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Usha Chandradas CAREER SUMMARY Art historian and co-founder of digital art magazine Plural Art Mag.

Singapore-qualified tax lawyer, accountant and educator with close to two decades of experience working in the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Singapore’s largest and leading law firm Allen and Gledhill LLP and the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Member, Panel of Experts, Legal Department, May 2019 – to date • Short-term expert, rendering technical assistance to foreign tax administrations in the application, interpretation and drafting of taxation laws.

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Singapore Part-time Lecturer & Course Coordinator, August 2019 – to date • Lecturer and Course Coordinator in the College of Business, Nanyang Business School (International Tax and International Trade).
(PLU)RAL ART LLP, Singapore Co- founder, July 2017 – to date • Co-founded Plural Art Mag (www.pluralartmag.com) an online magazine composed of a website and accompanying social media platforms (“Plural”).

• Plural provides content on Southeast Asian art and art events, to both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers to the arts scene.
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY, Singapore Adjunct Faculty, August 2019 – December 2019 • Lecturer in the School of Law (Legal Research and Writing), a compulsory module for first-year law students.
ALLEN & GLEDHILL LLP FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Singapore Partner and Senior Associate, July 2013 – August 2016 and November 2010 – August 2012 • Advised local and multinational clients on Singapore taxation with regard to tax-efficient corporate structures for funds, regional investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, tax compliance and regulatory matters.
• Negotiated for the resolution of tax disputes with IRAS for both corporate entities and private clients, in both civil and criminal matters.

LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE PRO BONO SERVICES OFFICE, Singapore Director, Community Relations & Outreach, January 2013 – May 2013 • Promotion of the Pro Bono Services Office (a registered Institution of Public Character) to public organisations and businesses to ensure a steady stream of institutional, financial and volunteer support for its activities.
• Overseeing and developing legal awareness and legal aid programmes to assist individuals and non-profit enterprises, on a national basis.

INLAND REVENUE AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore Principal Legal Officer Law Division, July 2004 – April 2007 and June 2008 – September 2010 • Rendering of in-house legal advice on the interpretation of Singapore tax laws across all tax types, with an emphasis on the interaction between legal issues and revenue policies.
• Advised on the tax implications of structures proposed by corporate taxpayers, as well as on general contracts entered into by IRAS (for e.g.

employment contracts, procurement contracts, leases).

• Civil and criminal tax litigation relating to corporate and personal income tax, goods and services tax and property tax.
1 EDUCATION GOLDSMITH’S COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MA Asian Art Histories (awarded by LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore), 2017 • MA Thesis was awarded grade in highest band of ranking SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY, Singapore Master of Professional Accounting, 2009 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law, 2003 KING’S COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, London, United Kingdom Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Second Upper, 2002 • Awarded undergraduate scholarship by IRAS for the study of law in the United Kingdom PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (ISCA), Singapore CA (Singapore), 2014 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF ACCREDITED TAX PROFESSIONALS (SIATP), Singapore Accredited Tax Specialist – Income Tax, 2011 SUPREME COURT OF SINGAPORE, Singapore Advocate & Solicitor, 2004 PUBLICATIONS Art History • Chiew, E., Chua, L., Chandradas, U., Li, C., Lacaste, E., Teng, Y., Seng, Y.
(2017).

The Curatorial Complex: A 2018.

Equator.

Accessed Biennale.

Arts 29 October the on Roundtable https://artsequator.com/roundtable-singapore-biennale/.

Singapore Taxation • Selvaraj, R,.

Tham, K.L., Shiau, D., Chandradas, U.

(2015).

Singapore.

In A. Gurovtiz (Ed.

), The Sports Law Review (pp.

157-177).

Law Business Research Limited: London.

• Chandradas, U., Quek, K.H., Wai, K.W.

(2015).


LexisNexis Annotated Statutes of Singapore Income Tax Act & Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act.

Singapore: LexisNexis.

• Lim, A.M., Lim, M., Seow, S.,Young, R., Shiau, D., Chandradas, U.

(2015).

Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions in Singapore.

Wolters Kluwer.

• Chhabra, S., Chandradas, U. R., (2012).

Private Client Tax: Jurisdictional Comparisons.

In J. Rhodes (Ed.

), The European Lawyer Reference Series (Second Edition).
Sweet & Maxwell: London.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCES (ART HISTORY) • Shifting Undergrounds in East and Southeast Asia: Transformations and Declinations of Cultural Self-Expressions and Communities in Cityspace 2018, Singapore, organised by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with National Gallery Singapore.

Acted as panel moderator for Open Forum on Emerging Publics in Singapore’s Independent Art Scene.
• 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia 2018 in Sydney- delivered presentation entitled Balinese Visual Symbols & National Identity: A Study of the Practice of the Sanggar Dewata Indonesia at a panel on The Concept of the ‘Nation’ in the Study of Southeast Asian Art Histories.
• Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention 2018 in New York - Special Session: Southeast Asia and its Empires – delivered presentation entitled Post – Colonial Resistance in Balinese Contemporary Art : The Sanggar Dewata Indonesia.

APPOINTMENTS 2 SINGAPORE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CHARITY FUND Board Member, 2023-to date INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF SINGAPORE (IPOS) Director, 2022- to date OUE COMMERCIAL REIT PTE.
LTD, Singapore Independent Director, 2017- to date OUE LIPPO HEALTHCARE LTD., Singapore Independent Director, 2021- to date SINGAPORE RED CROSS, Singapore Council Member, 2021-to date MARKETING ADVISORY PANEL, NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE Member, 2021 – to date PRO BONO SERVICES OFFICE OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore Chair, Content Management Committee, 2021 Member, Finance Committee, 2017- to date Vice-Chair & Committee Member of Project Law Help, 2015 – to date • A Law Society pro bono committee for the rendering of corporate legal aid to charities and non-profits CHANDRA DAS EDUCATION FUND Founding donor and Grant Advisory Committee Member 2019 – to date STUDY OF THE TAX ECOSYSTEM AND PRACTICES IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE Member, 2016 • The Law Society of Singapore’s representative in an IRAS and Ministry of Finance – led joint initiative to study trends IN SINGAPORE (STEPS) and future developments in Singapore’s tax industry.
LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore Council Member, 2014- 2015 • Bar association of Singapore COMCARE ENTERPRISE FUND PANEL, MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, Singapore Member, 2014 • Panel for the grant of funding to social enterprises in Singapore LANGUAGES English (Fluent), Malay (Fluent) 3