Speaker Bio:

Rachel brings with her more than two decades of deep and broad strategic as well as operational experiences with Fortune 500 companies, Big 4 firms, local listed companies (family offices & public) and statutory boards. Her leadership has seen organisations being supported in various areas including corporate governance, risk management, internal audit, integrated assurance, compliance, transformation, business process re-engineering, SOX 404 and FCPA.

Rachel is currently the Senior Director, Group Internal Audit of Tote Board Group. Prior to this, she held several other senior management roles, including being a Chief Financial Officer and Internal Controls Director of a healthcare organisation, a Director in the Big 4 professional firms and held regional roles in a U.S Fortune 100 conglomerate where she was responsible for overseeing compliance, transformation and shared services centre for South East Asia, India, Australia & New Zealand markets.

Rachel’s role often requires synthesising complex information into clear and compelling data to drive collaborative interaction with C-suites and boards of directors. As a progressive thinker and a quick implementer, she appreciates exchanges of perspectives and divergent points-of-views, to influence systemic change in policies, frameworks and organisational culture.

Rachel holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Accounting and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Finance from Monash University, Australia. She is also a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Practising Accountant (Singapore and Australia) and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Last but not least, Rachel enjoys playing the piano along with favourite melodies and travelling to new destinations.