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Our partners and managers are proactive and hands-on, ensuring your discussions are productive in addressing your business needs. Our approach is premised on understanding your business and industry, allowing us to provide useful insights and recommendations that add value and drive growth.
Lucas Tran
Lucas is responsible for all services of WLT.
With a career spanning 4 decades, Lucas is a trusted name in the accounting industry. He is well qualified to deliver the solutions you need for your business growth. Before WLT, he was a partner in KPMG until his early retirement in 2020. His extensive experience covers a wide array of industries from investments to construction, manufacturing, trading and properties of both private and listed companies. He has assisted companies in IPO, RTO, M&A and other capital market transactions. He has also advised companies in restructuring and structured transaction arrangements.
Coupled with his experience sitting on various boards of companies and regulatory committees, his advice are balanced and practical.
Wee Koon
Wee Koon has extensive experience in the deal advisory space. He was a former Senior Advisor to a Japan listed leading boutique M&A advisory firm that focuses on SME deals. Wee Koon assisted in the Japanese firm’s expansion into Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Before his role with the Japanese M&A firm, he was a former Partner/ Executive Director of KPMG Deal Advisory in Singapore. He has advised on regional M&A due diligence project covering Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, India, US, Israel, Korea, China, Saudi Arabia & France.
He has been the Lead Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair of Singapore listed Hyphens Pharma since its IPO in 2018. He is also concurrently a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees. Hyphens Pharma is a leading regional pharmaceutical group based in Singapore. In 2024, Hyphens Pharma was awarded the Best Managed Board Gold award for market cap below SGD300m at the 19th edition of the Singapore Corporate Awards.
Wee Koon holds a Bachelor of Business Administration qualification from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration from Nanjing University of China. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Senior Accredited Director.
David Lee
David has practitioner experience of over 40 years in Singapore and international taxation including Singapore Corporate and Business Income Tax, Withholding Tax, Tax Incentives, Tax Audits, Personal Income Tax, Transfer Pricing, Goods and Services Tax and Stamp Duty. His experience spans both the tax compliance and advisory aspects of taxation, from the filing of tax returns to the structuring of cross border transactions and entities. He has had extensive involvement with a diverse portfolio of clientele both local and global, and from a broad spectrum of industries that included oil and gas, insurance, fund management, growth funds, private equity funds, shipping, shipbuilding, construction, port, power, telecommunications, manufacturing, hotel, trading, services and investment companies. His clientele included, global multinational companies, government linked enterprises, private enterprises and publicly listed companies.
He was a Partner at KPMG Singapore for over 18 years having headed tax projects that included mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and investments in various countries in the region. Notable mergers included the Temasek Holdings subsidiary groups, Sembcorp Industries Ltd (merger of ST Industrial Corporation and Sembawang Corporation) and Capitaland (merger of Pidemco Land and DBS Land), JTC operating arms (Ascendas Science Parks and Jurong Port) and the spin-off of the M&W Zander Engineering group with the intention of listing in Singapore responsible for the privatization. He was also the global Tax lead partner for the acquisition of 117-year-old Raffles Hotel, along with 40 other hotels and properties worldwide by US- based investment fund Colony Capital LLC for S$1.72 billion (US$1 billion), and appointed as a follow on, as the global tax lead partner for the global merger and restructure of the Raffles, Swissotel and Fairmont chains by Colony Capital. David assisted in initiating the entry of Aberdeen Asset Management and the subsequent collective investments funds into the Singapore funds market in 1992.
David holds a Bachelor of Accountancy qualification from the National University of Singapore (1981) and is an Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax & GST) in the institute of Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals.
Edi Ng
Edi is a chartered accountant with over 25 years of practitioner experience. She started her accounting career with Deloitte Singapore before joining WLT Assurance and setting up the firm’s accounting and corporate secretarial departments more than 20 years ago. Edi has been advising local and international clients from a wide range of industries on accounting, corporate secretarial and GST matters
Edi holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of Strathclyde, UK. She is a practising member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants having been admitted in 2001, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 2005 and an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Income Tax and GST) since 2010. She is a Public Accountant of Singapore and an Approved Liquidator registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
Dennis Ong
Dennis has been in public accounting for about 20 years. He has extensive experience in financial reporting.
