About Us

Jacqueline has been in the corporate services industry for over 20 years. She has helped thousands of clients with their company statutory matters, helping them understand and navigate the Singapore Act, laws, rules and regulations, avoiding expensive mistakes. Jacqueline has handled all matters from company incorporations, ongoing statutory compliance, corporate governance, immigration and human resource, accounting, tax and licensing matters.

Jacqueline has been company secretary and director to countless companies. Her professionalism, can-do attitude and ability to analyse and understand clients’ issues and provide pragmatic solutions have won over many clients who look to her whenever they are unsure about matters or require a 3rd party eye/ear to the situation that they are facing.

Prior to JBL, Jacqueline helped setup Janus Corporate Solutions, a leading corporate services firm that was acquired by Hawksford, a Jersey-based corporate, private client and funds company.

Having worked with clients from all over the world and the experience of being director and managing companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Brunei and Mongolia, has given Jacqueline the capabilities of understanding the various nuances and governance.

Jacqueline holds an MBA from De Montfort University, UK and is a Practicing Chartered Secretary and Associate member of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore (CSIS). She is also a member of the Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI).

Jacqueline and her team look forward to assisting you with your requirements.

Benny holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws, both from the National University of Singapore. He has been in legal practice in Singapore as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore since 1997.

Benny is currently a partner at Chris Chong & CT Ho LLP, and heads its fund management and corporate practice. He has extensive experience in fund management and investment advisory matters, financial services regulatory compliance, and the structuring and establishment of Singapore and offshore funds. He has acted for sponsors and fund managers of private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, fund-of-funds, Shariah-compliant funds, and restricted Singapore and foreign schemes, as well as family offices and the private banking and wealth management arms of offshore banks. He also regularly advises fund management and financial intermediary clients on regulatory and licensing issues, including applying for capital markets services licences, financial advisers’ licences and the applicable exemptions from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Benny’s other main areas of practice are corporate finance, private and public mergers and acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and private equity investments, and regulatory compliance for listed companies and registered charities. He travels regularly in the Asia Pacific region advising clients on a wide range of matters, and has represented multinational clients, government-linked companies, and listed and private companies in various transactions ranging from share purchases, asset acquisitions and disposals, shareholders' agreements, greenfield and infrastructure projects, initial public offerings in Singapore, placements and rights issue, privatizations, corporate restructurings and re-organisations, and scheme of arrangement.

Benny also advises Singapore listed companies on corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters. He is currently the company secretary to several public companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, as well as numerous Singapore private companies.

Benny has also been appointed to the board of various listed companies in Singapore as independent non-executive director since 2007.

Eddy heads Ottavia group operations, ensuring that the team provides seamless corporate services to our clients.

Eddy is an experienced chartered accountant and alumnus of Deloitte Singapore. After Deloitte, he gained commercial experiences during his tenure with a publicly listed firm where he was involved with the management of day-to-day finance operations, corporate structuring, M&A activities, and corporate compliance and regulations.

Immediately prior to joining Ottavia, Eddy was the head of the Accounting and Tax Group of another Singapore-based corporate services firm; he specialized in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore.

His clients have grown to appreciate Eddy for actionable, practical and easy-to-understand advice. His vast experience with clients from many countries with vastly different tax and regulatory frameworks has given him a global perspective to the needs of international clients. His insights and practical advice have won deep loyalty from clients as is evidenced by the numerous glowing testimonials he has received.

Eddy is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and holds a degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU).

Sandy is a senior member of our Tax and Accounting team. Sandy started her career as an auditor, before moving on to senior finance position. She has expertise and experience in managing and structuring the accounting functions for various industries including Construction, Engineering, Shipping, Aviation, Professional and Manpower Services industries.

Besides her deep expertise in Singapore's accounting and tax landscape, Sandy has a robust understanding of the accounting and audit issues for other jurisdictions including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. She has extensive experience in advising clients who operate their business in Singapore and foreign jurisdictions. In addition to generating and managing a company's statutory reports, financial statements, budgets, cash flow, management reports and tax computations, Sandy provide services for office management, human resource and payroll. She has led and managed accounting and payroll teams to ensure timely and accurate compliance for her clients.

Sandy is a qualified accountant and a member of both the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and CPA Australia.

Yana has over 10 years of experience in managing and handling corporate secretarial and immigration services. Together with her team, she is responsible for ensuring that the companies under her care conduct themselves within the Singapore regulatory environment, including compliance with the Singapore Companies Act and other relevant rules and regulations of Singapore government.

Prior to joining Ottavia, Yana was a senior member of another leading Singapore-based corporate services firm specializing in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore. Her consistent delivery of quality service had won her various excellent references, from clients and colleagues alike.

Yana strongly believes in providing the highest quality and personalized services to her clients; this is reflected in the glowing praise she consistently receives from her clients. Yana holds a Diploma in Business Administration from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Jessica has over 10 years of experience in corporate secretarial and compliance advisory matters involving private companies and public companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX).

Jessica's areas of practice include incorporation, allotment and transfer of shares, striking off of companies, resolutions and minutes, maintenance of statutory registers and secretarial records, as well as statutory filings. She also provides support work in relation to corporate governance and compliance matters under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) of Singapore, the listing manual of the SGX, and the Code of Corporate Governance.

Jessica holds a Master of Arts degree from the National University of Singapore.