WENDELL WONG HIN PKIN
Independent Director
Date of first appointment as a director: 01 January 2020
Date of last re-election as a director: 28 April 2023
Length of service as a director (as at 31 December 2024): 5 years
Committee Memberships:
Nominating Committee (Chairman)
Remuneration Committee
Academic & Professional Qualifications:
- LL.B.(Hons), National University of Singapore (1997)
- Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore (1997-2000)
- Advocate & Solicitor, England & Wales (2002)

Present Directorships (as at 31 December 2024)

Listed Companies:

  • GSH Corporation Limited

Non-listed Companies:

  • Drew & Napier LLC
  • Housing and Development Board
  • NTUC Foundation Limited
  • Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Past Directorships over the last 3 years (2022 to 2024):

  • Law Society Pro Bono Services
  • MILK (Mainly I Love Kids)

Background and Working Experience

  • Attorney General’s Chambers: Deputy Public Prosecutor/State Counsel (1997 to 2000)
  • Drew & Napier (2000 till present)

Major Appointments (other than Directorships)

  • Member of Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Singapore
  • Member of Penal Code Review Committee 2018, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law
  • Treasurer, International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee
  • Coordinator, International Bar Association ACC-International Chamber of Commerce: Joint Task Force on Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration, 2021
  • Co-Chairperson, International Bar Association, Anti-Corruption Committee Asia Conference at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 11-12 November 2024

Awards

  • Chambers Asia-Pacific
    • Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption 2025 – Band 2 for 4 consecutive years
    • Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption 2024 – Band 2 for 3 consecutive years
    • Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: Domestic – 2023 Band 2 for 4
    • Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: Domestic – 2021 Band 3
  • Chambers Global 2015
    • Indonesia: Dispute Resolution (International Firms) (Experts Based Abroad) – Band 2
  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
    • White-Collar Crime 2025 – Leading Individual for 2 consecutive years
    • Dispute Resolution 2025 – Recommended lawyer for 3 consecutive years
    • White-Collar Crime 2024 – Recommended lawyer for 3 consecutive years
    • Dispute Resolution 2024 – Recommended lawyer for 2 consecutive years
    • White-Collar Crime 2023 – Recommended lawyer for 3 consecutive years
    • Dispute Resolution 2023 – Recommended lawyer
    • Dispute Resolution 2021 – Recommended lawyer for 4 consecutive years
    • White-Collar Crime 2020 – Recommended lawyer
  • Who’s Who Legal
    • Thought Leaders Global Elite: Business Crime Defence (Corporates 2024) – Global Elite Thought Leader
    • Thought Leaders Global Elite: Investigations 2023 – Global Elite Thought Leader for 2 consecutive years
    • Thought Leaders: GIR – Business Crime Defence (Corporates 2022) – Thought Leader
    • National Leader: Southeast Asia, Business Crime Defence 2022 – Recommended for 2 consecutive years
    • National Leader: Southeast Asia, Investigations 2022 – Recommended for 2 consecutive years
    • Global Leader: Business Crime Defence (Corporates 2021) – Recommended lawyer for 9 consecutive years
    • Global Leader: Business Crime Defence (Individuals 2021) – Recommended lawyer for 9 consecutive years
    • Global Leader: Investigations 2021 – Global Elite Thought Leader
    • Global Leader: Professional Negligence 2021 – Recommended lawyer for 2 consecutive years
    • Business Crime Defence 2020 – Recommended lawyer for 8 consecutive years
    • Investigations 2020 – Recommended lawyer for 7 consecutive years
    • Professional Negligence 2020 – Recommended lawyer
  • Global Investigations Review 100 (GIR 100) 5th edition (2019) – Recognised as a leading individual for investigations
  • Best Lawyers International: Singapore
    • Employee Benefits Law, Singapore – Endorsed individual (2024 edition)
    • Criminal Defence, Singapore – Endorsed individual for 4 consecutive years (2024 edition)
    • Criminal Defence, Singapore – Lawyer of the Year (2023 edition)
    • Criminal Defence, Singapore – Endorsed individual for 3 consecutive years (2022 edition)
  • Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2023 edition
    • White Collar Crime – Litigation Star for 6 consecutive years
  • International Law Office
    • White Collar Crime – Recommended lawyer