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Executive Council

The Executive Council (EXCO) provides strategic direction to advance and support the mission of AEPA, the estate planning fraternity and the community at large. EXCO members are elected by the eligible voting members of AEPA. The current EXCO’s term is from 2026 – 2028.

Allen Lim

Position: President

CLU, ChFC, FChFP, Cert in Law (Estate Planning), M.Mgt, ACTA

  • Allen is the founder of Advisers’ Harbour, a professional mentor to advisers.
  • He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations.
  • He was conferred an IBF Fellow (Financial Planning) in 2021.

CLU, ChFC, FChFP, Cert in Law (Estate Planning), M.Mgt, ACTA...

Allen Lim

President

David Chee

Position: Vice-President
(co-opted March 13, 2026)

David CHEE is a Partner of Wong Partnership in the Private Wealth and Middle East Practices.

His main practice area is private wealth, which includes wealth & succession planning, trust advisory and charity & philanthropy. He has also worked in trust companies and private banks. His experience includes advising on international tax and trust structures, insurance solutions and asset management.

In the area of trusts, David advises trustees on various matters related to trust business, such as regulatory requirements, fiduciary risk & obligations and the administration of trusts and estates. David also advises on the use of trusts in other areas such as debt restructuring, employee benefit programs, environmental restoration and rehabilitation projects and charity & philanthropy.

In the private wealth space, David works with and advises high net worth clients on all aspects of their wealth and succession planning needs such as wealth transfers from one generation to another, asset protection & preservation, family business succession, tax efficiency, philanthropy, family governance and the establishment of family offices.

David’s over a decade long experience has allowed him to build a strong network with wealth management industry players. He is also an active speaker and trainer on topics relating to trusts and wealth & succession planning. David is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law.

David CHEE is a Partner of Wong Partnership in the...

David Chee

Vice-President
(co-opted March 13, 2026)

Chong Wei Ping

Position: Treasurer

Wei Ping is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and he represents an independent FA firm to provide financial planning solutions to his clients. Concurrent to his advisory role, he also helps oversees the training for the firm. Wei Ping is noted for his knowledge in estate planning and investment. Wei Ping believes in estate planning.

Wei Ping is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and he...

Chong Wei Ping

Treasurer

Wong Kwek Yong

Position: Honorary Secretary

Kwek Yong is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Certified HNW Adviser. He is a Co-Chief Investment Officer of an established independent FA firm. Kwek Yong has extensive experience in the banking industry and has completed commercial projects in a foreign country. He is a life-long learner and serves as honorary secretary of Mensa
Singapore. Kwek Yong believes in estate planning.

Kwek Yong is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk...

Wong Kwek Yong

Honorary Secretary

Lem Jia Jia

Position: Member
  • Senior Financial Consultant
  • IBFQ
  • BBBA (HR)

Senior Financial Consultant IBFQ BBBA (HR)

Lem Jia Jia

Member

Low Seow Ling

Position: Member

LLB (Hons)

  • Seow Ling is currently the managing director of Emre Legal LLC.
  • Seow Ling is especially interested in formulating sustainable estate planning solutions for singles, families with special needs members, and elderly individuals. To better support these groups, Seow Ling was appointed in the first batch of professionals registered under the Professional Deputy and Donee scheme in 2018. She is passionate about representing the interests of individuals who do not have family members to rely on to be their proxy decision makers, and working with families that require professional assistance to handle the assets of their loved ones.
  • Familiar with the intricacies and sensitivity of family disputes, Seow Ling has handled cases involving contested estate, mental capacity, divorce and child custody matters. She is an accredited mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre and strongly believes that better outcomes can be achieved through mediation, by facilitating communication during negotiations and exploring the interests of parties to reach amicable resolutions that are workable and sustainable.
  • Fluent in Mandarin, Seow Ling has been invited by various organisations, including SPED schools, Ministry of Manpower, Central Provident Fund Board and the Special Needs Trust Company Limited, to share her knowledge and experience on estate planning in the language.

LLB (Hons) Seow Ling is currently the managing director of...

