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Lili Kuan

CFO, ABB Singapore

Li Li is currently the CFO for ABB Singapore, a subsidiary of the Fortune 500 Swedish engineering technology company. At ABB, Li Li is responsible for the smooth execution of the Finance, Treasury, Internal Control and Real Estate functions. She is also an Independent Director of Capitaland Retail China Trust, an SGX listed REIT.

Li Li was previously the Country Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Singapore, a branch of the UK bank. At Barclays, she was responsible for both advocacy of the bank’s businesses as well as the governance of its legal entities in Singapore. She also served as a director for Barclays companies in South East Asia.

Li Li is a dynamic, multi-skilled professional with over 25 years’ experience in financial services spanning investment banking, private banking and retail banking. She started her career in the Tax department of Arthur Young Sydney after graduating with double degrees in Economics and Laws from the University of Sydney.

She has a strong track record of leading and repositioning businesses and functions through market cycles. She has successfully implemented business and regulatory driven initiatives, leveraging her banking, finance, legal and tax experience.

Li Li is known for her drive and ability to influence business design and strategy in order to achieve commercial outcomes while taking into consideration diverse stakeholder demands. She has successfully managed regulatory and tax authority relationships in Asia and Australia.

She has developed an extensive business and social network over her career.

Li Li is a member of the Singapore Institute of Director, a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of CPA Australia and a member of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals. She has been admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW as both a barrister and a solicitor.

James Zichen Qiu

Head of Finance, eBay Southeast Asia/Japan/Israel

Zichen (James) Qiu is Head of Finance for eBay Southeast Asia/Japan/Israel, based in APAC HQ Singapore. He is responsible for all aspects of Finance, from Financial Planning, Business Data Analytics, P/L management to Corporate M&A. Prior to joining eBay, James held a variety of finance and commercial leadership positions of increasing responsibilities at GE, GE Capital, Singapore TEMASEK Holdings’ portfolio company across 10+ countries in US, Europe, Asia and Australia. He also spent some time in Investment Banking and Private Equity industries during his MBA internship period.

James earned his M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), with Alfred P. Sloan, Jr (Former Chairman, CEO of General Motors Corporation) Fellowship.

Jimmy Ong

Singapore Technology Leader and Advisory Partner
Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd.

Jimmy is a Partner and Technology Leader at EY Advisory. He has close to 20 years of experience in management consulting and business-IT implementations throughout the region. He specializes in technology enabled business transformation, having led multiple initiatives from planning to implementation. These business transformation initiatives requires integration of strategy, process, organization and digital technologies.

Saket Bhartia

Executive Director, Forensic & Integrity Services
Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd.

Saket is an Executive Director with EY Forensic & Integrity Services, Singapore and assists clients in the ASEAN region. He is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Internal Auditor with an overall experience of 18 years and specializes in forensic investigations, setting up of anti-bribery compliance frameworks, anti-fraud controls reviews, forensic data analytics etc. Saket has delivered projects in 16 countries.

Jonathan Rees

EY Asean Digital Leader and Advisory Partner
Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd.

Jonathan is an EY Advisory Partner, leading the Digital Advisory practice in Asean with deep expertise in digital strategy through to large-scale transformation. A regular speaker and thought leader on the topics of digital disruption, Jonathan has worked extensively with businesses across industries in UK, Australia, US and Asia. With over 16 years’ of experience working in high growth technology arenas, systems integration and digital media, his skills are particularly in the digital strategy and operating model, customer experience, service design, analytics, mobility, digital media, digital risk and governance.

Manik Bhandari

EY Asean Analytics Leader and Advisory Partner
Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd.

Manik is an EY Advisory Partner and specializes in the application of analytics across functional areas like sales and marketing, operations, human capital and finance. With 16 years of analytics advisory experience across public sector, communications, financial services, healthcare, agribusiness and oil and gas in Asia and North America, he contributes regularly towards the development of the analytics eco-system in Singapore. Manik is also the vice president of the Business Analytics Chapter of the Singapore Computer Society.

Mr Joseph Alfred

Head of Policy and Technical
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Joseph Alfred is the Head of Policy and Technical at ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Singapore. In this role, he is responsible for the formulation of policies, development and implementation of Professional Insights initiatives to drive ACCA’s public value mission and brand objectives; and ensure ACCA members, regulators and other stakeholders are updated on ACCA’s global technical policies. He works closely with stakeholders and organisations to identify opportunities where ACCA can contribute to the agenda in relation to accounting and business in Singapore, as well as ASEAN. He is a Fellow of ACCA and a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore.

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Lili Kuan

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Jimmy Ong

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Jonathan Rees

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ACCASmart FinanceA Transformation Programme for CFOs

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ACCASmart Finance
A Transformation Programme for CFOs