<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (June 25): EY has appointed Liew Nam Soon as its managing partner for the Asean region, effective July 1.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Liew will be responsible for the operations of the EY Asean Region, which spans 14 geographic markets.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He will also be a member of the EY Asia-Pacific Area Operating Executive, the top decision-making body in the Asia-Pacific with accountability for strategy execution.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“Asean is extremely diverse and one of the most competitive regions globally with great growth potential. I’m honoured to take on this role and excited to build on the<a href="https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/corporate-moves/ey-appoints-liew-nam-soon-new-asean-managing-partner" target="_blank"><em>...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)&nbsp;</em></a></p></div>


EY has appointed Liew Nam Soon as its managing partner for the Asean region, effective July 1.

Liew will be responsible for the operations of the EY Asean Region, which spans 14 geographic markets.

EY appoints Liew Nam Soon as new Asean managing partner

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<p>(Dec 22):&nbsp;Singapore Post Ltd (SingPost)&nbsp;fired its chief executive officer and several other senior leaders following allegations related to its international e-commerce logistics parcels business.&nbsp;</p>


<p>(Dec 22):&nbsp;Emerging markets (EM)-focused investors have had little to celebrate over the past year. Or for that matter, over the past decade. Now the prospect of Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade wars has some considering abandoning them altogether.</p>


<p>SEREMBAN (Dec 22): Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has assured that Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN), as component parties, will be fully committed to the Unity Government until the next election.</p>


<p>BENGALURU (Dec 22): Qatar will stop shipping gas to the EU if member states strictly enforce a new law cracking down on forced labour and environmental damage, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the <em>Financial Times</em>&nbsp;(<em>FT</em>) in an interview published on Sunday.</p>


Qatar vows to stop EU gas sales if fined under due diligence law, FT reports

<p>Asian stocks are set for a cautiously positive start in holiday-thinned trading after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge came in below expectations on Friday and a US government shutdown was averted over the weekend.</p>


<p>BENGALURU (Dec 22): Japan's competition watchdog is expected to find Google guilty of violating the country's antitrust law, <em>Nikkei Asia </em>reported on Sunday, citing sources.</p>


<p>President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino.</p>


<p>Australia’s new targets for carbon emission cuts by 2035 are expected to be delayed by several months as a result of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, likely pushing them out beyond the next election which is due to be held by May.</p>


<p>Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said on Monday it would sell its Australian cable TV and streaming unit Foxtel to British over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform DAZN for A$3.4 billion (US$2.1 billion), including debt.</p>
