Ian Hong

Ian has over 18 years of financial audit experience and leads the KPMG Singapore Sustainability Services team. He advises prominent companies from a range of sectors and engages various stakeholders on governance, management and monitoring of sustainability issues including development of sustainability governance structure, stakeholder management, sustainability programmes, materiality process and sustainability reporting.

Ian is a committee member of the Singapore Institute of Directors’ Sustainability Council and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants Corporate Reporting Council, which has been tasked to increase the awareness and quality of sustainability reporting in Singapore. He sits on the assessment committees for the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards and the Singapore Apex CSR Awards to assess and provide recommendations on a range of sustainability solutions and best practices. Ian contributes to sustainability thought leadership and publications and is a regular presenter and panelist at global and regional conferences organised by regulators, professional bodies and industry associations, including Singapore Institute of Investors (SID), Singapore Exchange (SGX), Global Compact Network of Singapore (GCSN), Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CANNZ) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).