KY Choong is a Senior Advisor with Aurtus and is based in Singapore. He is an industry stalwart with over 30 years of international tax experience.  Prior to joining Aurtus, he worked at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong and Singapore for 12 years. In his last role of  Senior Tax Advisor, he focused on the global implementation of CRS and FATCA reporting (global reporting of tax information on bank and investment accounts).

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He was a Tax Partner and the Regional Tax Head of Structured Finance and Financial Products with PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and has served in various offices within the APAC region from 1989 to 2006. During his tenure as a tax advisor in Hong Kong, KY Choong’s clients included various business units of multi-national banks with regional headquarters in Hong Kong. These included JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Natwest.

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His industry experience includes corporate finance, aircraft leasing, lease financing, structured finance, trade finance, private equity, venture capital funds, note-issuing vehicles, securitisation structures, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, and various custody structures.

 

KY Choong’s tax governance expertise in a multi-national context includes designing and overseeing tax processes and controls to achieve a high degree of automation in tax reporting. 

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His experience also includes overseeing the continued development of such processes and updating controls in line with regulatory changes, business changes and changes in transaction processing systems.