Dennis started his career with KPMG before leaving in 2011 as a manager. He obtained his practising license in 2015 and joined WLT in 2022.
His professional audit experience covers a portfolio of public and privately-owned companies from various industries including manufacturing, education, shipping, construction, salvage, trading and retail. Dennis has also performed work relating to restructuring and financial due diligence reviews.
Gan Hwee Leng
Hwee Leng retired as a partner of the Indirect Tax Practice KPMG in 2022 and remained a consultant with KPMG to September 2024. She has experience in Goods and Services Tax (GST) matters, both as a regulator and as a business adviser. She has assisted businesses in responding to audit queries from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), resolving disputes, seeking tax rulings, Assisted Self-help Kit (“ASK”), and advising businesses of their GST process controls in connection with the Assisted Compliance Assurance Programme (“ACAP”) launched by the IRAS.
Hwee Leng advises businesses across a wide range of industries including financial sector, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, retail, energy, hospitalities, shipping, logistics, life sciences and statutory boards. Prior to KPMG, she was with the IRAS for 15 years as a senior tax officer. During her tenure in the IRAS, she was involved in tax policy matters on GST as well as corporate tax, advance income tax ruling, international taxation, transfer pricing and tax treaties. She was part of the GST implementation team in the IRAS and was involved in the drafting of the various circulars on the operation of GST, the GST legislation, schemes for businesses and the marketing of GST to the public and businesses and audit of businesses.
She represented KPMG at the OECD Technical Advisory Group / Business and Industry Advisory Committee meetings and was a member of the KPMG Global Indirect Tax Services Policy Group. She is a trainer at the Singapore Tax Academy for many years and also a regular speaker at tax seminars and one of the contributors of the Goods and Services Tax – Law & Practice, 2nd edition and a co-author of “Taxation of Insurance Business in Singapore – Direct and Indirect Taxation”, both published by Lexis Nexis.
- Hwee Leng was recognised as one of the leading tax practitioners by the International Tax Review in the last few years, published in the Indirect Tax Leaders Guide. She was also recognised as one of the leading women tax practitioners by International Tax Review in 2021 and the past few years.
Hwee Leng holds the following qualifications:
. Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from National University of Singapore, Singapore
. Master’s in Public Administration/International Harvard University, USA·. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
- Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax & GST), Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professional
Eddy Putra
Eddy is an experienced chartered accountant and an alumnus of Deloitte Singapore. He has also gained commercial experience during his tenure with a public listed firm which helps him to understand the inrticacies of day to day operations, efficient corporate structuring, M&A activities, corporate compliance and regulations
Prior to his current position, he was the head of the accounting and tax team of a Singapore based corporate services firm specializing in global client advisory in business expansion and corporate migration o Singapore
His clients have grown to appreciate his advice being practical and easy to understand. His interactions with clients from different countries have given him an edge to understand the needs of his clients.
Eddy is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and holds a degree in Bachelor of Accountancy from Nayang Technological University of Singapore
Jayden Tan
Jayden started his accounting career with PwC before leaving as a senior manager to join an international consulting firm. He joined WLT in 2022.
His client portfolio comprises various public and privately-owned companies from various industries, including fund management, real estate, investment holding, technology, info-communication, semiconductor, manufacturing, trading and retail.
Jayden is experienced in financial reporting and SOX reporting. He has also undertaken work relating to valuation, internal audit and enterprise risk management.
Ng Ee Theng
Ee Theng has over 13 years of tax experience specialising in indirect tax. She commenced her career in Big 4 Accounting firms in both Singapore and Malaysia. Her portfolio of clients at the firms includes companies from industries such as funds, banks, insurance, REITs and registered business trusts, public healthcare, marine and shipping, investment holding companies, logistics and freight forwarding, manufacturing, retail, trading, news publishing, hotels and serviced apartments. She has conducted close to 40 Assisted Compliance Assurance Programme (ACAP) cases, which is a 15-month voluntary programme initiated by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore to provide a holistic framework for businesses to proactively manage their GST risks and controls by understanding the business process flows and the GST controls maintained in the operating and financial systems. She has also conducted the Assisted Self-Help Kit (ASK) for GST scheme renewal such as Major Exporter Scheme, GST Health Checks, due diligence for M&As and review of GST returns. She has also provided GST advisory work and addressed IRAS’ queries/audits for businesses in Singapore.
