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

Linda is an independent director at Lifebrandz Limited (SGX 1D3), Far East Group Limited (SGX5TJ), Tru-Marine Pte Ltd and Kidney Dialysis Foundation, Singapore  with over 30 years of corporate experience in legal, compliance, risk, and governance. She has a Master of Laws from National University of Singapore and a Master of Science in Management of Healthcare Industries from ESSEC Business School. She is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia.As an independent director, Linda assists in the oversight of strategy, remuneration matters, stakeholder engagement, and ESG & sustainability programs for both organizations. She chairs the Remuneration Committee of Lifebrandz and Far East Group, as well as chairs the ESG committee of Tru-Marine. She is passionate about corporate governance and seeks to contribute to exemplary standards of corporate and sustainability governance to companies she serves.
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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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