As one of the pioneering tax advisors for funds and family offices in Singapore, Desmond has supported clients in this industry for over two decades. He is currently the Asia Pacific Deputy Leader for EY Private group, and also leads the EY APAC Family Enterprise and EY APAC Private Tax.

Based in Singapore, Desmond is responsible for bringing to Private clients pan-APAC solutions covering Consulting, Strategy & Transactions, Tax and Legal.

Prior to his current role, he led the EY ASEAN Fund Tax practice and was actively involved in the lobbying of the VCC legislation. He also set up the FATCA and CRS practice within ASEAN, when these legislations were introduced. During his 2-year assignment to EY New York, he set up the inaugural Singapore Tax Desk, as part of EY Global ITTS foreign desk network.

He also works closely with the leading private banks and trust companies to support them and their clients to cope with the evolving tax landscape and navigate through the interconnected requirements of corporate tax, personal tax, FATCA/CRS and operational taxes.

Desmond graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons.) and is a non-practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and SIATP Accredited Tax Advisor.

Paul is a Partner with EY Singapore’s Transfer Pricing team and is the Asia-Pacific leader for Operating Model Effectiveness (OME).

He has over 25 years of experience in transfer pricing and business restructuring and has previously worked for EY in London and Melbourne.

Through delivery of OME, Paul has helped many groups to build robust operating models that balance the needs of business, Tax and Customs.

Paul has worked on client engagements across a broad range of industries, including, consumer products, automotive, oil and gas, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and healthcare, industrial products, and business services.

He has worked extensively with Asian-based Private companies, helping them to build the right operating model for international expansion.

He has managed a wide range of OME and transfer pricing engagements covering issues such as supply chain re-organisation, intellectual property, procurement, transfer pricing design and post-acquisition integration.

In addition, Paul has experience across a number of jurisdictions in successfully negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements and tax incentives using a range of both traditional and more advanced economic techniques.

Paul has thirteen years of experience working in Asia, having also previously worked in Europe and Australia. Paul has a BA (Hons) and MSc in Economics from the University of Exeter.