Jennifer Ong is the Chief Audit Officer at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where she leads the Office of Internal Audit, which covers financial, operational and IT risks in audit planning. She also oversees technology-enabled internal audits, advisory and investigation projects for NUS as well as its autonomous schools, and subsidiaries, which includes supporting the Audit Committees of the National University Health Systems and Duke-NUS Medical School.

Jennifer currently serves as an Audit Committee member for the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s Research Entities, and as a member of the ISCA Financial Forensic Accounting Oversight Committee, a subcommittee of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants’ ISCA Council. She was on the Board of Governors for the Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore and Vice Chair of its Membership and Certification Committee for six years.

Prior to NUS, Jennifer was the Division Director of Group Internal Audit at MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, where she supported 27 audit committees and boards for Singapore’s public healthcare sector over seven years. During this period, she built the audit team’s data analytics and information technology audit capabilities and competencies, deepened forensic investigations, and set up the construction audit team. Before joining the public sector, Jennifer held internal audit leadership roles in the Asia Pacific with listed US and European multinational companies spanning the semiconductor, fast-moving consumer products, luxury and mass-market retail, and beverage sectors. She also supported investigations, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and integration activities for three listed MNCs during her career.

Jennifer holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Manchester and a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University. She is a Chartered Accountant in Singapore and has attained the Certified Internal Auditor accreditation.