Low Seow Ling

Member

Chow Lin Yi

Position: Member

Lin Yi is the Co-founder and CTO of getArrange.com, an online will-writing platform used by financial advisers to facilitate estate and legacy planning. His work sits at the intersection of technology and estate planning, with a focus on making will writing more accessible for everyone.

Lin Yi is the Co-founder and CTO of getArrange.com, an...

Chow Lin Yi

Member

Eva Chai Yi Hua

Position: Member

CEPA, MPAcc., BAppFin

Eva is the Founder of YI Private Office, a boutique advisory practice dedicated to serving individuals, families, and business owners through the intentional design of estate and wealth planning strategies.

As a Chartered Estate Planning Adviser(CEPA) and Licensed Financial Adviser, Eva is deeply passionate about estate planning and its role in protecting individuals, families and business owners across generations. Her areas of focus include multigenerational wealth planning, planning for diverse family structures, including LGBTQ individuals and families, and planning for the care and protection of pets through trust structures. She believes that estate planning is ultimately an act of responsibility; ensuring that one’s affairs are thoughtfully structured to provide direction, continuity, and care for those we leave behind.

Prior to specialising in estate planning, Eva spent eight years with Ernst & Young in international tax, advising on cross border structures and regulatory considerations. She brings this technical depth into her estate planning practice, bridging strategy with practical implementation.

As a member of the Executive Committee of the Asia Estate Planning Association, Eva contributes actively to advancing professional standards, education, and awareness in estate planning across the region.

CEPA, MPAcc., BAppFin Eva is the Founder of YI Private...

Eva Chai Yi Hua

Member

Felice Jeremiah

Position: Member

Felice is a Chartered Estate Planning Adviser with AEPA, a certified HNW adviser, and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). She represents a FA firm to deliver holistic solutions to estate planning, beyond financial products. She believes in estate planning to preserve familial harmony and to pave a way for the next generation.

Felice is a Chartered Estate Planning Adviser with AEPA, a...

Felice Jeremiah

Member

Vanessa Chew Jing Hui

Position: Member

Vanessa is shaped by her decade-long career in architecture, designing and building alongside multiple stakeholders to realise a client’s vision. She now applies the same thoughtful, structured approach to estate planning.

Estate planning is an expression of faithful stewardship of resources to be a blessing to those we love, reflecting one’s deepest values. It can be quietly redemptive, bringing clarity, fostering responsibility across generations and using wealth to serve meaningful purposes beyond one’s lifetime.

Vanessa is shaped by her decade-long career in architecture, designing...

Vanessa Chew Jing Hui

Member

Certification Committee

Allen Lim

Position: Co-Chair

CLU, ChFC, FChFP, Cert in Law (Estate Planning), M.Mgt, ACTA

  • Allen is the founder of Advisers’ Harbour, a professional mentor to advisers.
  • He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations.
  • He was conferred an IBF Fellow (Financial Planning) in 2021.

CLU, ChFC, FChFP, Cert in Law (Estate Planning), M.Mgt, ACTA...

Allen Lim

Co-Chair

Prof Dennis Lee

Position: Co-Chair

Professor and Senior Fellow, School of International Education, Shantou University

Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Area Director, MMS

  • Dennis Lee holds or has held many senior professorial positions:
    • Currently, he serves as Area Director, MMS, Senior Fellow and Professor, School of International Education, Shantou University (STU); Associate Faculty at School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS); and Associate Trainer with the Civil Service College, Singapore (since 2007).
  • Previously, Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) where he taught “Managing Strategically in a Globalized Word” and “Managing Non-Profit Organizations – Principles & Practices” from 2017 to 2021.
  • He served as Senior General Manager, Metropolitan YMCA Singapore (MYMCA) from January 2020 to December 2021.
  • Prior to these recent appointments, he served as Associate Professor and Regional Advisor (Entrepreneurship), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS); and as Associate Professor, Shantou University (STU), China, where he was Assistant to Dean, Business School at STU. Dennis taught Strategic Management, Non-Profit Organization Management, Global Enterprise Management, International Business, Principles of Management, and Doing Business in China. He was concurrently a Tutor at Veritas College; Faculty Advisor to STU Enactus, a social entrepreneurship program; and Coach cum Manager of STU Touch Rugby Association.
  • He was appointed as Fellow, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) on 4 Dec 2018, and as a Distinguished Member of SUSS Service-Learning and Community Engagement Resource Panel on 1 Feb 2019.

