Issue 16 / February 2016 Deloitte Alumni News Alumni matters Ushering in the Monkey Year Refer a friend Know of a friend, colleague or relative who is a Deloitte Alumni Welcome to 2016’s first issue of Deloitte Alumni News. but not registered in our network? Invite them to visit our website The Deloitte Singapore Alumni programme allows us to stay in touch with former colleagues and peers who or LinkedIn page, or simply email are now developing their careers beyond Deloitte. As an Alumni member, we encourage you to keep in touch [email protected] to with former colleagues and be active in the extended Deloitte network. register to be an Alumni member. This newsletter provides an insight on the latest news, events and developments within Deloitte Singapore Upon successful registration, they and our regional and global network. will receive a confirmation email that will enable them to log-on our In this issue, we take a look at Deloitte’s involvement in the 8th ASEAN Para Games, our annual Dinner & alumni portal and gain access to Dance and various updates on initiatives and events that happened in the final quarter of 2015. exclusive materials. If you have any feedback, please Feature story Around the region contact us at sgalumni@deloitte. • Delivering the dream for the 8th ASEAN Para Games • Deloitte Malaysia’s 41st TaxMax seminar provides com. We look forward to your insights on Malaysia’s 2016 Budget views as we continuously evolve Deloitte Singapore highlights • Deloitte reveals rankings of 500 fastest-growing the Deloitte Singapore Alumni • Nurturing netball talent in Singapore technology companies across Asia experience. • Deloitte Singapore launches new Financial • Deloitte Thailand showcases innovation expertise Management Competency Advisory offering at IIA annual seminar • Building eminence at the 4th Annual Fintech • Collaboration with China’s Ministry of Commerce Innovation Singapore forum to organise “One Belt, One Road” Roadshow • Deloitte shines at Singapore HR Excellence Awards • Launching Deloitte’s Future Healthcare Centre of 2015 Excellence with “Blue Strands” Social news Deloitte reports • Where Heroes and Villains get along for one night • Global Economic Outlook Q1 • Deloitte bags 23 medals at the 2015 ISCA Games! • Asia Pacific Economic Outlook Q1 • Ready, set JAM! with Kidz@Deloitte • Directors’ Alert 2016 • 2016 Global aerospace and defense sector outlook • 2016 Deloitte Millennial Survey • Global Mobile Consumer Survey: Southeast Asia edition • 2015 Global CIO Survey Feature story Feature story Delivering the dream for the 8th ASEAN Para Games Singapore hosted its first ever ASEAN Para Games (APG) from 3 to 9 December 2015 which saw Singapore achieving an amazing record of 24 gold, 17 silver and 22 bronze medals. Deloitte is proud to have contributed to the Games’ success as its Official Professional Services Partner. Let us take a look back at Deloitte’s extraordinary journey and how we delivered the dreams of our athletes, our volunteers and Singapore! One Team Singapore Rally Torch Parade The One Team Singapore Rally was held at the Marina Bay Sands Event Square on 14 November 2015 and close to The APG Torch Parade was held on the afternoon of 3 December 2015, ahead of the 8,000 supporters came dressed in red to join in the festivities and to cheer on the para-athletes. The APG torch was Official Opening Ceremony of the bi-annual, multi-sport event. The parade started officially lit at the rally and Yip Pin Xiu, Team Singapore para swimmer and former Deloitte Clients & Markets Intern, at the Marina Bay Sands with the lighting ceremony before it was passed on to received the Singapore flag from the Chef de Mission, as the official flag bearer for Singapore for theth 8 APG. volunteers and corporate partners over a journey of 5.5km through iconic Singapore landmarks such as Gardens by the Bay and Marina Barrage, and finally arriving at the Kicking off the rally was the Singapore Disability Sports Council’s (SDSC) 2-km Reindeer Walk-a-Wheelathon, which Sports Hub Water Sports Centre. There were seven handover points and Deloitte was was flagged off by Guest-of-Honour, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Teo honoured to be part of the final leg of the torch parade, where the cauldron was lit. Chee Hean, and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Grace Fu. More than 1,500 participants gamely put on reindeer headbands and joined the Team Singapore para-athletes as they walked along the MBS Promenade. Representing Deloitte as torch bearers were Ernest Kan (Chief of Operations for Clients & Markets), Anand Nandakumar (Consulting Director), Suhailah Kariman (Clients During the carnival, Deloitte Singapore CEO, Philip Yuen presented a $50,000 cheque to SDSC for the funds raised & Markets Executive) and CEO Philip Yuen, who had the honour of lighting up the from Deloitte’s “Back Up APG” social media campaign where the public were encouraged to upload photos of cauldron. Close to 30 Deloitte partners and staff including Seah Gek Choo (Talent themselves doing the APG pose. Partner) and Thio Tse Gan (8th APG engagement team leader and Executive Director, Enterprise Risk Services) were also present to witness the official lighting of the Deloitte pledged $10 for every photo uploaded and the enthusiastic response resulted in this significant sum being cauldron. donated. A photo booth was also set-up at the Event Square where the public could snap a photo and get an instant print-out and special Deloitte luggage tag, simply by uploading their pictures onto Instagram with the hashtag #DeloittebackupAPG. Overall, the event was a great success in promoting awareness of disability sports in Singapore and encouraging Singaporeans to embrace an inclusive society. 