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Dato' Mohd Salleh Mahmud
Accountant General
En Abdul Rahim Bin Abdul Hamid
President
Ms Christina Constance Foo
Vice President
Pn Wan Selamah Wan Sulaiman
Timbalan Akauntan Negara (Korporat)
       
Abraham Verghese Y. Bhg. Dato' Ahmad Johan bin Mohammad Raslan Mr Chandra Mohan Balasubramaniam Chen Voon Hann
       
Dato' Gan Ah Tee Y.Bhg.Professor Dr Hasnah Binti Haji Haron Heng Ji Keng Pn Hajah Dr. Kalsom Binti Salleh
       
Kang Wei Geih, Billy Prof Madya Dr Ku Nor Izah Binti Ku Ismail Lam Kee Soon Dr Lee Yee Chong @ YC Lee
       
Liew Kim Yuen Dato' Raymond Liew Lee Leong Lim Thiam Kee, Peter Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman
       
   
Mohammad Faiz Mohammad Azmi  Datuk Mohd Nasir Bin Ahmad  Assoc Prof. Dr. Norman Mohd Saleh YBhg Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed 
     
       
 Ooi Thiam Poh  Oong Kee Leong,
Stephen
 Seow Yoo Lin  Uthaya Kumar A/L Vivekananda
       
 
 Yeo Tek Ling  Professor Madya Dr. Zulkarnain Muhamad Sori  Tuan Haji Rosli bin Abdullah
Registrar
 
 

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Dato' Mohd Salleh Mahmud
Accountant General
CV-Dato' Mohd Salleh Mahmud

Dato' Mohd Salleh Mahmud was appointed as the Accountant General Malaysia on 21 March 2005, taking over the helm from YBhg Dato' Othman Abdullah. Previously Dato' Mohd Salleh had been the Deputy Accountant General since 1996.

He graduated from University of Malaya with an Honours Degree in Accounting in 1976 and obtained his Master in Business Administration in 1993. He started his career in 1976 in the Foreign Investment Committee, Economic Planning Unit under the Prime Minister's Department.

In 1980, he was posted to the Telecommunications Department as Senior Accountant and was made the Chief Accountant of the Pension Division, Public Services Department in 1981.

He was appointed as Director of the Pension Trust Fund in 1981. Currently Dato' Mohd Salleh sits on the Board of Syarikat Ladang Rakyat Terengganu Sdn Bhd. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Group Risk Management Committee, and Chairman of the Building Committee.


En Abdul Rahim Bin Abdul Hamid
President

CV-Abdul Halim Husin

Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid was elected as the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) on 24 July 2009. He is no stranger to the organisation as he was its president for two years from 2005 to 2007. Initially elected into Council in 2000, he also served as the Vice President of MIA from 2004 to 2005.

He has more than three decades of service in public practice. He started out in Coopers & Lybrand in 1971 and became the Managing Partner/Chief Executive of the firm in 1993. In 1998, he assumed the position of Deputy Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and held it until he retired on 30 June 2004.

He is a board member of Mimos Berhad and an Independent Director of Chemical Company of Malaysia (CCM) Berhad. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Accountancy at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) since 2002 and is involved in an advisory capacity at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

In January 2010 he was appointed as President of the ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA).


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Ms Christina Constance Foo
Vice President

CV-Abdul Halim Husin

Christina Foo was elected as the Vice President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) on 24 July 2009. Previously she was appointed to the Council from 2007 to 2008 and rejoined on 15 July 2009. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CPA Australia Ltd and is also the Immediate Past President of the Malaysia Division.

She has over 23 years of business advisory and consultancy experience with significant expertise in strategic planning, project management, and organisational and human resource consulting for multinationals, public-listed and private companies covering a broad spectrum of industries.

Christina also worked with Ernst & Young for over 16 years. In the various capacities served, she has cultivated an extensive and broad spectrum of experiences and network of contacts.

Today, she is a business owner of varied interests while leading a strategic business building consulting firm — Priority One Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd — which she co-founded in 2001.

Christina believes in developing people to achieve their fullest potential and enjoys sharing her knowledge and experiences with her clients and organisations that she is associated with.


Pn Wan Selamah Wan Sulaiman
CV-Pn Wan Selamah Wan Sulaiman

Pn Wan Selamah Wan Sulaiman is the Deputy Accountant General (Corporate) in the Accountant General’s Department of Malaysia.

