Ming Chew has over two decades of experience in a wide range of areas including statutory audit, transaction reporting for IPOs, share registration and IPO processing, internal audit, risk management, IT/cybersecurity advisory, operational risk and control review, financial due diligence, management consulting, and corporate governance advisory. He serves a broad spectrum of clients, from private and public listed companies to multinational corporations, across various industries for their outsource/co-source internal audit needs. These industries include financial services, property development, engineering & construction, plantation, manufacturing, hotel & leisure, oil & gas, furniture, food & beverages, retail, pharmaceutical, logistics, information technology, and non-governmental organisations.

Ming Chew is also actively involved in providing corporate training on governance, ERM, business continuity, cybersecurity and corporate liability to companies of various sizes from public listed to small & medium enterprises. Additionally, he is actively involved with professional associations such as the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (IIAM) and the ISACA Malaysia Chapter, serving on various committees and delivering talks at seminars and public forums to advocate for the profession of internal audit.

He started off his career in external audit in year 2001 with a local firm and has pioneered the setting up of the internal audit outsource services in year 2005. The services were initially carried out under several different companies which eventually evolved into NGL Tricor Governance Sdn Bhd (NTG), a joint venture company with Tricor Malaysia as a consultancy practice specialising in providing independent assurance and consulting services for corporations that requires cost effective and immediate solutions for their governance, risk management and internal control needs. Ming Chew served as its Managing Director between the years 2013 and 2020.

Ming Chew was appointed as an Executive Director of Tricor Axcelasia Sdn Bhd following the acquisition of the entire share capital of NTG by Tricor Axcelasia in year 2020, a position he held till year 2024. At Tricor Axcelasia, he was responsible for overseeing internal audit and internal controls assessments for companies seeking IPO to list on Bursa Malaysia and Singapore Stock Exchange, which involves providing effective corporate governance, risk management, and internal control solutions to the clients. Ming Chew left Tricor Axcelasia for a short period of time and subsequently return as its Managing Director, which has since been renamed as Axcelasia Sdn Bhd.

During the intervening years between 2010 to 2012, Ming Chew also took on the role as the Executive Director of Equiniti Services Sdn Bhd (now known as Tricor Investor & Issuing House Services Sdn Bhd), a company principally involved in the business of share registration and IPO processing. He was responsible for the overall financial and operational management of the company. Further, during this period, he had held a Capital Market and Services Representative Licence (CMSRL) issued by the Securities Commission of Malaysia. As a CMSRL holder, Ming Chew has undergone regular AML trainings as well as conducting internal control assessments on AML/CFT compliance for companies regulated by the SC, BNM and LFSA.

Focus:

• Internal audit
• Internal Control Assessment
• PRE-IPO GRC Assessment
• Governance
• Risk management
• IT Strategy & Consultation

Education & Professional Memberships:

• 1. CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor, ISACA (USA)
• 2. CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control, ISACA (USA)
• 3. CGEIT – Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT, ISACA (USA)
• 4. CIA – Certified Internal Auditor, IIA (USA)
• 5. CRMA – Certified Risk Management Assurance, IIA (USA)
• 6. qAC – Quality Assessor Certificate, IIA (USA)
• 7. CMIIA - Professional Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia
• 8. FCCA – Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
• 9. CA(M) – Chartered Accountant, Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
• 10. Bachelor of Arts in Business Accounting (Hons) – University of Lincolnshire & Humberside (UK)
• 11. Certified Trainer by the Human Resources Development Corporation, Malaysia