Bob Yap

Head of Global Sales, Turnaround and Restructuring

KPMG in Singapore

Bob oversees KPMG’s Deal Advisory across the Asia Pacific region. He also heads the Restructuring practice in KPMG in Singapore. He specialises in corporate insolvency and restructuring engagements, which encompass compulsory and voluntary liquidation, judicial management, receivership, corporate turnaround, consensual work outs and general business advisory services. Bob has taken leadership roles on a number of high profile restructuring deals. He is the lead liquidator of Lehman Brothers entities and MF Global entities, and the Judicial Manager of Swiber Holdings Limited.

Experienced in forensic services with specialisms in fraud investigations, regulatory compliance services and dispute advisory services, Bob has directed and led forensic assignments for local and international organizations in the private and public sectors that cross multiple industries, including insurance, energy and utilities, electronics, engineering, pharmaceuticals, financial services, oil and gas, transportation and logistics.

  • Building and Construction
  • Commercial Property
  • Commercial Property Investment
  • Currency, Commodities and Futures Trading
  • Debt management
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Services
  • Oil and Gas
  • Property Developers
  • Bachelor of Economics, Accounting, Monash University

  • CPA, Australia

  • CA, Singapore

  • Fellow of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS)

  • Public Accountant

  • Approved Liquidator