Catherine Cheng
Partner of Assurance and Advisory
Catherine has over 15 years experience in audit and financial consulting services, serving 8 years with Ernst and Young. She was a Senior Audit Manager before she left for the commercial sector. She serviced local SMEs and MNCs. Her broad range of clients includes pharmaceutical, architectural, shipping, construction, commodities trading, manufacturing, telecommunication software, electronics, travel, advertising, entertainment, trade union, engineering and trading companies. Catherine also has extensive experience in UK, practising in Public Practice and commercial entities such as Civil Aviation Authority and export house.
Highlights of Catherine's experience in Ernst & Young include:
- Conducted due diligence review in connection with the proposed acquisition of a company
- Conducted internal controls review and provide recommendations
- Perform audit on a company in their preparation for listing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- Review of MAS compliance policies for a forex trading company
- Review of MAS compliance policies for a money remittance agency
- Performed a fraud investigation review for an advertising and an electrical company in Singapore
- Conducted GST review on a company with a recovery of unclaimed GST
Some of Catherine's major clients in Ernst & Young include:
- Sun Microsystems Singapore Pte Ltd
- Gray Advertising Singapore Pte Ltd
- Shell Employees' Union
- Eli Lilly Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- Lilly-NUS Centre for Clinical Pharmacology Pte Ltd
- Cincinnati Milacron International Marketing Singapore Branch
- Chiyoda Corporation Singapore Branch
Qualifications:
- Degree in Bachelor of Accounting and Finance, Kingston University, UK
- Fellow Member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
- Practising Member of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore