Wealth of Experience

Hin Tat is a Resident Manager of Padang Trust as well as the senior partner of Hin Tat Augustine & Partners (Advocates & Solicitors), Singapore. His experience spans more than 30 years of legal work from being a litigator to advising his clients on all forms of trust, corporate and banking work. Hin Tat’s clients include senior business executives, major banking and financial institutions, listed companies and all types of professional organizations. He has extensive experience in setting up and managing a professional organization with a total of about 70 lawyers and support staff. Hin Tat, who graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1980 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree, was a member of the Board of Governors of Temasek Polytechnic and also sat on the Board of Permasteelisa Pacific Holdings Ltd, a company formerly listed on the Singapore Exchange. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Augustine is a practicing lawyer and a senior partner in the firm of Hin Tat Augustine & Partners. He is a long time appointee of the office of Commissioner of Oaths and Notary Public. Augustine is a legal advisor of a charitable organization and is active in volunteer work.

Darren is a Resident Manager and heads the trust accounting department at Padang Trust. He started his career in the banking industry before moving to a global accounting firm to hone his accounting knowledge with several years of experience in restructuring and forensic matters. In the last 5 years, Darren has assisted clients at Padang Trust with trust set-up and structuring, escrow arrangements and administration of estates. Darren’s professional qualifications and affiliations include Master of Professional Accounting, Queensland University of Technology and he is a member of CPA Australia and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Aloysius is a Resident Manager and head of compliance of Padang Trust. He is a member of the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (Compliance) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Roderick has over 13 years of experience in trust and wealth planning in international private banks and brokerage firms advising high net-worth clients on family trust and estate planning. Before joining the financial services industry, Roderick was a lawyer and partner in a law corporation, having been in legal practice for more than a decade in areas of trust and estate advisory and corporate and commercial law. Roderick holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree from the National University of Singapore.