Member Details

Soo Earn is the Regional Managing Partner for the Financial Advisory practice at Deloitte Southeast Asia. He leads a team of over 500 practitioners across 8 countries, covering the full suite of Financial Advisory solutions including Mergers, Acquisitions, Integrations, Fundraising & Divestments, Forensic & Investigations, Restructuring & Insolvency, Infrastructure & Capital Projects, Sustainability & Climate Change and Social & Economics Advisory.

Throughout his career, Soo Earn has handled numerous valuation and modelling engagements for M&A, regulatory & taxation, and financial reporting purposes. Given his technical expertise, he has acted as an independent expert on valuation and accounting matters for a number of dispute cases. He also has gained extensive experience in advising investors and lenders in domestic and cross border M&A transactions as well as supporting vendors in divesting their business and entrepreneurs in accessing growth capital.  

Soo Earn was a work group founding member and advisory council member of the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore from 2013 to 2018. He was also a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants from 2011 to 2018 and chaired the Valuation sub-committee from 2011 to 2017. 
He has served as a Board member and Audit Committee Chairman of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore from 2011 to 2017. He has served as a Board Member from 2006 to 2014, a member of the Advocacy Committee from 2014 to 2016 and currently serves as a Member of the Audit Committee of the CFA Society Singapore. Soo Earn also serves as a member of Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) Finance and Capital Market Consultative Committee since 2016 and as a member of Fintech & Capital Market Committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI) since 2019.

Active in the community, Soo Earn is an advisor to the Singapore Chapter of AIESEC, the largest youth-run organization in the world that provides young people with leadership development and cross-cultural experience so that they can make a positive impact on society. He serves as a Board Member of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Singapore and as a member of the Panel for the Copyright Tribunals, Ministry of Law.  

He was recognized multiple times (2013-2014, 2017-2019 and 2020) as one of the world top 300 IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset Management and was selected by Who’s Who Legal (from 2015 to 2018) as one of the leading Due Diligence Accountants. 

Soo Earn is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA), a Fellow of Singapore Institute of Directors, a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore and holds a Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Laws.