Sinyee KohDirector at Integrity Consulting
Sinyee manages Integrity Consulting. She advises financial services firms on licensing and ongoing Singapore and reviews risk management, internal controls and compliance arrangements. Her clients span asset managers (hedge fund, private equity/venture capital, external asset managers), brokers, remittance companies, cryptocurrency firms and fintechs. Areas that Sinyee regularly advises on include governance, personnel fit & proper requirements, preparation of regulatory filings and reports, outsourcing, data privacy, business continuity, anti-money laundering & counter financing of terrorism controls, cybersecurity & technology risk management, cryptocurrency and fintech regulations.
Sinyee has more than 7 years of experience in compliance consulting. Before setting up Integrity Consulting she set up and managed the Singapore regulatory and compliance consulting business of a global professional services firm. Being inspired by the many enterpreneurs she advised over the years on how to set up their firms, Sin Yee set up Integrity Consulting to better understand her clients’ challenges and achievements and experience entrepreneurship for herself.
Sinyee started her career as a litigator lawyer. She practised for 7 years in law firms in Singapore, Hong Kong and London, defending financial services firms and listed companies that were investigated by financial services regulators or involved in white-collar crime litigation. Sinyee then spent another 7 years at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in various roles including enforcement, investigating and prosecuting market abuse and mis-selling, and financial market strategy development.
Sinyee is admitted to practice law in Singapore, Hong Kong, England and New York. She speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Japanese and French. She is regularly invited to speak at events and courses and is Deputy Co-Chair of the Singapore Regulatory Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