She obtained her Master in Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1992. She is a member of MIA and also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Her career with the Government started in 1979 as Treasury Accountant in the Examination Syndicate Department of the Ministry of Education. In 1982, she served the Ministry of Defense before joining the Accountant General’s Department, where she has been since 1984.

She has held various positions in the Accountant General’s Department, including Deputy Director, Government Pensions Trust Fund; Director, Information Technology Services Division; and Director, Central Operations and Agency Service Division.


 

Assoc. Prof Dr. Norman Mohd Saleh
CV-Assoc. Prof Dr. Norman Mohd Saleh

Assoc. Prof Dr. Norman Mohd Saleh is an Associate Professor in the School of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia specialising in the field of financial reporting.

He obtained his Bachelor of Accounting from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Masters of Science (Accountancy) from University of East nglia, United Kingdom and Doctor of Philosophy from La Trobe University, Australia.

His main research areas are in accounting policy choices, earnings management and quality, and corporate governance. He published in local as well as international journals such as Accounting and Business Research, International Journal of Management, International Journal of Business, International Journal of Management Studies, Asian Review of Accounting, Malaysian Accounting Review, Jurnal Pengurusan, Banker’s Journal, Indonesian Management and Accounting Review and Akauntan Nasional/Accountants Today. In MIA he is a member to both the Audit Committee and Education Committee.

He was appointed as visiting Associate Professor at the Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan, as part of the effort to develop a business programme in the university. He has served a member of the Ministry of Higher Education’s committee to evaluate undergraduate accounting programme in Malaysian universities, and in a committee that suggests the governance of graduate business school in Malaysia. He also involved in examination process of Malaysian Association of Accounting Administrators, as well as in working groups set up by the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board to review new standards to be adopted.


Professor Madya Dr. Zulkarnian Muhamad Sori
CV-Assoc. Prof Dr. Norman Mohd Saleh

In the MIA Council, he is a member of the Examination Committee (EC) and the Financial Statements Review Committee (FSRC).


Professor Dr. Hasnah bt. Haji Haron
CV-Hasnah binti Haji Haron

Prof. Datin Dr. Hasnah Haron is Professor of Accounting at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Before holding the Deanship at the newly formed Graduate School of Business, she was Chairperson of the Accounting Programme and Deputy Director of the Advanced Management Centre.

Dr. Hasnah’s main research interest is in the field of audit and she has been awarded external grants from professional bodies and international universities to conduct research in this area. Her other research interests include financial reporting, ethics, corporate social responsibility and corporate governance.

Dr. Hasnah has published both locally and internationally refereed journals and also in Professional Accountancy Journals. As an endorsement of her scholarly effort, she was twice awarded the Best Paper Award from the Malaysian Accountancy Research Education Foundation (in 2005 and 2007) and has won the Best Paper Award at the International Symposium on Graduate Management Research, Universiti Utara Malaysia.

Dr. Hasnah sits on the editorial advisory boards of the Malaysian Accounting Review, Journal of Financial Reporting & Accounting, and Journal of Organisational and Behavioural Research. Prior to that, she was also Chief Editor for the Asian Academy of Management Journal and Assistant Editor of the Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting & Finance.

Before assuming her role as Council Member of MIA, she was a committee member of MIA Penang Branch. Besides playing an active role in MIA, she is also a fellow member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia, and is currently the Vice President of the Asian Academy of Management.

In the MIA Council, she is a member of three internal committees: the Disciplinary Appeal Committee (DAB), the Examination Committee (EC), and the Ethics Standards Board (ESB).


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YBhg Dato' Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan
CV-Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan

YBhg Dato' Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan is the Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia. He has over 25 years of working experience in audit and business advisory in Malaysia and the United Kingdom.

Dato' Johan holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Economics and Accountancy from University of Hull, United Kingdom. He is the Chairman of the Financial Reporting Foundation (FRF) and also participates in corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues and has assisted Malaysian regulators to implement its corporate governance framework.

He is a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority, a member of Working Group C (Corporate Governance and Shareholders’ Rights) of the Corporate Law Reform Committee, Chairman of CSR Malaysia, and a Board member of Perbadanan Putrajaya.

Dato' Johan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a Director of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club and a Trustee of the Tun Suffian Foundation. Dato’ Johan is an Eisenhower Fellow.

Appointed to the MIA Council on 16 September 2007, he is the Chairman of the Examination Committee (EC) and member of the Executive Committee (EXCO) and the Nominating Committee (NC).