Professor and Senior Fellow, School of International Education, Shantou University...

Prof Dennis Lee

Co-Chair

Louise Gan

Position: Member

Branch Director, Finexis advisory Pte Ltd

  •  Manage a team of advisors
  • Advisory role to affluent and high net worth individuals locally and in the region
    on their key man and estate planning needs

Director – High Net Worth

  • Drive the High Net Worth (HNW) business for firm’s advisory teams with a
    focus on investment and legacy creation
  • Collaboration with HNW product providers and devise initiatives for firm
  • Conduct joint field work with advisers to coach & ensure proper explanation
    of HNW value propositions and solutions
  • Grow the regional corporate referral business
  • Strategic Alliance with Bank partners and Trust companies for HNW business
  • Manage majority of the sales teams with full responsibilities of their
    recruitment and sales targets

Branch Director, Finexis advisory Pte Ltd  Manage a team of...

Louise Gan

Member

Events Committee

Victor Tang

Position: Chair

Victor, a Personal Wealth Director, a TOT Top Advisor, has for the past 20 years been serving Mandarin speaking clients from mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. He found great success in his work particularly in providing estate and financial planning to Mandarin speakers in the region. He is today a regular guest speaker on various Mandarin media ranging from Channel 8, Good Morning Singapore to Hello Singapore, Capital 958FM, 963FM where he speaks on Parenting, Business Succession, Estate Administration and Financial planning topics.

Victor, a Personal Wealth Director, a TOT Top Advisor, has...

Victor Tang

Chair

Lionel Lau

Position: Vice-Chair

Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

  • Lionel Lau is Director and Co-Founder of First Business Advisory Pte Ltd. He is a Fellow member with Association of Certified Chartered Accountants United Kingdom with over 15 years of experience in Business Outsourcing and Commercial Finance.
  • Previously Director at RSM Singapore, the largest tax and audit firm in Singapore outside the Big-4, he led teams in corporate finance advisory and accounting services for companies in various industries ranging from F&B, Retail, Education, Manufacturing, Payment Services and Fintech companies.
  • He subsequently headed finance teams in both MNCs (Financial Institution) and start-ups, spearheading regulatory reporting projects, business products pricing review, cross border reporting, funding and investment pitches to investors.
  • A native Singaporean, Lionel started his career in 2004 with Stone Forest AccountServe where he stayed ten years.

Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Lionel Lau is Director...

Lionel Lau

Vice-Chair

Membership Committee

Allen Lim

Position: Chair

CLU, ChFC, FChFP, Cert in Law (Estate Planning), M.Mgt, ACTA

  • Allen is the founder of Advisers’ Harbour, a professional mentor to advisers.
  • He holds the Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations.
  • He was conferred an IBF Fellow (Financial Planning) in 2021.

CLU, ChFC, FChFP, Cert in Law (Estate Planning), M.Mgt, ACTA...

Allen Lim

Chair

Sissi Goh Yan Xi

Position: Vice-Chair

Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)

Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)

Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP)

Certified Legacy Planning Associate (CLPA)

WMI Certified Family Office Advisor

  • Sissi Goh is the award-winning author of the book ‘Wealth Management Isn’t Just for The Rich’.  She advises clients across the whole spectrum of wealth management.
  • She has experience in private wealth and investment consulting, including hedge fund analysis and wealth management. She has advised clients on a wide range of financial products and services.
  • She graduated with a Master of Public Administration in International Finance Policy and Management, from Columbia University, in the City of New York. She is currently a full member of STEP, a global professional association for practitioners, who specialises in family inheritance and succession planning.

Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) Trust and...

