Course Description

This course presents highlights from the ISCA Board Mentoring session held on 15 July 2025.


The session provides a practical exploration of how boards of directors navigate mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a focus on the Singapore and Southeast Asia business landscape. The speakers share insights into the unique dynamics of founder-managed versus professionally run companies, the motivations of financial and strategic buyers, and the key players involved throughout the M&A process.


You will also get to examine governance responsibilities, from deal evaluation to post-merger integration, highlighting real-world considerations and best practices for board members to safeguard shareholder interests and drive long-term value.

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David Toh

Asst. Honorary Treasurer, SIAS; Corporate Governance & Risk Management Committee, ISCA; Governance, Risk, Controls & Internal Audit Practice Leader, PwC

David Toh is PwC Singapore’s Board of Partners Chairman and a member of PwC Asia Pacific’s Board of Partners. David is the Governance, Risk & Compliance and Internal Audit Practice Leader of PwC Singapore. The practice has approximately 100 full-time staff dedicated to the provision of Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Sarbanes-Oxley and Sustainability advisory services to organisations from the private and public sectors.He also is PwC Singapore’s Entrepreneurial and Private Business practice leader, providing integrated business solutions to owner-led and family businesses.David is active in the corporate governance scene in Singapore where he conducts seminars on governance, risks, and compliance organised by the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), Singapore Exchange, Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) and Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore (IIA). David is a Board member/Audit & Risk Committee Chairman of the Yellow Ribbon Singapore, a Board Member of SIAS, Vice President of IIA and a Board member of SG Growth Capital. David is also a member of SID’s Research and Insights Committee and Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants’ Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee.David is also the Honorary Treasurer and Board member of Singapore Children’s Society and actively drives grassroots activities in his residential precinct as a Vice Chairman of the Tampines Central Citizen’s Consultative Committee.
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Janeshwar Pachigolla

Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory, PwC

Janesh has over 18 years of experience working across Southeast Asia, Dubai and India. Over the past 13 years, he has assisted investors (Private Equities, Corporates) with Financial Due Diligence (buy-side) and Vendor Assistance (sell-side) in Southeast Asia.Prior to M&A, Janeshwar has 4 years of Assurance experience in Singapore, India, and Dubai.

Course Rating

Speaker's Rating

0.5 CPE Hour

Lesson

2

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