Lem Chin Kok

As a Partner at KPMG in Singapore, Lem Chin Kok heads the firm’s forensic practices in Asia Pacific, Singapore and Indonesia.

He is the chairman of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants’ (ISCA) Financial Forensic Accounting Oversight Committee. He assisted in the design and development of the ISCA financial forensic professional programme, the first applied learning financial forensic qualification developed by a professional qualification body in the region.

He is also a board member of the Goods and Services Tax Board of Review (GSTBR), a tax board under the Ministry of Finance which adjudicates disputes between taxpayers and the Comptroller of Goods and Services Tax.

Prior to joining KPMG, Chin Kok was the Regional Finance Manager of a Singapore-listed company where he managed the financial functions of the group’s regional subsidiaries. He started his career with the Singapore Police Force, where he specialised in the investigation of white-collar crimes such as criminal breach of trust, forgery and cheating.