Mr Ong Khiaw Hong has held the position of Chief Executive  of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) since 1 April 2017.

Mr Ong is was formerly the Deputy Commissioner (Corporate and Services Group) at the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS).

He started his career in the Administrative Service, serving in the Education and Defence ministries. He joined the Inland Revenue Department in 1991 from the private sector and was the Director (Taxation) at the Ministry of Finance from July 2000 to June 2002.

Mr Ong graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (Honours)(Economics) from the Victoria University of Wellington on the Colombo Plan Scholarship. He has a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.

He also attended the International Tax Program at Harvard University A recipient of the Public Service Administration Medal (Gold) at the National Day Honours, Mr Ong has 32 years of extensive experience which spans across policy, operations, regulations and corporate governance in the corporate accounting and tax field.