Dato' Gan Ah Tee
CV-Gan Ah Tee

Dato' Gan is the Managing Partner of BDO Binder Malaysia. In October 2008, he was appointed as the Senior Partner for BDO Asia Pacific Region A which covers China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

With over 30 years’ experience in audit, accounting and financial advisory, Dato’ Gan specialises in corporate turnaround and financial restructuring of under-performing companies, and has extensive experience in corporate finance and advisory assignments.

His experience includes advising high profile clients in matters relating to debt restructuring between debtors companies and lenders, administration of schemes of arrangement, restructuring plan implementation for listing purposes, receivership and liquidation.

Dato’ Gan is a recognised leader in the fields of Corporate Finance, Restructuring and Corporate Recovery. He has conducted many talks and seminars on these areas for various bodies including MIA, Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), financial institutions, Bar Council Malaysia and the Securities Commission.

Dato’ Gan is a member of the MICPA Council and also member of its Insolvency Practice Committee. In addition, he is Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ Malaysia City Group.

In the MIA Council, he is Chairman of the Insolvency Practice Working Group, a sub- committee under the Public Practice Committee (PPC). He is also a member of three other internal committees: the Disciplinary Committee (DC), the Executive Committee (EXCO) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).


Mr Chandra Mohan Balasubramaniam
CV-Mr Chandra Mohan Balasubramiam

Support of EON Bank Group and the Divisional President of CIMA Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Accountancy and Business Law from the University of Stirling (UK).

Chandra Mohan’s more than 25 years' working experience, principally in banking and finance, encompasses stints in finance, credit, treasury, IT, risk management and product development. His professional affiliations include Chartered Accountant (CA) Malaysia and Fellow of CIMA (1995).

Chandra Mohan has been a member of the CIMA Malaysia Divisional Council since 1996 and also served as the Chairman of the Education and Training Committee from 1997 to 2003. Subsequently he became a member of the Executive Committee, holding positions as Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary, before becoming Vice President in 2006. He has been active in other committees as well, serving as the Assessment Chairman of the National Award for Management Accounting since 2006.

In the MIA Council, he is a member of the Disciplinary Appeal Board (DAB).


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Lee Yee Chong @ YC Lee
CV-Lee Yee Chong

Dr Y C Lee is the Managing Director of the CCM Pharmaceutical Group, CCM Pharma Sdn Bhd, Prima Health (Retail) (M) Sdn Bhd and Columbia Asia Medical Centre. Recruited by ICI Paints UK in 1979, Mr Lee Joined ICI Paints (M) Sdn Bhd in 1982 and held various senior positions within the Group.

His working experience includes as Administration Manager of ICI Paints (1982–1988), Assistant Chief Accountant of ICI (Malaysia) Holdings (1988–1990), Manager of Information Technology (1990–1991) before being seconded to ICI (Singapore) Pte Ltd as ICI Polyurethanes Asia Pacific’s Business Controller (1991–1993).

He returned to join ICI Malaysia in 1993 as General Manager, Finance & IT until 1997 when he was appointed as the Managing Director of the CCM Pharmaceutical Group.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, UK and a Master of Business Administration degree from Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK. He has completed the Advanced Course in Production Methods and Management at the University of Cambridge and has also attended the ICI International Managers Course in the UK. In 2009, he received his doctorate (DBA) from the University of South Australia.

Dr YC Lee is also a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He is the Immediate Past President of CIMA Malaysia Division and the Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical Industries.

In MIA, Dr YC Lee is Chairman to the World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) 2010 Organising Committee.



Liew Kim Yuen
CV-Liew Kim Yuen

Liew Kim Yuen heads the Financial and Corporate Surveillance (FCS) Department in the Securities Commission (SC). He joined the SC in 2001 with extensive experience in the audit, investment banking and commercial sectors. In his current position, he is responsible for surveillance on the corporate conduct of public listed companies (PLCs) and monitoring their compliance with approved accounting standards.

He qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1986 and is a member of MIA. Representing the SC, Mr Liew is an advisor to the MASB Board and also an observer of MIA's Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee.

In the MIA Council, he is a member of two internal committees: the Practice Review Committee (PRC) and the Financial Statement Review Committee (FSRC).


