Our professional team comprises of various individuals who have extensive and vast experience in the field of Corporate Governance, Internal Auditing & Risk Management. Rest assured that you will be getting the best service when engaged.
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Associate Director – Corporate Governance, Internal Audit & Risk Management
Mr. Leonard Lim CMIIA(M), FIPA(Aust), FFA(UK), BCom(Acc)(NZ) is a practicing internal auditor with over 20 years of experience and the Head of Internal Audit Services of Synergy Group specialising in providing corporate governance, risk assessments and internal audit solutions ranging from small and medium companies up to large public listed companies (Main Board & ACE). He has obtained vast experience and knowledge of internal controls and audits from various public listed companies on Bursa Malaysia in the following industries, i.e. Banking/Finance, Information Technology, Logistics, Plantations, Education, Multimedia, Property Development, Construction, Manufacturing, Trading, Retailing, Travel and Entertainment etc. He is also well versed with the regulations and requirements for companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia and the Code of Corporate Governance. He conducts internal audits utilising risk assessment, structured risk management techniques and assessing the adequacy and integrity of internal controls based on the COSO Framework.
As the Division Head, he oversees all marketing activities and strategies towards targeting potential clients for the Company. As a team player, he is overall in-charge of the auditing teams covering audit planning, scheduling of audit teams with specific reviews of risk identification and risk assessment carried out on identified auditable areas of respective clients. He frequently attends all quarterly meetings and presents the activity reports for Audit Committees evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of client internal audit controls and systems. These assist the clients’ management and the Audit Committees in discharging their duties and responsibilities effectively by providing an independent, objective assurance and advisory services. Currently, he is also an active independent scrutineer for annual/extraordinary general meetings of various clients.
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Managing Director – Accounting Systems & Networking, Retail Systems, Corporate Governance, Internal Audit & Risk Management
Mr. PH Tan BCom(Acc)(NZ) is an internal audit practitioner, treasury and financial expert with more than 20 years’ experience in accounting, finance and internal audit. He is the Managing Director of Synergy Group and his specialities include system implementation and assessments of systems using various tools such as ODBC driver, CAATS (computer assisted audit programmes), writing queries and analysis using both Microsoft Access/Excel. Such tools to help assess the weakness of internal control as implemented by clients and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance. He is also familiar with the requirements of carrying out investigations into corporate fraud activities and the requirements of the corporate governance.
His broad range of experience and knowledge of internal controls was obtained from his experience, namely locally in the following industries: Banking & Finance, Trading, Retail, Manufacturing, Plantations, Real Estate, Information Technology and Hotel Management. He has carried out risk assessment exercises for numerous companies, has been involved in SDLC processes in the implementation of a number of IT applications during his career, and has led investigations into a number of corporate fraud activities.
His in-depth knowledge of ERP system has enabled him to be made the Project Manager/Leader in the ERP Implementation of clients. As a project leader, he also active in implementing Autopay/Autodebit modules. He has extensive experience in problem solving and in designing procedures/operating manuals of the systems he has successfully implemented.