2 Deloitte Alumni News Ushering in the Monkey Year 3 Feature story APG Carnival As part of the APG celebrations, a carnival was held from 28 November to 9 December 2015 at the OCBC Square at Singapore Sports Hub for the public to get to know more about the Games and disability sports in Singapore. The Para Sports zone gave the public a chance to experience disability sports with boccia, wheelchair archery and blind football try-outs, while the Kids’ Zone, which included a life-size arcade prize-grabbing machine, kept the little ones entertained. As a continuation of the successful “Back Up APG” social media campaign, Deloitte once again set up an Instagram photo booth at the carnival for the audience to show their support for the para-athletes. Our lovable APG mascot, NILA, also made a guest appearance, striking poses and taking photos with the public. For their support, each participant received a Deloitte and NILA luggage tag. APG Opening Ceremony APG Closing Ceremony Singapore welcomed over 3,000 athletes and officials from across Southeast Asia with an The APG Closing Ceremony was an intimate affair - a dinner held at Marina artful Opening Ceremony in front of an appreciative crowd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Bay Sands on 9 December 2015 to mark the end of a successful Games and Spectators were treated to an extraordinary night where the abled and people with disabilities celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of all the athletes. came together to impress the audience with their inspiring performances which included dancers, aerialists and a choir led by hearing-impaired and cerebral palsy students. Deloitte’s The ceremony was attended by Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong very own Resources Management Executive and para badminton player Teddy Wong, and flag and Minister of Culture, Community and Youth, Grace Fu. In her address, Ms bearer Yip Pin Xiu, para swimmer and former Deloitte Clients & Markets Intern, were part of Fu made special mention of former Deloitte intern Yip Pin Xiu, who broke the the Team Singapore contingent marching in during the grand finale. world record for the women’s 50m backstroke (S2) while taking gold in an event for disabilities three classes higher than her own. Sharing her thoughts on a successful Games, Pin Xiu said, “I am extremely grateful for all the support I have received along the way from the people around me – my family, friends, teammates, sports officials and colleagues from Deloitte. It is your support that keeps me strong and makes me want to fight harder. Thank you to Deloitte and each of you for your support!” For more information on Deloitte’s involvement in the 8th ASEAN Para Games, click here. 4 Deloitte Alumni News Ushering in the Monkey Year 5 Deloitte Singapore highlights Deloitte Singapore highlights Deloitte Singapore launches new Nurturing netball talent in Singapore Financial Management Competency Advisory offering On 24 November 2015, Deloitte Singapore announced a partnership with Netball Singapore to offer employment and education opportunities for eligible netballers in the form of internships and scholarships. The signing ceremony was officiated by Jessica Tan, Member of Parliament & President of Netball Singapore, and Deloitte Singapore CEO, Philip Yuen. Through this partnership, netballers in the national Opens team, 21 & under squad, as well as tertiary players who have taken part in Netball Singapore events will get the chance to pursue their academic and career aspirations while maintaining their commitment to excel in netball with their respective teams. The year-long partnership also aims to develop netball in Singapore at both grassroots and professional levels, and includes Deloitte Singapore taking on the role as title sponsor for Pesta Sukan 2016. Deloitte Singapore launched its new Financial Management Competency (FMC) Advisory offering on 25 November 2015 at The Tower Club, Singapore. This launch is the latest in a series of initiatives by the Global IFRS and Offerings As part of the collaboration, Deloitte will also be working closely with our Corporate Services (GIOS) group to expand Deloitte’s presence in Singapore’s middle market place and to reinforce our Social Responsibility partner NorthLight School to start a co-curricular activity and run reputation as a provider of a diverse range of excellent services ranging from IFRS implementation services, reporting netball programmes for the students.