Our Team
Corporate Finance & Recovery
VINCENT CHEW
CEO, Partner, Recovery & Corporate Finance
2020 & 2022 Chair, PKF Asia Pac. Vincent is the Chief Executive Officer of Covenant Equity Consulting Sdn Bhd, a firm licensed by the Securities Commission of Malaysia to undertake corporate finance advisory work.
A Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and CPA with the Khmer Institute of Certified Public Accountants & Auditors (KICPAA).
Having previously been attached with a Big-4 Firm in Australia and Malaysia, he has built a comprehensive experience and expertise in insolvency and corporate rescue, audits, due diligences, and specialised advisory, especially in respect of Australian businesses investing in Asia and vice versa, including assisting Asian companies to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. Vincent has undertaken audit assignments in Cambodia, adding to his diverse portfolio of experience across Asia-Pacific.
Track record of success for several merger and acquisition transactions, various restructuring exercise for initial public offers. Has completed numerous equity, debt or equity-linked capital raising exercises for various public listed companies, in addition to being involved in several reverse take-over exercises and privatisation projects, valuation of companies and assets, including infrastructure projects, licenses and other intangibles.
DAWIN TANG
Advisor, Recovery & Corporate Finance
Dawin Tang is a qualified advocate and solicitor of the Malaysian Bar Council and holds a Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence in respect of the regulated activity of advising on corporate finance, issued under the purview of the Securities Commission.
He is also a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, and an Approved Liquidator under the Malaysian Companies Act 2016.
Dawin has assisted client in litigation support including attending court as an expert witness and court appointed valuer.
Dawin has extensive experience in legal and corporate finance advisory assignments with clients, which include multi-national corporations, public listed and owner-managed corporations in banking, trading, manufacturing, plantations, construction and property development in Malaysia as well as throughout the region.
Currently, Dawin is actively engaged in advising clients on all aspects of corporate finance, including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, fund procurement, valuations and due diligence exercises, as well as insolvency matters, including corporate restructuring (schemes of arrangements and judicial management), receiverships and liquidation.
Audit & Assurance
MARILYN NGU
Partner, Audit & Assurance
The Chairman of PKF Asia Pacific Professional Standards Committee and a member (APPSC) of PKF International Professional Standards Committee (IPSC). Head of Audit of PKF Malaysia and Cambodia.
Graduated with a Master of Arts in Political Economy (Social Science) from the University of Glasgow (UK).
A Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Has gained significant practice experience in her previous attachment with an international accounting network firm in Malaysia and commercial exposure as an accountant with a public listed company in Malaysia. Marilyn has extended her professional reach to Cambodia, undertaking audit assignments in the country.
Has undertaken various audit assignments, including audit and reporting work for public listed companies and small and medium sized entities, from various industries such as manufacturing, trading, construction, logistic, timber and other service industries.
SHARINAH DATUK HJ MD IQBAL
Partner, Audit & Assurance
Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of London. Completed her Masters in Forensic Accounting and Financial Criminology with University Teknologi Mara.
A Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Obtained her initial training with a Big-4 Firm and has been involved in lecturing in accounting and auditing subjects in various colleges.
Her audit experience includes a wide range of companies engaged in oil and gas, gaming, power generation, plantation, information technology, telecommunication, construction, manufacturing, logistics, retail trading and services.
NG CHEW PEI
Partner, Audit & Assurance
Graduated with Bachelor of Accounting with Honors from the University Kebangsaan Malaysia.
A Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Has undertaken various audit, financial due diligence, forensic and other assurance related assignments for both public listed groups, smaller private companies and groups, and not-for-profit entities. Her corporate sectoral experience is in manufacturing, trading, construction, property development, logistics, and services. Further she was involved in various investigation and due diligence assignments.
KEN CHEN
Partner, Assurance
Ken has a Bachelor of Arts (Accounting) from the University of North London and an
MBA (Business Finance) from the University of Hull, UK
He is a Fellow member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) as well as a Chartered Accountant (M) with the Malaysia Institute of Accountants and an
Associate member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia.
He has gained experience in his previous attachment with a Big-4 firm, working in the areas of audit, assurance & advisory business services. Additionally, he has been involved in due diligence and profit forecast engagements.
His audit experience includes a diversified portfolio of companies engaged in industries such as manufacturing, hospitality, food & beverage, property development, contractors, agriculture, wholesalers, retail trading and services and charitable & non-profit organizations.
Puvaneswary Naidu Nyahnan
Director, Audit & Assurance
ACCA graduate from Sunway University College.
A Fellow Member of Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
Commenced career in a medium sized firm in 2010, with extensive experience from various industries, such as construction, property development, travel and tours, manufacturing, trading , investment holding, remittance and e-wallet and has undertaken audit for both public listed entities and private limited companies.
Number of years of experience : 13+ years
THORUS SOO
Director, Assurance
An Associate Member of Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA).
With Deloitte and medium sized firms prior to joining PKF, with extensive experience from various industries, such as construction, property development, plantation, hotel and F&B, manufacturing, micro-financial institutions and has undertaken audit for both public listed entities, multinational companies and private companies. Further, he was involved in various investigation and due diligence assignments.
He has over a decade of experience prior to joining PKF.
DANIEL CHEW
Director, Assurance
A Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and Malaysia Institute of Chartered Public Accountants (MICPA)
Having previously been associated with a Big-4 firm in Malaysia, he brings extensive experience and expertise in conducting statutory audits for companies across diverse sectors, with a particular focus on healthcare and manufacturing. Additionally, he possesses substantial proficiency in deploying data analytics, specializing in their application to enhance audit procedures.
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne.
Number of year experience: 9+ years.
