Course Description

When an investigation crisis strikes, whether involving fraud, regulatory breaches, executive misconduct, whistleblowing or cyber incidents, directors must act quickly while protecting governance, independence, and stakeholder trust.

Through real-life case studies, this panel explores the critical dos and don’ts for boards when responding to a crisis. The speakers will discuss how to establish effective oversight, engage the right legal, forensic, and crisis advisors, navigate regulatory and cyber insurance considerations, and communicate with key stakeholders.

The session will also highlight common missteps, from delayed action and conflicts of interest to poor documentation and confidentiality breaches, and provide practical guidance on how directors can maintain control without overstepping into management.

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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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Samantha Kong

Vice President, Business Development, APAC, Specialist Risk Group

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Gino Bello

Managing Director, Secretariat

Gino Bello is a Managing Director of Secretariat and leads the Digital Forensics Investigations and eDiscovery practice in Asia Pacific. Mr. Bello is a digital forensics expert – having given expert testimony and submitted expert reports and affidavits to Courts and government in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines – and is a certified computer examiner.A dual winner of Lexology’s Investigations Digital Forensics Expert of the year (2022 and 2024), Mr. Bello is also recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Digital Forensics Investigations.  Mr. Bello has over 20 years of experience in Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity, eDiscovery and Litigation Support, and IT.Mr. Bello has led a broad range of matters, including regulatory investigations, high stakes investigations into data leakage, cross-border disputes, government enquiries, bribery & corruption, incident response, Cyber Risk and Posture Reviews, class actions, white collar crime, and other employee-related misconduct.  Mr. Bello has extensive experience across a wide range of sectors including technology, gaming & leisure, financial services, insurance, health and life sciences, manufacturing, hospitality, construction, and retail.  A member of the ISFCE and a former board member of the HTCIA, Mr. Bello has held Singapore and Australian government security clearances and has completed postgraduate, undergraduate, and formal industry training in Digital Forensics.  Mr. Bello has guest-lectured at the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, and Melbourne University, has co-authored forensic policy for government, has authored a publication with CPA Australia and Singapore Management University’s School of Accountancy on Digital Forensics Investigations, and provides commentary to media on Cybersecurity.  
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Phyllis Tham

Head of Financial Lines Singapore, Delta Underwriting

Phyllis currently heads the Financial Lines portfolio at Delta Underwriting, a Lloyds cover holder based in Singapore, where she oversees Cyber and Technology Liability solutions across the Asia Pacific region.She brings over 18 years of experience in Financial Lines underwriting and portfolio management, with specialization in Cyber, Technology Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance.Prior to Delta, she has held underwriting roles with leading global insurers including AIG, Allied World and AXA.

0.5 CPE Hour

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