Deloitte Singapore has appointed Cheung Pui Yuen, who is the Singapore deputy managing partner for operations, as its new country managing partner. Cheung will assume his new role as country managing partner for the Singapore practice from Jan 1, 2019.

Cheung will succeed Philip Yuen, who holds dual roles as chief executive officer (CEO) for Deloitte in South-east Asia as well as the country managing partner in Singapore. Yuen will continue in his post as the CEO of Deloitte Southeast Asia and will take on the role of chairman of Deloitte Singapore.

 Cheung comes with more than 29 years of public accounting experience and was appointed Deloitte Singapore's audit and assurance leader in 2007. Later on, he became the audit and assurance regional managing partner for Deloitte Southeast Asia in 2011, roles which he held until 2016. Since 2016, he has been the Singapore deputy managing partner for operations.

In addition, Cheung is a member of the Deloitte Singapore Management Committee and sits on the board of both Deloitte Asia Pacific and Deloitte Southeast Asia. He is also the deputy chairman of the Accounting Standards Council of Singapore and sits on the audit committee of the Singapore Academy of Law.

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