Dato’ Liew Lee Leong @ Raymond Liew
CV-Liew Lee Leong

Dato’ Raymond Liew is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Master in Business Administration from Henley Management College, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK and member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). During his 20 years in the UK, he has gained extensive work experience with professional firms and multinational companies in corporate advisory and corporate tax planning including tax audit and investigation.

Dato’ Raymond Liew is the Managing Partner of Parker Randall Asia Pacific region and the Deputy President of Parker Randall International which is headquartered in London. He is responsible for the rapid growth of Parker Randall International predominantly within the Asia Pacific region of which Malaysia is the Regional Head Office.

With his extensive work knowledge, Dato’ Raymond Liew is a regular writer of technical articles and a regular speaker at various seminars and workshops. In 2008 he was appointed to lead the panel of judges for the Top 50 Enterprise Awards Malaysia 2008 organised by the Young Entrepreneurs’ Association of Malaysia.

Dato’ Raymond Liew is a Trustee of the Malaysian Accountancy Research & Education Foundation (MAREF) and a Council Member of the Chartered Taxation Institute of Malaysia (CTIM). He represents CTIM in tax dialogues and discussions with the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) and the Ministry of Finance on a regular basis. He is also part of a special working group known as DESIRE, which was specifically set up by the IRB to deal with operational issues affecting practitioners and SMEs.

Currently, he sits on the boards of a number of public listed companies as Chairman of Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director.

In the MIA Council, he is member of two internal committees: the Practice Review Committee (PRC) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).


Lim Thiam Kee, Peter
CV-Lim Thiam Kee, Peter

Peter Lim Thiam Kee is the Chairman of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) Malaysia Branch since 2001. He is also the Managing Partner of his firm, T K Lim & Associates.

He has been in public practice for more than 28 years. Previously, he was a senior staff in an international audit firm for 8 years.

Peter Lim is a familiar face to MIA as he was a Council Member between 2004 and 2008. Currently in the MIA Council, he is Chairman of the Tax Practice Committee (TPC), a sub-committee of the Public Practice Committee (PPC). He is also a member of three internal committees: the Practice Review Committee (PRC), the Taxation Committee (TC) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).

He is an active contributor to the accounting profession. He is also a Council Member of three (3) other professional bodies: The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) since 2002, the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM) since 2006, and the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA) since 2007.

Between 2006 and 2008 he was a member in the Small and Medium Practices Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).



Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman
CV-Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman

Mohamed Raslan is a partner with the Assurance practice of KPMG Malaysia and has been with the firm since 1995. In KPMG he is an EXCO member and Partner-in-Charge of Marketing and Communication. He also started the Management Assurance Services division in the area of internal audit and was the Partner-in-Charge of developing the economic value management methodology for KPMG Malaysia.

Raslan's work experience includes audit, consulting and corporate finance in Malaysia and Australia. He has also worked in carrying out internal audit work utilising systems controls, risk management and business reviews.

He has been particularly involved in providing services relating to initial public offers, rights issues and other special issues of companies listed on Bursa Malaysia. He has also nurtured companies for listing and provided transaction support service to the merger of banks.

Raslan has vast experience in providing due diligence services to clients from various industries. Due to his wide exposure to corporate organisations, Raslan's specialty is in restructuring, rescue plans and financing. After the currency turmoil in 1997, his main area has been acting as independent financial advisor to lenders and/or shareholders on restructuring schemes.

Raslan obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from University of Melbourne. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Associate Member, Malaysian Institute of Cooperative & Management Accountants (ICMA).

In the MIA Council, he is member of four internal committees: the Disciplinary Committee (DC), the Audit & Assurance Standards Board (AASB), the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC) and the Islamic Finance & Financial Reporting Standards Implementation (FRSIC-i).


YBhg Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed
CV-Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed

Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, an accountant for the past 17 years, has made many contributions to the advancement of the accountancy profession. A former student of Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kulim, Kedah, he furthered his education in the UK, obtaining his ACCA qualification in 1989.

In the corporate arena, Datuk Nur Jazlan serves as both independent non-executive director and Audit Committee member of two public listed companies, namely UM Land Bhd and Prinsiptek Bhd. He was appointed as Telekom Malaysia's representative to the Board of Shareholders of PT Pratama Excelcomindo. He is also an independent non-executive director of Penang Port, the commercial arm of Penang Port Commission.

On the national front, Datuk Nur Jazlan serves as the Member of Parliament for Pulai in Johor. He has been an Umno Youth Executive Committee Member since 1996 and is Chairman of the Pulai Umno division and a member of the International Affairs Bureau of Umno. He is also the secretary to the International Affairs Committee and a member of the Entrepreneurs Committee of the Backbenchers Club of Barisan Nasional.

