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YOUR
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE ADVISORS

Angelia Chew
Founder & Managing Partner

angelia@actradeadvisory.com

EXPERIENCE
PARTNER

KPMG Asia Pacific Trade & Customs Practice

VP - HEAD OF TRADE & CUSTOMS (GLOBAL)

Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd

PROGRAM MANAGER, TRADE & CUSTOMS APJ

Cisco Systems

SENIOR MANAGER, TRADE & CUSTOMS

Sony

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA

Master in International Customs Law & Administration, International Law

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS)

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Economics

FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

Since founding AC Trade Advisory in 2017, Angelia has been advising and training companies across different industries, government officials in different countries and international bodies on international trade and customs matters. She is also a trainer with the Singapore Management University’s International Trade Institute, helping mid-career switchers embark on the international trade profession.

With more than 20 years of experience in Trade & Customs practices, she was formerly the Asia Pacific Lead Partner for KPMG Trade & Customs practice advising multi-national companies in optimising their supply chain, managing customs compliance, trade documentation and free trade agreements analysis. 

Prior to KPMG, Angelia was the global Head of the Trade & Customs function in Philips Electronics where she was Vice President working closely with the global Head of Tax. In that role as the Global Head of Trade & Customs, Angelia successfully built customs compliance awareness, increased the strategic use of free trade agreements (FTAs) in the company and conducted trade compliance reviews of their global processes and trade documentation. Angelia has also previously worked for Cisco Systems and Sony where she managed the regional Customs function in Asia Pacific region. This involved setting up internal customs compliance controls and leading customs audit defences.

Angelia holds a Master of International Customs Law and Administration from University of Canberra in Australia and a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from National University of Singapore.