Our professional team comprises of various individuals who have extensive and vast experience in the field of Corporate Governance, Internal Auditing & Risk Management. Rest assured that you will be getting the best service when engaged.
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Head – Sustainability & Internal Audit
His last stint in the industry was in Global Advisory department with EXIM Bank Malaysia where he was responsible in providing Industry and Economic Analysis of countries in the Asia Pacific and European regions. He was a regular speaker at seminars and represented the bank at the 2010 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Governor’s Meeting. He served as an Economist with Perak’s state government’s think-tank where he was responsible in providing insight in developing policies and formulate strategies to be in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG). Working closely with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), universities and foreign think-tanks such as ISEAS, he established a broad understanding on the areas of sustainability.
His tenure at a number of public listed companies provided a hands-on experience where he served as the Head of Strategic Planning & Research for the company’s Corporate Sustainability department. Among his accomplishments were the development of the company’s Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) report, 5-year Strategic Planning Blueprint, Net-Zero Pathway and the company’s first standalone Sustainability Annual Report, amongst others. He is well versed on the reporting standards by GRI and SASB and is a Certified Sustainability Practitioner (CSP) awarded by the Institute of Certified Sustainability Practitioners (ICSP). His invaluable experience, expertise and knowledge in Sustainability will be an added advantage and asset to potential and existing clients of the Group in the light of the enhanced mandatory sustainability ESG reporting requirements.
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Managing Director – Accounting Systems & Networking, Retail Systems, Corporate Governance, Internal Audit & Risk Management
Mr. PH Tan BCom(Acc)(NZ) is an internal audit practitioner, treasury and financial expert with more than 20 years’ experience in accounting, finance and internal audit. He is the Managing Director of Synergy Group and his specialities include system implementation and assessments of systems using various tools such as ODBC driver, CAATS (computer assisted audit programmes), writing queries and analysis using both Microsoft Access/Excel. Such tools to help assess the weakness of internal control as implemented by clients and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance. He is also familiar with the requirements of carrying out investigations into corporate fraud activities and the requirements of the corporate governance.
His broad range of experience and knowledge of internal controls was obtained from his experience, namely locally in the following industries: Banking & Finance, Trading, Retail, Manufacturing, Plantations, Real Estate, Information Technology and Hotel Management. He has carried out risk assessment exercises for numerous companies, has been involved in SDLC processes in the implementation of a number of IT applications during his career, and has led investigations into a number of corporate fraud activities.
His in-depth knowledge of ERP system has enabled him to be made the Project Manager/Leader in the ERP Implementation of clients. As a project leader, he also active in implementing Autopay/Autodebit modules. He has extensive experience in problem solving and in designing procedures/operating manuals of the systems he has successfully implemented.
