
Tommy Seah
Resident Expert Advisor
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
World Class Financial Management Expert
Double Firsts in Financial Management and Accountancy (U.K.)
Chartered Banker, International Accountant, FCPA (USA), CSOXP
Member of Advisory Board to SOX Institute (N.Y.)
He is the only Singaporean that has made a name for himself in America’s largest and world renowned Anti-Fraud Association. In 2006, he was elected by his peers in more than 100 countries to be the Vice Chairman of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Board of Regents based in Texas, USA. CFE is a post graduate professional qualification recognized by the FBI and USA Central Intelligence Agency in its recruitment of auditors for combating fraud. He is also the Chairperson of CSI World Headquarters. CSI is the only Digital Forensic Certification body that operates in Asia. A number of auditors in the United Nations and government services proudly carry the CSI designation with distinction. Today, Tommy is the Number 1 fraud buster in Asia. His services in providing anti fraud and technical product training is much sought after by numerous multinational companies, banks and governments in the region, including Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan. Tommy's previous work 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. He 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. Of late, Tommy has very successfully trained Anti-Narcotics Police Officers from most of the ASEAN countries. In 2008, he was awarded the privilege to train the highly skilled and intellectually superior officers from the Competition Commission of Singapore.
Tommy Seah is also a prolific writer. He 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 used in his training are The Foreign Exchange Audit, 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 attempt is on Profiling and Interviewing Techniques. He has set for himself the goal to be the first Asian to write the first book in “Technology Fraud for the Banking Industry”.
For the past twenty nine years, Tommy Seah has trained some of the top lawyers, bankers, accountants, investigators in the banks and financial institutions in the region. In particular, his expertise in SOX 404, AML and Basel II systems implementation and compliance is much sought after by financial institutions and banks in Germany, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.