Mr. Sovann GiangCA Singapore, CPA Canada
Senior Director, Risk Advisory, RSM
Sovann is Senior Director at RSM’s Risk Advisory division and heads the Board Leadership Advisory team. He advises and conducts training for boards on effective board oversight, corporate governance, SGX Listing Rules, sustainability reporting, charity regulations, risk management, family business architecture, governance, relations and succession planning.
As head of non-profit sector, Sovann has assisted many charities and IPCs in improving their governance practices. His works include advising on corporate structure, constitutional documents, board and committee roles and structure, risk governance and internal control. Sovann is a trainer for Social Service Institute where he facilitates various workshops for board and management of social service organisations. Sovann also works with Chartered Secretary Institute of Singapore, with support from the Charity Council, to deliver risk management workshop for charities.
He is an independent director of 2 SGX listed companies and his board responsibilities include lead independent director, chairman of the audit & risk committee, chairman of remuneration committee, and member of the nominating committee. He is also independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the risk oversight committee of the Cambodia Post Bank PLC. Sovann had previously served as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of several Singapore-listed companies and large public entity.
In addition, Sovann was Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors where he also sat on the Organising Committee of the Singapore Corporate Awards and co-managed the Best Managed Board Award for Singapore-listed companies. He had also written many articles on directorship, risk management and internal control, sustainability reporting, and corporate oversight.
