Mr Pok Soy Yoong is an Independent Director and a Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Manager.
Mr Pok was the Head of Tax - Ernst & Young Singapore when he retired from professional practice on 31 December 2008. He had also served as a member of Ernst & Young Singapore Management Committee from 1 July 2002 and as the Chief Operating Officer of the Ernst & Young Far East Tax Practices, covering 15 countries.
Mr Pok's tax career spanned 32 years in the areas of Singapore direct tax and international tax. He is among the leading tax experts in Singapore on complex tax transactions and issues, and is particularly noted for his leading role in the creation of the taxation framework for REITs.
Mr Pok is the author of the book entitled "Singapore Taxation", published by Butterworths. He regularly contributes tax-related articles to the local press, and frequently speaks at tax conferences.
In addition, Mr Pok is a member on the Board of the Tax Academy of Singapore, a company limited by guarantee, set up as a non-profit institution by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore in collaboration with the international accounting firms – Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the Law Society of Singapore.
Mr Pok also served two terms on the Ministry of Finance's Tax Advisory Committee.