Deloitte Southeast Asia announces change in executive leadership

KUCHING: Deloitte Southeast Asia today announced that Philip Yuen, currently Deloitte Singapore chief executive officer (CEO), will succeed Chaly Mah as Deloitte Southeast Asia’s next CEO.

According to a press release, Yuen will assume the new role on June 1, 2016 after succeeding Mah, who will retire from Deloitte Southeast Asia at the end of Deloitte’s fiscal year 2016.

“I am honored to have been selected by my partners as Deloitte Southeast Asia’s next CEO.

“It is a privilege to be part of an organisation that delivers high quality services and innovative solutions to our clients, develops the most talented professionals into leaders and does its part to make an impact in the communities in which we operate,” said Yuen.

“Chaly is a visionary leader and has built a strong firm in the region. These are big shoes to fill and I am deeply humbled to succeed him.

“I am excited to be given this privilege to lead the firm into this next chapter and we will continue to make significant investments to develop our talent and our services to serve our clients with distinction and raise the bar for the profession.”

Mah is the current CEO of Deloitte Southeast Asia and Chairman of Deloitte Singapore. He was the CEO of Deloitte Asia Pacific and a member of the Deloitte Global Executive for the past eight years. He is also a member of the Deloitte Global Board and is currently the vice chairman of the Board.

Under Mah’s leadership, the organisation has grown into one of the leading professional services firms in the region.

The Deloitte Southeast Asia firm was formed under his leadership, when the partners saw the significant advantage of working together as one firm across Southeast Asia, and came together across eight countries in 2007.

The firm has since expanded and established practices in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar, to better serve its Asean clients operating within the Asean Economic Community.