Wong Yew Meng
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Wong Yew Meng serves on the board of the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation Limited.
Mr Wong YM joined the former Price Waterhouse in 1974 and was admitted as an Audit-Partner in 1985, before retiring from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2008. He was the audit engagement partner on a number of listed and unlisted company audits including major financial institutions and commercial enterprises, and was involved in several large client Initial Public Offer (IPO) listings. He played a key role in building up the financial services practice of the accounting firm and had extensive experience auditing companies in a variety of industries such as electronics, manufacturing, trading, petrochemical and services. His vast audit experience included acting as reporting accountant for IPOs and the provision of accounting advice for mergers. In addition, he was the investigative accountant in several large-scale Singapore corporate investigations.
Mr Wong YM was previously Chairman of the Health Promotion Board, Chairman of the Singapore National Eye Centre, a Director of the Singapore Eye Research Institute, Kidney Dialysis Foundation Ltd and Ascendas Funds Management (S) Ltd, and a board member of the People’s Association, Public Utilities Board, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore and the Competition Commission of Singapore (now known as the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore), amongst other appointments. Mr Wong YM was also a former member of Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University.
Mr Wong YM has received the Public Service Medal (PBM) and the Public Service Star (BBM) from the President of Singapore in 2007 and 2013 respectively.
Mr Wong YM graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a degree in Economics. Mr Wong is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and a Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He was a former practicing Certified Public Accountant of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (now known as ISCA), as well as the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
