Benjamin Kan Yut Keong

Mr Kan Yut Keong, Benjamin joined the Group in 2014. He graduated from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom with B.Sc. Economics (Hons). He then articled with Grant Thornton in London and was admitted as Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in 1983. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Mr Kan was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore for more than 30 years. At that time, he covered insolvency services, management consulting and in the last 12 years, he built a new business unit focussing on corporate finance related activities. Following significant growth in the first 4 years, the partnership decided to form a separate licensed business entity, PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Pte Ltd and in 2002 obtained a Capital Market Services licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Mr Kan had remained as its Managing Director until he retired from the partnership in June 2014.

Mr Kan has over 35 years of extensive advisory experience working in the Asian region and the United Kingdom. His clients include the public sector, multinational corporation, government linked companies as well as many emerging local companies.

Mr Kan was appointed a member of Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore in August 2016 for a 3-year term and he has just been re-appointed for another 3-year term. In January 2018, Mr Kan was also appointed a member of the Securities Industry Council and has also been reappointed for another 2-year term from 1 January 2020. In June 2018, Mr Kan joined the board of the Mainboard listed PropNex Limited.