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Written by Allen Sam   

Mr. Tommy Seah, CFE, CSI
Chairperson for CSI


He is the Regent Emeritus of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners  based in Texas, USA. CFE is a post graduate professional qualification recognized by the FBI and USA Central Intelligence Agency in it’s recruitment of auditors for combating fraud. His services in providing technical  training is much sought after by numerous banks in the region, including Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan. 

Tommy's previous experience includes systems based auditing in an American International Bank, where he was the Senior Regional Auditor responsible for the Bank's audit in the Asia Pacific region. He has also held the top executive position of Chief of Internal Audit in a prime offshore bank where his audit duties cover the Singapore and Hong Kong operations of the bank. His brief covers all areas of the bank's audit of operations and IT systems. He also has practical working experience in the Operations Department of a foreign bank.

Tommy Seah is the author of seven banking books including the F.I.G. Program. The FIG is the authoritative and definitive text on Financial Instruments designed to be used in the world wide banking industry for product training. This publication has received excellent review and first class commendation from some of the most authoritative professional certification body and top rated banks in the world. The other six authoritative texts are The Audit Foreign Exchange in Banks, The Control of Money Market Activities in Banks, Financial Management, MCA for Banks, SWAPS in Investment Banking and Anti-Money Laundering 101. His latest publication is Understanding and Auditing BASEL II, Operational Risk Management.



Anthony Reyes (CSI Co-Chairperson)

Anthony Reyes is a retired New York City Police Department Computer Crimes Detective. While employed for the NYPD he investigated computer intrusions, fraud, identity theft, child exploitation, intellectual property thief, and software piracy.

He sat as an alternate member of New York Governor George E. Pataki's Cyber-Security Task Force, and presently serves as President for the High Technology Crime Investigation Association. He is the Education & Training Working Group Chair for the National Institute of Justice’s Electronic Crime Partner Initiative. Anthony is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of Digital Forensic Practice, and an editor for The International Journal of Forensic Computer Science.

He is an Adjutant Professor, and is the Chief Executive Officer for the Arc Enterprises of New York, Inc. on Wall Street. Anthony has over 20 years of experience in the IT field. He teaches for several government agencies, and large corporations in the area of computer crime investigations, electronic discovery, and computer forensics, and lectures around the world.



Ms Wong Swee Chin (CSI Governor)


Ms Wong  is currently the Vice President, Group Internal Audit, of Cerebos Pacific Limited , with over 25 years' experience in audit and accounting. Ms Wong is responsible for the internal audit matters of Cerebos Group of Companies. She holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. She is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant, UK and a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors, Singapore.  She is also a certified member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  She has also achieve the Accreditation in Internal Quality Assessment/Validation as established by the Institute of Internal Auditors.



Mr. Phillip Russo (CSI Governor)

Mr. Phillip Russo is the President and Founder of CIA Solutions. Based in Perth, Western Australia, CIA Solutions provides computer security, investigation and forensic solutions to client’s world wide.
 
As a former member of the Western Australian Police Service, Mr. Russo was a member of the Computer Crime Squad with experience as a forensic investigator and training officer. He has over 17 years combined of law enforcement training, security and computer experience.
 
Mr. Russo has been instrumental in implementing solutions for many Australian Banks including: establishing a forensic team, chairing incident response team, and dealing with issues pertaining to online fraud including Phishing and Trojan attacks aimed at the Australian banking communities.
 
Mr. Russo is an AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) and AccessData Certified Instructor (ACI). He has presented at many conferences and has published joint papers within international computer security forums including Moscow, Russia and New York City, New York, USA.



Mr John Thackray

John is the principal investigative computer forensic Director of Thackray Forensics Ltd. He served for 16 years with the British army, qualifying as a Service Fund Audit Accountant and Military Accountant.  He has been professionally involved with information technology throughout his military career in both an administrative and operational role.  He was involved with information technology issues as a police investigator and a forensic crime scene examiner during 13 years police service.

He is a qualified fingerprint, forensic, photographic and electronic crime scene examiner and the holder of the internationally recognised Forensic Science Diploma in Crime Scene Examination.   He is a certified examiner (ACE) and international instructor to advanced level (ACI) of the computer forensic recovery, preservation, analysis and password recovery software forensic tool kit by Access Data Inc. He has delivered EnCase training globally at both Intermediate and Advanced levels to both government and corporate investigators, during which time he qualified as an EnCase certified examiner (EnCE). He is a certified examiner and instructor for Microsystemations the manufacturers of the mobile phone forensic product XRY.  He has developed a training course on their behalf regarding the preservation and examination of mobile and PDA devices which is delivered globally.

He has given lectures throughout the world to both professional and enthusiast interest groups on electronic crime scene preservation and computer criminal preventative issues.  He is also the author of a number of international articles on the subject matter.  He has presented computer forensic training throughout the USA, Canada, UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, China, Korea, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia and New Zealand.