Datuk Nur Jazlan was an MIA Council Member from 2001 to 2005. In July 2007, he was re-appointed to the Council by the Government. He serves as Chairman of the Disciplinary Appeal Board (DAB).


Seow Yoo Lin
CV-Seow Yoo Lin

Seow Yoo Lin has been the Managing Partner of KPMG Malaysia since 2007.

Yoo Lin's ascension in the profession started in 1983, when he was seconded to KPMG Houston to gain overseas experience, specialising in banking assignments. He returned in 1985 and was promoted to Partner in 1990. In 1991, he obtained his Master in Business Administration from the International Management Centre, Buckingham, UK.

Yoo Lin has been the audit engagement partner for a wide range of companies including public listed companies and multinationals in sectors such as banking and finance, manufacturing, trading and services.

In addition, he has also been involved in the various corporate exercises of these companies including acting as reporting accountants for submission to the Securities Commission, share valuations and acquisition reviews.

Yoo Lin is an Exco member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).

In the MIA Council, he is a member of the Disciplinary Committee (DC) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).


Uthaya Kumar Vivekananda
CV-Uthaya Kumar a/l Vivekananda

In the MIA Council, he is a member of the Investigation Committee (IC).


Mohammad Faiz Mohammad Azmi
CV-Mohammad Faiz Mohammad Azmi

Mohammad Faiz is currently the financial services leader for SEAPAN, a Southeast Asia grouping of firms from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia. He has over 23 years' experience in the audit and business advisory services of financial institutions in the UK and Malaysia. He is also the leader of PricewaterhouseCooper’s Global Islamic Finance Team.

He is a member of MIA and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. His audit clients include banks, stock broking firms, fund management firms and funds.

In the MIA Council, he is member of three internal committees:, the Islamic Finance & Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC-i), the Financial Statements Review Committee (FSRC) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).

He also represents the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) as an observer in the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC).


Datuk Mohd Nasir Bin Ahmad
CV-Mohd Nasir bin Ahmad

Datuk Mohd. Nasir bin Ahmad is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad (PUNB), a corporation wholly owned by Yayasan Pelaburan Bumiputra, since June 2001. Prior to that, Datuk Nasir was the CEO of Sharikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Berhad (SPKB), an investment holding company specialising in property, construction, insurance, transport and plantation.

Upon qualifying as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA United Kingdom) in 1979, Datuk Nasir started his career as a trainee accountant with Lembaga Letrik Negara, now known as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). He went on to become manager in various departments in the Finance Division of TNB. In 1990, Datuk Nasir received his Master in Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and continued to serve TNB until 1992.

Datuk Nasir was appointed as Financial Controller/Company Secretary of Malaysia Transformer Manufacturing (TTM) Sdn Bhd in 1993, a subsidiary of TNB. In June 1994 he was appointed as Chief Executive of TTM and as Managing Director in February 1997. Datuk Nasir is also Chairman and Director of Audit Committee for Bina Darulaman Berhad and Pelaburan Hartanah Berhad.

Datuk Nasir has been an Associate of ACCA (UK) since 1985 and became a Fellow in 1990. He is also a Chartered Accountant registered with MIA since 1985.

Besides being President of ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Association of Development Finance Institutions Malaysia (ADFIM) and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Datuk Nasir also sits on several committees. This includes the Small Debt Resolution Committee in Bank Negara Malaysia, Investment Committee in Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad, Cluster Working Group (Human Capital) and Cluster Working Group (Funding Support) for Malaysian Biotechnology Corp, and Industry Advisory Panel of College of Business and Accounting in University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

On 4 June 2005 he was awarded the prestigious title of Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) by DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong.

Datuk Nasir is an experienced professional speaker as he has lectured and presented papers at seminars and conferences locally and overseas on entrepreneurship and SME business. From May 2004 to April 2007, he also contributed articles to the weekly column ‘Nota Niaga’ in Berita Harian. On 16 July 2009, he was elected to the MIA Council and serves as a member of the Investigation Committee (IC).


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Abraham Verghese
CV-Abraham Varghese

Abraham Verghese is a Chartered Accountant of MIA, member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK.

He has been with Ernst & Young/ Arthur Andersen/ Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamad for 29 years, specialising in auditing, financial consulting and corporate finance. He has extensive experience in the audit of private and public companies in various industries.