During her time in a significant mid-tier firm in Singapore, she successfully assisted her client in securing S$8 million of input tax claim. Her major clients include Weave Living group, Lonpac Insurance Bhd, Pop Mart Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Munters Corp Ireland Limited, NovogeneAIT Genomics Singapore Pte Ltd and China Merchant Energy Trading (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Ee Theng’s qualifications are as follows:
.Accredited Tax Practitioner (GST), Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP)
- Head of GST, SW Singapore (2022 – current) Curriculum Vitae
- Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers Taxation Services Sdn Bhd, Malaysia (2010)
- Manager, KPMG Services Pte Ltd, Singapore (2011 – 2020)
Soh Suan Lin Gina
Gina has over 20 years of tax experience including transfer pricing (TP). She commenced her career in a medium sized accounting firm and a Big Four (Deloitte Malaysia). She was the Tax Accountant for a MNC (Advanced Micro Devices) for close to 5 years handling international tax. Her tax experience includes Corporate and Business Income Tax, various tax incentives applications and Transfer Pricing (TP). She also headed the TP practice in a significant mid tier firm in Singapore for over 6 years and is dedicated to assist companies to plan and document appropriate TP strategy for their inter-company transactions.
She oversees the TP projects including documentation studies, audit related matters and planning studies for Clients. The industries she has served include Investment fund management, commodity trading, shipping, manufacturing, food industry, construction, biotechnology, electronics, etc.
She has wide experience in the review and preparation of TP documentation projects (Master File and Local File) and benchmarking studies for multinationals companies, specializing in a wide range of intercompany transactions, such as management services, royalty, loan transactions, etc.
She has handled TP queries from the Comptroller of Income Tax for the Clients. She also provided TP consulting, due diligence and documentation services for international organizations with regards to disputes and compliance matters.
Major clients of Gina amongst a number of others include e-Commodity Holdings Pte Ltd, China Merchant Group of Companies, Novogene AIT Genomics Singapore.
Gina is a member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM) and also a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK (ICSA)
Yong Xiu Wei
Xiu Wei worked for one of the Big Four in Malaysia for 6 years before joining a significant mid-tier firm in Singapore. She has close to 15 years of professional work experience, accumulating relevant experience in audit and tax, with more than 8 years specialising in transfer pricing (TP) related services in Singapore and Malaysia.
She previously held a managerial role in the TP division of Deloitte Malaysia. She was the pioneer of the team and instrumental in developing the TP practice for the branch office.
She has assisted large multinational companies in preparing TP defense documentation and represented clients in response to TP audits and voluntary disclosure projects before the Malaysian tax authority. Her expertise is conducting planning study, risk management and providing advice to clients and ensure compliance for various related party transactions such as management services, royalties, loan transactions, etc.
She is responsible for TP implementation relating to MNCs including the Singapore subsidiaries of China based corporation, including Shandong Shipping Corporation, Sinotrans Overseas Development Limited, Wuxi Boda New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
Xiu Wei’s qualifications include being a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Accountants (FCCA)
and an Associate Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Fang Lee Wei
Lee Wei has about 28 years of finance and consulting experience gained with SGX listed companies and large corporation across various industries as well as EY. She started her career in EY across both audit and advisory departments where she was involved in financial due diligence, valuations, corporate restructurings, etc.
Previously, Lee Wei was CFO at a large oil refinery in Singapore. Besides overseeing finance and tax matters, corporate secretarial and corporate insurance are also under her purview. Prior to this, Lee Wei was CFO at Hyphens Pharma for 12 years and led the company to IPO in 2018. She led the Finance, Investor Relations, Supply Chain and Digital Transformation functions.
Throughout her career, Lee Wei had been actively involved in business strategy, FP&A, M&A transactions, post-acquisition integration, fund-raising and securing government grants. Besides handling operations in Singapore, Lee Wei also has exposure to businesses in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam during her stints at various listed companies.
Outside of work, Lee Wei had volunteered on the Board of the National Arthritis Foundation for 9 years. In her last term, she was the Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee. In the past, she had been the Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee.
Lee Wei’s qualifications are as follows:
.Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
. Masters of Commerce (International Business), University of New South Wales, Australia
. Member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
. Member of Singapore Institute of Directors
