Ts. Sia Chin Hoe

Sia Chin Hoe is an Audit Partner at KPMG in Malaysia and Partner-in-Charge of IT Audit services. He also double-hats as the Head of KPMG’s China Business Practice in Malaysia.

With over 20 years of experience, Sia specializes in financial and IT audit, internal control review, due diligence exercise, merger and acquisition, restructuring, private debts and funds raising exercises including Initial Public Offering (IPO) for local and international markets. As the head of IT audit, Sia is responsible for overseeing IT audit support for audit engagements. He has managed numerous large-scale IT audit projects and currently serves as the lead IT audit specialist for clients from a wide range of industries including oil and gas, banking, digital banking, insurance, financial institutions, e-Commerce, e-Money and e-Wallet issuers, payment gateways operators, data services centers, digital contents providers, and technology solutions firms.

Furthermore, Sia is well versed in the regulatory requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) framework. He has also assisted many organizations in assessing their ERP system implementations and has provided IT attestation services for service organizations under the ISAE 3402 and ISAE 3000 standards. He is a regular guest speaker at local and international university and college events, webinars, lectures, and forums for regulators and professional bodies in relation to IT audit.