Presently he is member of both the Public Practice and Technical Committees of ACCA, and also its Malaysian Advisory Committee. Abraham is also member of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee of MICPA.

In the MIA Council, he is a member of the Investigation Committee.


Chen Voon Hann
CV-Chen Voon Hann

Chen Voon Hann is a Chartered Accountant of MIA, Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), Associate Member of Malaysia Institute of Taxation (MIT), and Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors of Malaysia.

He holds a Diploma in Financial Accounting awarded by Tunku Abdul Rahman College. In 1997, he obtained his Master in Business Administration awarded by University of Strathclyde.

Chen Voon Hann is the Managing Partner CAS & Associates and CEO of CAS International. With 17 years' experience gathered from his work in an international public accounting firm, a merchant bank, a Malaysian regulatory body and commercial corporations, he now specialises in the fields of audit, tax and business advisory. He has been actively involved in the professional activities of MIA, MICPA and ACCA and is currently sitting in the MIA Council as well as the ASEAN Federation of Accountants.

In the MIA Council, he is member of two internal committees: the Disciplinary Appeal Board (DAP) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).


Heng Ji Keng
CV-Heng Ji Keng

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Heng Ji Keng is the co-founder of Baker Tilly Monteiro Heng and Ferrier Hodgson MH.

Ji Keng started his career as a school teacher after graduating from the Malayan Teachers College, Johor Bahru in 1968. He went on to pursue a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) degree at University of Malaya and graduated in 1972. Under its Staff Training Scheme, he was awarded a scholarship by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia to undertake postgraduate studies in Australia.

In 1976, Ji Keng obtained a Master of Commerce degree from University of New South Wales and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co., Sydney. He commenced public practice in 1978.

Ji Keng is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia, Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (MAICSA), and Fellow of CPA Australia. He is also a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Ji Keng is an active member in the Disciplinary Board of CPA Australia and the Public Practice Committee and the Audit Manual Task Force of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). Between 2007 and 2009, he was a Council Member of MAICSA. He is also a panel member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Advocates & Solicitors Disciplinary Board.

In the MIA Council, he is a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARMC) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).


Pn Hajah Dr. Kalsom Binti Salleh
CV-Kalsom binti Salleh

Dr. Hajah Kalsom binti Salleh is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. She obtained her PhD (Accountancy) from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. She holds a Master in Business Administration from Ohio University, USA and a Bachelor degree in accounting from Universiti Teknologi MARA.

Besides her teaching focus on auditing and public sector accounting, her research areas of interest include knowledge management (KM), intellectual capital, electronic government and corporate governance. She has published a few papers for journal articles and book chapters on KM in public sector organisations.

Dr. Kalsom has presented many of her research papers at national and international conferences. With her active participation in KM conferences, she was invited to become a conference committee member and paper reviewer for the European Conference on Knowledge Management 2009 (ECKM 2009) in Italy and the forthcoming ECKM 2010 in Portugal.

Dr. Kalsom is a registered Chartered Accountant with MIA. She has been actively involved in MIA since 1987 with her appointment to the Adjudicator Committee of the National Annual Corporate Report Award (NACRA) which is organised by MIA.

On 16 July 2009, Dr. Kalsom was elected to the MIA Council. As council member, she is member of five internal committees: the Disciplinary Committee (DC), the Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIB), the Education Committee (EDUC), the Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARMC) and the Public Sector Committee.


Kang Wei Geih, Billy
CV-Kang Wei Geih, Billy

Billy Kang Wei Geih is the founder of Billy Kang & Co, a firm which he set up in 1990. He is a member of ACCA, MIA and MIT. He is actively involved in the professional activities of MIA and ACCA and is a member of ACCA’s Malaysia Advisory Committee.

Billy specialises in advisory on accounting, audit, taxation, corporate financial planning, corporate budgeting, general corporate consulting, small and medium enterprises and property development.

In the MIA Council, Billy is Chairman of the Audit Practice Committee, a subcommittee of the Public Practice Committee (PPC). He is also member of three internal committees: the Investigation Committee (IC), the Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIB) and the Public Practice Committee (PPC).


 

Prof Madya Dr Ku Nor Izah Binti Ku Ismail
CV-Ku Nor Izah binti Ku Ismail

Dr. Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail is an associate professor at Universiti Utara Malaysia. She obtained her BSc (Accounting) from Western Kentucky University, MBA from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and PhD from Cardiff University.

