Course Description

The course presents a highlight from the CG Roundtable | Treatment of Whistle Blowing & Roles of Internal Audit session held on 6 May 2025.


The discussion underscores the importance of whistleblowing mechanisms in fostering ethical corporate culture and transparency. Panelists will explore how organisations can establish secure and effective reporting channels to protect whistleblowers from retaliation while ensuring that allegations are properly investigated.

 

Key discussion points include:

  • Legal and regulatory requirements for whistleblower protection
  • Best practices in handling whistleblower reports

  • The impact of whistleblowing on corporate governance and ethics

  • The internal audit function in fraud detection and risk mitigation

  • Strategies to foster a culture of integrity and transparency

  • Key takeaways from past cases

 

This roundtable aims to provide actionable insights for executives, board members, auditors, and compliance professionals to reinforce corporate governance through effective whistleblowing frameworks and internal audit functions.


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Linda Hoon

Independent Director, Tru-Marine and Kidney Dialysis Foundation Singapore

Ms Hoon is the General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Risk and Compliance in Specialist Risk Group Asia Pacific (SRG), a professional insurance services firm with specialty broking practices. She has a span of more than three decades as a C-Suite executive and have worked in several SGX listed large cap corporations within the Temasek Group such as SembCorp Industries, DBS Bank, SingPost; and worked across several sectors such as financial industry, conglomerate, e-commerce, hospitality and healthcare. As General Counsel, Group Head of Risk, Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary in her several past roles, Ms Hoon was involved in many areas of transactional M & A, regulatory and compliance matters and transformation projects. In SRG, she is responsible for legal, compliance and risk management and governance of SRG’s businesses within Asia Pacific. Ms Hoon is currently an Adjunct Lecturer teaching business law in National University of Singapore School of Business.  Ms Hoon also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of SGX listed companies: Hoe Leong Corporation Limited and Far East Group Limited.  She also serves on a charity board of Kidney Dialysis Foundation Limited.
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Richard Tan Chuan Lye

Member of Asia Advisory Board, Chairman of Asia Audit & Risk Committee, EFG Bank

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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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Ho Tuck Chuen

Fellow Member of ISCA; Adjunct Associate Professor, NUS Business School

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Robson Lee

Asst. Honorary Secretary, SIAS; Partner, Kennedys Law; Director, Legal Solutions LLC

Course Rating

Speaker's Rating

1.5 CPE Hours

Lesson

4

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