advisory
partner heading the Corporate Finance Practice from 2012 to 2019.
Prior to joining BDO LLP, Mr Chay was an assurance partner from
2010 to 2012, specialising in financial services and shipping.
Mr Chay holds a Bachelor of Accountancy and a Master of Business
from Nanyang Technological University, and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Birmingham. Mr Chay is also
a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA Singapore) of the Institute of
Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), an Associate Chartered
Accountant (ACA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser
(CVA) of the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore (IVAS).
Mr Chay currently sits on the Singapore steering committee of the
Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA), and
the Standards and Technical Committee of IVAS, the latter of which
Mr Chay is also a programme instructor. Mr Chay is also an active
Grassroots Leader, serving as a treasurer with the Kebun Baru and
Sengkang South Citizens Consultative Committees, and an auditor
with the Thomson Hills Neighbourhood Committee. Mr Chay is also
a member of the Kebun Baru Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence
Circles. Mr Chay was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public
Service Medal) (PBM) by the President of the Republic of Singapore
on 9 August 2016.