Sissi Goh Yan Xi

Vice-Chair

Damien Ong

Position: Member
  • Damien is a Director at Aris PrimePartners Asset Management in charge of APAC region and he advises family offices, individuals with significant wealth and business owners for wealth structuring solutions by means of Variable Capital Companies (VCC) and Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI)
  • He was the Business Director of Bancassurance at Swiss Life (Singapore) Pte Ltd and was responsible for developing and building new distribution channels in the private placement environment.
  • Prior to this, he was managing the a team of relationship manager and Bancassurance business development in UOB.
  • Damien has 10 years’ experience in banking and insurance, with roles focusing on sales, sales management and account management

Damien is a Director at Aris PrimePartners Asset Management in...

Damien Ong

Member

Lem Jia Jia

Position: Member
  • Senior Financial Consultant
  • IBFQ
  • BBBA (HR)

Senior Financial Consultant IBFQ BBBA (HR)

Lem Jia Jia

Member

Publications Committee

Low Seow Ling

Position: Chair

LLB (Hons)

  • Seow Ling has been an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court since July 2013. She is an Associate Director with Eden Law Corporation, a firm founded in 2014 with a social mission of providing affordable justice for all.
  • Seow Ling is especially interested in formulating sustainable estate planning solutions for singles, families with special needs members, and elderly individuals. To better support these groups, Seow Ling was appointed in the first batch of professionals registered under the Professional Deputy and Donee scheme in 2018. She is passionate about representing the interests of individuals who do not have family members to rely on to be their proxy decision makers, and working with families that require professional assistance to handle the assets of their loved ones.
  • Familiar with the intricacies and sensitivity of family disputes, Seow Ling has handled cases involving contested estate, mental capacity, divorce and child custody matters. She is an accredited mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre and strongly believes that better outcomes can be achieved through mediation, by facilitating communication during negotiations and exploring the interests of parties to reach amicable resolutions that are workable and sustainable.
  • Fluent in Mandarin, Seow Ling has been invited by various organisations, including SPED schools, Ministry of Manpower, Central Provident Fund Board and the Special Needs Trust Company Limited, to share her knowledge and experience on estate planning in the language.

LLB (Hons) Seow Ling has been an advocate and solicitor...

Low Seow Ling

Chair

Joshua Jimmy Tan Kia Keng

Position: Vice-Chair

MBA (SWM), CWMTM(FAAFM), CFP®, RFC®, ASEP®, CBCTM, ChMA®, IBFA, WSQ ACLP,Associate KASHGrowth Professional, AIFP, MMIS, MSIM, FHCL

  • Joshua Jimmy Tan is currently an Assistant Vice President with Manulife Financial Advisers Pte
    Ltd (MFA), who specialises in the area of Personal Retirement and Estate Planning, with secondary
    responsibility in Business Owners Succession Planning and manages a Team of Financial Services
    Consultants (FSCs).
  • He also manages a Training Management Company, Nexus Mgt International Pte Ltd (NEXUS), to
    provide training consultancy and management to the Financial Services Industry. NEXUS also
    collaborate with Simply Wills Pte Ltd to provide Wills & Trust Planning and Application of Probate
    and Letter of Administration Services.

MBA (SWM), CWMTM(FAAFM), CFP®, RFC®, ASEP®, CBCTM, ChMA®, IBFA, WSQ...

Joshua Jimmy Tan Kia Keng

Vice-Chair

Yang Hezhou

Position: Member

Chartered Accountant (Singapore)

  • Hezhou is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 10 years of experience in Business Outsourcing.
  • He began his career at RSM Singapore, the largest tax and audit firm in Singapore outside the Big-4. While there, he led a team in corporate finance advisory and accounting services to companies in various industries and of different sizes.
  • He was subsequently Head of Corporate Finance for a regional Estate Planning company and Licensed Trust Company in Singapore. There, he honed his entrepreneurial skills in wealth management with the firm’s many SME and family businesses clients.
  • Hezhou gained further qualifications in Trust Administration & Advisory through certifications by the Wealth Management Institute.

Chartered Accountant (Singapore) Hezhou is a qualified Chartered Accountant with...

Yang Hezhou

Member
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