She has over 20 years of teaching experience in financial accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Besides teaching, Dr. Ku Nor Izah also held administrative posts and sat in committees, the most significant being as Director of Centre for Professional and Continuing Education, University Utara Malaysia (UUM) in 2006. In 1999 and 2008, she was awarded the "Excellence in Service Award" by the Vice Chancellor of UUM.

Dr. Ku Nor Izah is actively involved in academic research and writing. She has obtained several research grants and published books and articles in local and overseas journals, a majority of which were in the area of financial reporting. In addition, she has presented papers at local and overseas conferences.

On 16 July 2009, she was appointed to the MIA Council. In MIA, she is a member of the Education Committee, the Financial Statements Review Committee, and the Financial Reporting Standards Implementations Committee (FRSIC).


Lam Kee Soon
CV-Lam Kee Soon

Lam Kee Soon is a Partner in KS Lam & Co. He obtained his Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from Australian National University in 1976 and joined the Electricity Commission of New South Wales, Australia soon after.

In 1980, he joined Peat Marwick Mitchell, Malaysia as Audit Senior. He was the Audit Assistant Manager for Ernst & Whinney from 1983 to 1986 and Group Accountant, Road Builder (Holdings) Bhd from 1986 to 1993.

In the MIA Council, Lam is Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARMC) and member of the Financial Statements Review Committee (FSRC) and the Ethics Standards Board (ESB).


Oong Kee Leong, Stephen
CV-Oong Kee Leong, Stephen

Stephen Oong is a partner in the technical department of Ernst & Young Malaysia. Stephen is also the Malaysian member of Ernst & Young’s Far East International Financial Reporting Standard Desk, as well as the Far East subject matter leader on a number of accounting standards.

Stephen is actively involved in financial reporting and accounting standards activities in Malaysia. He is an active member of several MASB working groups on MASB's accounting standards, the Issues Committee of MASB, and some of MIA's and MICPA's working committees.

In the MIA Council, he is the Chairman of the Financial Statements Review Committee (FSRC) and member of the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC).


Ooi Thiam Poh
CV-Ooi Thiam Poh, Alex

In the MIA Council, he is a member of three internal committees: the Disciplinary Committee (DC), the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC) and the Audit & Risk Management Committee (ARMC).


Yeo Tek Ling
CV-Yeo Tek Ling

Coming from the commerce and industry segment of the profession, Yeo Tek Ling brings with him a wealth of experience as a professional accountant in business. He began his career as Assistant Accountant with Associated Pan Malaysia Cement Sdn Bhd in 1981. In the international scene, he was actively involved as MIA representative on the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)’s PAIB committee.

In 1985, he joined Advanced Packaging Technology (M) Bhd as an accountant and subsequently assumed the position of Finance and Administration Manager and Corporate Planner. He was appointed as a director of the company in January 1994 and assumed the position of Finance Director in January 1996.

Yeo is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). He was one of the architects behind the introduction of the National Award for Management Accounting (NAfMA), a joint effort between MIA and CIMA Malaysia Division, in 2004.

In the MIA Council, he is Chairman of the Investigation Committee (IC) and the Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIB). He is also member of the Executive Committee (EXCO) and the Nominating Committee (NC).


Tuan Haji Rosli Abdullah
(Registrar 1st December - Present)


CV-Tuan Haji Rosli bin Abdullah

Tuan Haji Rosli Abdullah was appointed as Malaysian Institute of Accountants's fourth Registrar on 1st December 2007. In his role as Registrar, Rosli's main responsibilities are to lead the management on the affairs of MIA as well as maintaining its register of members.

He also offers guidance on the implementation of MIA's Strategic Blueprint which outlines the various objectives and goals of MIA as determined by the Council.

He is also presently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MIA. In this role, he leads the management of MIA in the implementation of its functions as the national regulatory body for the accountancy profession.

Prior to Rosli's appointment at MIA, he was Senior General Manager - Finance at Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd, which he joined in 1996 as General Manager for Corporate Services after having served KL International Airport Berhad as General Manager of Finance.

Rosli began his career at the Accountant General Department in Kelantan in 1976 and served as Chief Accountant of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Education in 1981 and 1983 respectively.

He also served as the Director, Corporate Services at the Accountant General Department in 1994. He obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Malaya in 1976 and his Master of Business Administration from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1989.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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