CHAU MAN KIT
Partner, Assurance
Man Kit is a Chartered Accountant with the MIA, and Malaysian Institute of CPAs (MICPA). He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation (MIT). Attached to a Big 4 firm previously, he is rich in practice experience involving audit, tax planning, company secretarial and management consultancy assignments for a wide array of industries which include plantation, property development, manufacturing, construction, transportation and logistics, timber and various other sectors.
DIVAHARAN KANNAN
Partner, Audit
Diva is a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has an MBA with Manchester Business School. He has more than twenty years’ auditing experience with both the Big 4 and mid-sized accounting practices in Malaysia and overseas, mainly in the United Kingdom and Russia.
Taxation
LIM AI CHEN
Partner, Taxation
Over 25 years of extensive experience in the areas of taxation (compliance and advisory), statutory audit, transfer pricing and tax defense support as well as business advisory services.
A member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA) and Chartered Institute of Taxation in Malaysia (CTIM).
She is a licensed tax agent under Section 153 of the Income Tax Act 1967 and a GST qualified specialist in Malaysia. Her experience covers advising on GST compliance, advisory and provision of training.
Previously, attached with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia in the Investigation and Intelligence Unit with the main role of discovering back duty, conducting full examination and investigation of various tax fraud and evasion cases, in various industries especially in property development and land dealing companies.
A registered trainer with HRD Corp and actively providing e-invoice implementation trainings to association and corporations since the implementation announcement.
CONNIE WAN
Partner, Taxation
Connie graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), from the University of Adelaide, South Australia.
She is a Certified Practising Accountant with CPA Australia, a Chartered Accountant (M) of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and an Associate member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. She is also a licensed tax agent under the Income Tax Act,1967.
Connie has gained experience through her previous role with a Big-4 firm, working as a compliance and advisory manager. Her experience includes compliance engagements and consulting assignments as well as tax audits & investigations for a portfolio of companies including listed companies, small & medium enterprises, charitable & non-profit organizations.
She has been engaged in tax work for industries such as manufacturing, property development, contractors, hospitality, food & beverage, agriculture, wholesalers, retail trading and services.
WINNIE FOO
Director, Taxation
Winnie is a seasoned transfer pricing professional with extensive experience across Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Prior to joining PKF Malaysia, she held key roles at three Big 4 accounting firms in Malaysia and Hong Kong, as well as at a leading mid-tier accounting firm in Singapore. Her expertise extends beyond advisory firms, as she has also gained in-house transfer pricing experience with a Hong Kong-listed company.
She has advised clients on a broad spectrum of transfer pricing matters, including documentation and benchmarking analysis, strategic planning, due diligence reviews, dispute resolution strategies, etc. Her expertise also extends to Advance Pricing Arrangements (APA) and Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP).
With a diverse client portfolio spanning industries such as manufacturing, trading, property development, construction, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, automotive, and oil & gas, she brings a well-rounded perspective to addressing complex transfer pricing challenges.
Professional qualifications
• Fellow Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
• Chartered Accountants, Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
• Member, Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM)
Information Technology Advisory
STEVIE HEONG
Director, Technology Advisory
Graduated with a Bachelor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences degree, with a double major in Information Technology and Business Management from the University of Western Australia.
Accredited with Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and has completed certification on Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation, technical certifications with Cisco Systems (CCNP, CCDP); Juniper Networks (JNCIA); Checkpoint Firewall (CCSE); Microsoft (MCSE, MCDBA) and Blue Coat Security (BCCPP).
Member of the Malaysian Chapter of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and the technology board for Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
Over two decades of experience in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, where he began his career in Siemens Malaysia, serving as an engineer in the telecommunication space.
Served in the capacity of Regional Network Security Manager for DHL IT and Global Technical Consultant in Information & Network Security, managing information technology standardisation and regulatory compliance in over 200 countries; and also as the APAC Regional Manager for Professional Services for the entire region for Blue Coat Systems, a NASDAQ listed technology company and Gartner quadrant leader, specialising in network security and application acceleration.
Risk & Governance Advisory
DR WONG KA FEE
Director, Risk & Governance Advisory
Dr. Ka Fee has over fifteen (15) years of experience in internal audit, risk management, compliance review and business advisory. He earned his Doctoral Degree in Behavioral Finance from Universiti Utara Malaysia and Master Degrees from two different prestigious Universities from United Kingdom, i.e., Master of Science in Management Consultancy from Liverpool John Moores University and Master of Business Administration from University of Wales.
In addition, he is a Fellow Financial Accountant with Institute of Financial Accountants (UK), a Fellow Member of Association of International Accountants (UK), a Fellow Member of Institute of Public Accountants (Australia), a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia and an Associate Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
His engagements cover various industries including as property development, construction, food and beverage, electronic and electrical appliances, pharmaceuticals, polymers & costings, oil & gas, fashion & garment, transportation, wire & cable, emulsion explosive technologies, hotels & resorts, manufacturing and industrial product, FMCG, retail and distribution, plantation and etc. Dr. Ka Fee has vast experiences in performing compliance reviews in line with Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA), Bank Negara Malaysia (AML/CFT) and Bursa Malaysia. He has gained great exposure from providing assurance and consulting services in Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Singapore, Malaysia and United States.
ALEX NIP CHEE SIEN
Director, Corporate Secretarial
Alex is an Associate Member of MAICSA.
In the corporate secretarial profession for more than 15 years and counting.
Understand clients’ requirements and propose practical tailored solutions to align with their objectives and challenges.
Involves in corporate exercise such as merger & acquisitions, private placements, share swaps, bonus issue, share option scheme, board members & shareholders tussle, shareholders’ structure planning, consolidation and de-consolidation of shares and liquidation (Members’ Voluntary Winding Up).
Provide corporate training to Board of Directors.
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