Francis Chua Chik Loong
Director - Assurance Advisory
6222 0289 (Ext. 101)
Francis Chua joined Ng, Lee & Associates – DFK (the predecessor of NLA DFK) in 1990 and was admitted as a Partner in May 2002. He has extensive audit experience in most industry sectors.
Professional Qualification/Membership
- Practising Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
- Approved Company Auditor/Liquidator – Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, Singapore
- Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
Professional Practice Area
Other than assurance, tax and corporate secretarial services, he is also involved in firm’s Corporate Governance and Internal Auditing services.
Phillip Teo
Director - Assurance Advisory
6222 0289 (Ext. 100)
Phillip Teo, has close to 20 years of practical experience in accounting, financial management, operation and advisory services with several accounting firms. He has accumulated an extensive senior executive portfolio across diverse industries, including property management, executive search & etc. Phillip is also a lecturer for ACCA courses and teaches in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and China.
Professional Qualification / Membership
- Practising Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (‘ISCA’)
- Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Mr. Don M Ho
Director - Insolvency Advisory
6222 0289
Mr Don M Ho, FCA (Singapore) is the advisor of NLA DFK. He has over 30 years of experience in public practice as an approved company auditor and liquidator. It is relevant that a good liquidator (Public Accountant) should be well acquainted with the Accounting and Auditing Standards when dealing with the relevant Government regulators such as IPTO, ACRA, IRAS, CPF, CAD, AG Chambers and Ministries of Law and Finance.
In his span of experience from the 1970s to-date, Mr Ho has been involved in numerous Court Winding Up, Corporate Restructuring, Creditors’ Voluntary Winding Up, and Members’ Voluntary Winding Up. Other forms of insolvency practices which Mr Ho has been appointed consisted of Judicial Management, Receiverships, Scheme of Arrangements, Corporate Valuations, Forensic Investigations for irregularities, contraventions, undervalue transactions and clawbacks.
He has a wide experience as the Liquidator of companies in various local and overseas industries including but not limited to travel, oil & gas, manufacturing, property, investment holding, electronics, engineering, construction, manpower, food & beverage, transportation (super sports cars dealership), (STC Bus Co) tire manufacturing (Bridgestone Singapore), pawnshops, and many more.
The type of companies for which Mr Ho has been appointed range from public companies involving more than 5,000 shareholders to small and medium enterprises. In the course of his work, Mr Ho has dealt with companies with different asset classes, i.e. inventory, properties, equities, intellectual properties, receivables, some of which have asset values in excess of S$10m to S$50m.
Mr Ho has the wide experience, integrity and competence to carry out the assignments to the clients’ and the Court’s satisfaction (as an officer of the Court if appointed in that capacity). As a Public Accountant and approved Liquidator, Mr Don Ho is qualified to act as a Scheme Manager, Receiver and Manager, Judicial Manager, Liquidator and trustee in bankruptcy. He has also been involved as a contributing member under the Proposed Omnibus Insolvency Law Review Committee under the Insolvency & Public Trustees Office, the Singapore Law Reform Committee, as well as part of the Government Study Group representing ICPAS to Australia, Washington and London regarding Bankruptcy and Liquidation.
Some of the positions he has held in the past include:
- Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore – Chairman
- Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore – Council Member & Ethics Committee
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (Singapore) – President
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) – Council Member
- Children’s Aid Society – Executive Council Member
He is backed by a core team of CPAs, MBAs and trained personnel who are resourceful problem-solvers driven by passion for getting the job done.
Gary Ng
Director - Risk Advisory
6222 0289
Gary has more than 20 years of experience in internal and external auditing, pre-IPO internal control reviews, Sarbanes-Oxley reviews, enterprise risk management, corporate governance, license compliance, data protection and other consulting work relating to risks and internal controls.
Gary’s previous roles include the Head of Internal Audit at a Top 10 accounting firm where he managed a portfolio of more than 30 listed companies and led a team of about 20 team members.
Gary has served as the director-in-charge of internal audits for many organisations including listed companies and is familiar with the associated risks and best practices.
Professional Qualification / Membership
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Certified Internal Auditor
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Chartered Accountant of Singapore
- Singapore Certified Management Consultant
- Practitioner in Personal Data Protection, Singapore
Chow Siew Lee
Director - Assurance Advisory
6222 0289 (Ext. 111)
Siew Lee has more than 18 years audit experience in Singapore. Her experience includes audit of listed and private companies in diverse industries ranging from food and beverages, construction, property management, manufacturing, hotel, shipping, investment holding, freight forwarding and trading.
Siew Lee joined Ng, Lee & Associates - DFK (the predecessor of NLA DFK) in 2004 as an audit senior and was promoted to audit manager in 2010.
Professional Qualification / Membership
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Practising Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
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Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
Christina Nai
Director - Assurance Advisory
62220289
christina@nladfk.com
Christina has over 15 years of professional experience providing assurance and advisory services to multinational, listed company, and SMEs. The industries covered include manufacturing, trading and education.
Besides assurance experience, Christina also had many years of experience in Financial and Operational audit, with one of the largest telcos in Singapore and operational experience as a Senior Finance Manager in an international school.
Christina had previously worked in a Big 4 accounting firm and was an audit Partner in a local audit firm.
Professional Qualification / Membership
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Practising Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountant
Kenneth Ng
Director - Head of Audit
Kenneth was an Audit & Assurance Partner with an international firm in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience, Kenneth brings a wealth of expertise in audit and assurance services for both listed and private companies across various industries. His portfolio include banks, fund managers, funds, asset managers, capital markets services license holders, major payment institution, crypto, oil & gas, telecommunication, shipping, fast moving consumer goods, manufacturing and Sovereign Wealth Funds.
Other than financial auditing, Kenneth is also experienced in advising clients on IFRS conversions, Initial Public Offering (IPO), Reverse Takeovers (RTO) and financial due diligence projects.
Education, Professional Qualifications and Affiliations
- Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
- Member of CPA, Australia.
- Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
- Bachelor of Commerce, Curtin University of Technology.
- Executive Certificate in Corporate and Environmental Sustainability from NTU.