Mr. Chan Kit Whye

Chan Kit Whye is the Principal Consultant of Kit Whye Management Services specializes in financial and management consulting.  He is currently working on the consultative role in Sarbanes-Oxley implementation for Cookson Electronics – Enthone Chemistry in Asia, focusing on strengthening the internal controls of its entities in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, PRC, Japan, Taiwan and Australia.

Kit Whye has more than 30 years of work experience as Regional Finance Director, Financial Controller and Manager in the specialty chemical business of Cookson Electronics and its predecessor companies, which include Asarco Inc., Henkel KGaA, Parker Chemical  and Occidental Chemical Corporation. His role include the management of the financial and reporting function of the companies in Asia-Pacific as well as providing business support to the country and operational managers of the various entities in the region. This include, but not limited to, information technology support, inventory decision, working capital management, budget and budgetary controls as well as cash flow management.

Kit Whye also plays an active role in CPA (Australia) Singapore Branch. He had previously taken up as Chairman of the CPD Committee and is currently a committee member of its Social Committee.

Kit Whye is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner and a certified SOX Consultant of the SOX Institute of America



Ms. Monica Holtforster (Businessware Solutions)

Monica Holtforster is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a Singaporean CPA who, during her years in public accounting specialised in IT auditing. As a result, she attained her CISA designation and maintains membership in both ISACA and IIA.

She has extensive knowledge of CAATS developed over a period of couple of decades in government and public accounting. Her knowledge of CAATS is inclusive of mainframe utilities and generalized audit software, PC utilities and generalized audit software and embedded audit modules.

Monica is a past member of the ICPAS Technical Committee and past member of the board of directors of ISACA Singapore Chapter. Monica is currently the Managing Director of BusinessWare Solutions Pte. Ltd. She is also the world-class trainer for IDEA. (Caseware)

IDEA is the leading data analysis software used by accountants, auditors, systems and financial professionals world wide



Mr. Ron R. Hansen (Chief Executive Officer of H-11 Group and H-11 Digital Forensics LLC)

Ron R. Hansen is the Chief Executive Officer of H-11 Group and H-11 Digital Forensics LLC.  He is a computer and communications specialist with over twenty-five years of experience in computer technologies, cellular and wireless technologies, network security and information assurance systems, electronic warfare and various other defense industry technologies, and digital and computer forensic hardware and software products.

As the CEO of H-11 Digital Forensics, Mr. Hansen identified and selected a team of internationally renowned digital forensic investigators to provide tailored training and product solutions for H-11’s customers.  This team of forensic experts has provided digital forensic training to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, corporate clients, and militaries throughout the world to include Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Fiji, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States.

Mr. Hansen worked for the U.S. Department of Defense for 21 years, during which time he conducted numerous military operations throughout the world.  In addition to being a computer and communications specialist, he developed and directed several technical training programs.  Those training programs included computer and communications training; electronic intercept, direction-finding and jamming technology training; international peace-keeping mission training; counter-terrorist, counter-narcotic, and counter-trafficking training; and digital and computer forensic training.

The goal of H-11 is to provide the perfect digital forensic solution for each and every client.



Ms. Tan Lay See
Honorary Director - Compliance & Practice

Ms. Tan Lay See
has over twelve years of working experience in Malaysia and Singapore. Previously, she was a Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) in a diversified group listed on the Singapore stock exchange. Her responsibilities included finance, accounting, tax, corporate finance, and investor relations functions. She also has four years audit experience with Big 4 accounting firm in Malaysia and Singapore which covered multinational and local enterprises.  

Ms. Tan is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (“ACCA”), United Kingdom; Accounting and Finance qualification granted by ACCA; Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”); Member of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation (“MIT”); and Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Singapore) (“ICPAS). Ms. Tan graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Accountancy from the University of Glasgow, UK and has a MBA from the University of South Australia.



Mr. Stanley Chia, CFE, CSI
Honorary  Director - Publications and Research

Stanley is part of the Fraud Investigation Unit within a Singapore based bank in the Internal Audit Department. He has a Masters of Commerce- Specialization in Business Law from The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His major areas of interests are in Research in areas of Intellectual property (IP), anti-competition issues and criminal fraud, knowledge in International Trade Laws (UNCITRAL) and Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR). He is proficient in understanding corporate laws, commercial crimes and international businesses.

Stanley also holds a Bachelor of Economics – Majoring in Money & Banking and Accounting from The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia with major research in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Policies and Banking Policies.

His current job involves management of suspicious transaction reports against money laundering, investigation into significant cases, liaising and cooperation with Monetary Authority of Singapore, Commercial Affairs Department and other enforcement agencies in regards to information collation and investigation. 

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