CEO Today Management Consulting Awards 2021

SINGAPORE

CEO TODAY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AWARDS 2021

Henry Tan Co-founder & Founder

Contact Details Henry Tan Group CEO & Chief Innovation Officer Nexia TS Pte Ltd 80 Robinson Road,

#25-00, Singapore 068898 E: henrytan@nexiats.com.sg T: +65 6536 5466

ABOUT HENRY TAN Henry Tan is the co-founder and Group CEO & Chief Innovation Officer of Nexia TS Pte Ltd. He began his career with one of the Big Four audit firms after graduating from the National University of Singapore with a First-Class Honours degree in Accountancy. He later moved on to set up his own accounting firm with another business partner, Sitoh Yih Pin, who had the same vision and saw the opportunity to carve a niche in the market. Henry has received numerous accolades for his outstanding work as a leader and entrepreneur where he received the Spirit of Enterprise Award in 2004 and more recently conferred the Nanyang Alumni Achievement Award by Nanyang Technological University. Henry is a Council Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, and Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore, Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, Australia CPA and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He is an Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) of Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals Limited and a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. He is also on the Council of Institute of Valuers & Appraisals Singapore and formerly served in entrepreneurial organisations as Chairman, President of Spirit of Enterprise and Executive Committee of Singapore Fintech Association. With strategic foresight, Henry has not only expanded the firmʼs footprints into the regional Asia but also added new businesses such as Business Digitisation and Transformation to complement traditional Assurance and Accounting services. Nexia TS has grown steadily and is now ranked among the top ten largest accounting firms in Singapore. The firm was conferred various prominent awards under his leadership, the Singapore 1000 Awards 2020, the Dun & Bradstreet Business Eminence Awards 2019, and the Innovation Award (Large Practice Category) under the Singapore Accountancy Awards 2016. As an early pioneer consultant, Henry continues to bring in Chinese companies to list on the Singapore Exchange. His interest in entrepreneurship make him a good advisor to family owned business patriarch as he understands their hearts and minds. Those who worked with Henry retained him on the board. His board directorship included these companies: AREiT, Raffles Education, Chosen, Pertama (Harvey Norman), YHI, BH Global, Asia Vet, Dyna-Mac and China Newtown. Realising the importance of corporate citizenship, Henry also firmly believes in paying forward by offering both internship and full- time employment opportunities, and monetary support to set up the Nexia TS Public Accounting Corporation Scholarship and the

Entrepreneursʼ Organisation Bursary Fund, to the financially-needy accountancy graduates. He sees this as a way of encouraging growth of the accountancy profession and aid aspiring students to achieve their career goals. Besides as the Chairman of the Nanyang Business School Deanʼs Alumni Advisory Board, he is very involved advising the dean and other senior management on the Schoolʼs strategic direction. FIRMPROFILE Established in 1993 and a member firm of Nexia International, Nexia TS offers a full suite of professional services ranging fromAssurance, Tax Advisory, Corporate Governance, Internal Audit, Valuation Advisory, M&A Advisory to Corporate Recovery and Forensic Investigation. Our reputation is built on technical competence, personalised approach, proactive client servicing and a commitment to unwavering integrity and professionalism. Twenty-eight years on and quality remains the hallmark of Nexia TS. Our clientele comprises public-listed Groups, local SMEs, multi- national corporations and non-profit organisations, which operate in Singapore and the Asia Pacific regions. To-date, the firmhas assisted a total of 38 IPO listings in the capacity of Reporting Accountant and Consultancy roles, and achieved a consistent IPO track record in the past 5 years. We have served over 90 listed companies in the areas of external audit, internal audit and advisory. Led by a young and dynamic team of directors and more than 200 professional staffs in Singapore, Shanghai, Iskandar Malaysia and Yangon offices, Nexia TS offers seamless solutions when it comes to managing cross-border business issues. As part of the Nexia International network, we are affiliated to accounting firms in more than 122 countries and supported by over 32,000 staff for international assignments. Nexia TS is also associated with Smith & Williamson, a leading financial services firm and one of the top ten largest firms of accountants in the UK, with 12 offices in the UK, Ireland and Jersey, providing an extensive network to better serve our clients looking into global expansion. Our desire for quality has been recognised by clients and the accounting profession. As testimony to this, we are one of the first local accounting firms to be accredited by the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales to provide the supervision of professionals undergoing traineeship to qualify as Chartered Accountants.

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