Change & Innovation in Governance7th Singapore Corporate Governance Week

Sovann is Senior Director of Risk Advisory where he advises and conducts training for boards on effective board oversight, corporate governance, listing rules, risk management, charity regulations, growth planning, M&A, profit improvement, family governance and succession planning. He also assists boards in conducting board effectiveness reviews to improve corporate governance practices, and acts as an independent coordinator for board performance evaluation.

He is the lead independent director, chairman of the audit & risk committee, and a member of the nominating and remuneration committees of a company listed on the Singapore Exchange. In addition, Sovann is an independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the risk oversight committee of a bank. He is also an audit committee member of a registered charity. Sovann had previously served as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of several Singapore-listed companies.

In addition, Sovann was Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors where he also sat on the Organising Committee of the Singapore Corporate Awards and co-managed the Best Managed Board Award for Singapore-listed companies. He had also written many articles on independent directorship, internal control and risk management.

He started his career as a public accountant in Canada and had extensive audit and tax practice experience with a Big 4 firm in Canada and Singapore. After leaving the public accounting practice, Sovann served as a senior executive in an MNC, a regional conglomerate and Singapore-listed companies. With more than 30 years of operational and financial management experience in many industries such as aerospace, F&B, flexible packaging, mining, oil & gas, real estate, telecommunications, and trading & distribution, Sovann is well positioned to help companies enhance their strategic value.