1. Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales ("ICAEW") 2. Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants ("MIA") 3. Member of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance ("MICG")
Working Experience
After completing his ICAEW with over 8 years public practice in London, he returned to Malaysia and worked briefly for Southern Bank Berhad before moving to Hong Kong to join HSBC. This was followed by over 26 years of international experience in C-suite roles at the LOreal Group and the Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis) Group, having been expatriated to manage their subsidiaries in Melbourne, Seoul, Paris, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta, Taipei and Hong Kong. He was on the Boards of many of these subsidiaries representing the public listed parent company's interests. Most recently, he was the Acting Global CEO/Global CFO of Crabtree & Evelyn London. He was an Independent Director and chaired the Audit Committee of an Australian Stock Exchange listed junior mining company from 2011 to 2014. He was Vice-Chairman of the Taipei English School and Board member of the Taipei European Schools while living in Taiwan and remains committed to the academia today as a pro-bono guest speaker at Universiti Malaya's Business School MBA Program and its Faculty of Business & Accountancy, UNITAR's Faculty of Business & Finance and MICG. He is also an Associate Faculty Member of the Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business at Universiti Utara Malaysia.
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....