Wee Yeak Ing
Audit Partner
Yeak Ing is PWCO’s head partner of audit. Since joining in 1991 and till 2017, she has served in the capacity of audit and assurance for many of our largest SGX-listed clients, rising through the ranks and eventually in the capacity of partner in 2002. She was instrumental in helping many large mainland chinese companies develop their business and expand into the Asia pacific region, and instumental in the development of our IPO services in Singapore.
Prior to being appointed to this post in September 2020, Yeak Ing served in as the GFC for various water treatment companies, laying the groundwork and overseeing the exeuction of these companies being listed on SGX. In her many years of experience, she has in-depth expertise in shipping, information technology and hospitality sectors.
Yeak Ing has spearheaded our innovation efforts, leading the investment and deployment of many new technology solutions in 2020. She helped create the initiative of the SmartAudit programme, redefining how PWCO engagement members redefine their work through the use of RPA, technology and data, whilst also creating new solutions in the process.
She also serves on the board on several consulting arms, significantly positioned and developed for the focus on environmental and social sustainability in the modern 21st century.
Publications
Blockchain Implications on the Shared Ownership of Real Estate
The foundations of the Sharing Economy The term 'Sharing Economy' has grown to become an umbrella term for a wide range of non-ownership forms of consumption activities such as swapping, [...]
Responsibilities and Skills of a Good Auditor
As per the Singapore Companies Act, only registered public accountants may audit financial reports of companies that do not meet the “small company” criteria for audit exemption. Auditors are expected [...]
Top 3 Criteria for Hiring an Auditing Firm in Singapore
Hiring an audit firm is an important milestone for businesses and companies as an effort to guarantee the accuracy and transparency of their financial reports. By Singaporean legislation, companies that [...]
The Purpose of Audits and How Your Business Can Benefit from Them
A recent survey from the Singapore office of the reputed accounting firm PWC has unveiled that the percentage of companies who trade in the Singapore Exchange that have decided to [...]
Accounting fraud takes a new dimension in China
China’s biggest accounting firm Ruihua CPA’s is being investigated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) after one of its clients was found to have infested its profits by RMB [...]
Case Study: Thomas Cook plc, A lesson to be learned
The oldest Travel Agent 178 years collapsed and went into administration in the UK on 23rd September 2019. It was founded in 1841 in Leicestershire by Thomas Cook a cabinet-maker. [...]