News and Events - Seminar - Overview of Forensic Accounting 2022-05-4

Seminar - Overview of Forensic Accounting

The Seminar 'Overview of Forensic Accounting' will be held at 6:00 pm (by zoom) on 5 May 2022.

Integrity is at the core of contemporary business and this means not only doing what is legal, but also doing what is right. Protecting and restoring enterprise and financial reputation is important for organization. Ernst & Young (EY) Forensic & Integrity professionals with the broad sector experience, deep subject-matter knowledge, technologies, tools and insights assist companies and their legal counsel to investigate facts, resolve dispute and manage regulatory challenges, develop stronger businesses, sustain their long-term competitive advantage and deliver more value to shareholders. This seminar aims to share the overview of forensic accounting in practice.

About our honorable guest speakers:

• Baron Zhao is a Senior Manager who oversees the firm's Hong Kong Discovery, Digital Investigations & Privacy services and manages a group of forensics professionals serving the Greater China and Asia-Pacific market. Baron has extensive experience in advising clients including organizations, law firms and corporate legal counsel on digital investigations, data privacy and discovery strategy in large-scale, complex litigations, investigations, and regulatory matters involving US and HK regulatory bodies such as FINRA, SEC, DOJ, ITC, CFTC, OFAC, and various AG offices in United States, and SFC, HKMA, HKCC in Hong Kong.
• Josephine Yam is a Senior Manager in the Forensic & Integrity Services practice of EY. Josephine has extensive experience in U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act compliance reviews, forensic accounting, corporate internal investigation and financial statement audit. Josephine is also experienced in internal controls and remediation and litigation support related to economic disputes.
• Karen Wong is a Senior Manager in the Forensic & Integrity Services practice of EY. Karen has led and participated in a wide range of engagements including anti-money laundering investigations, financial misstatements investigations, corporate fraud investigations, expert witness assignments in litigation and disputes resolution, ethics and anti-corruption compliance assessments, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance reviews, corporate compliance framework benchmarking and design.
• Alfred Tai is a Manager of EY Forensic Technology & Discovery Service, specializing in eDiscovery and computer forensics. Alfred joined Forensic & Integrity Services practice of EY in October 2016. Prior to joining EY, Alfred worked as an Android and iOS software developer for a Hong Kong based gaming company.
• Brandon Hui  is a Manager of EY Forensic Technology & Discovery Services, specializing in eDiscovery, digital forensic and forensic data analytics. Prior to joining EY, Brandon worked as a Programmer in a Hong Kong-based financial consulting firm's risk rating division.

  
For enquiries, please contact Ms June Lau at 3702 4578 or email sflau@cihe.edu.hk.