Our Team
Our team comprises about 20 qualified professionals who have established themselves through efforts and merits, and who strive for results. Our loyal and dedicated staff aims to provide our clients with adequate support and to ensure that each client receives value added personal service.
Vincent Chew Chong Eu
Chief Executive Officer
Vincent is a Chartered Accountant with over ten years of insolvency and financial rescue experience in Malaysia and Australia, with Ernst and Young. He was involved in advising financially troubled companies and Australian companies looking to invest in Asia and vice versa, and also had experience in the audit, tax and management consultancy divisions of the firm. His industry experience includes hotel and tourism, transportation, printing and manufacturing, retail, and property development.
Subsequent to his experience with Ernst & Young, he was the Head of Corporate Finance of both Perdana Merchant Bankers and Schroders Advisory Services. During this tenure, he had successfully carried out several merger and acquisition transactions, and assisted companies in various industries to restructure for the purpose of initial public offers. He had successfully completed equity, debt or equity-linked capital raising exercises for various public listed companies, in addition to being involved in several reverse take-over exercises. He had also been involved in privatisation exercises, and the valuation of companies and assets, including infrastructure projects, licences and other intangibles.
As the Associate Partner of Hanifah Teo & Associates (“HTA”) following his term with Schroders Advisory Services, he was appointed as the Special Administrator to two public listed companies and appointed as the corporate advisor for various mergers and acquisitions, and debt restructuring exercises to various public listed and private companies in a wide spectrum of industries.
In 2000, he led HTA into a joint venture with BDO Binder to form BDO Capital Consultants Sdn Bhd (“BDOCC”). As the Chief Executive Officer of BDOCC, he continued to be appointed as the corporate advisor for various debt restructuring exercises of public listed and private companies, and was involved in the turnaround assignments of various companies. Whilst with BDO, he was also involved in numerous corporate advisory assignments in Thailand and Vietnam, in collaboration with BDO International member firms in those countries. In 2005, together with a majority of his colleagues in BDOCC, he established Covenant Equity Consulting Sdn Bhd to provide quality corporate advisory services with a personal touch and was in 2008 appointed as an Advisor for PKF Malaysia, a member firm of a premier international accounting network.
- vincent@pkfcovenant.com.kh
Marilyn Ngu
Partner – Assurance
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 Horwath and commercial exposure as an accountant with a public listed company in Malaysia.
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.
Graduated with a Master of Arts in Political Economy (Social Science) from the University of Glasgow (UK).
Areas of Expertise
- Statutory Audits
- Special Audits
- Reporting Accountant
- Financial Due Diligences
Education
- Master of Arts in Political Economy (Social
Science) University of Glasgow (UK). - Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of
Accountants - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
, Fellow Member
- marilynngu@pkfmalaysia.com
- +6012 2939 639
Cheah Chin Mon
Director – Audit Assurance
Areas of Expertise
- Audit assurance
- Cambodia Tax
Education
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Chartered Accountant with Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA),
- Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
- CPA with the Khmer Institute of Certified Public Accountants & Auditors (KICPAA)
- ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant (ASEAN CPA)
- chinmon@pkfcovenant.com.kh
- +6013 3149 419
Lim Ai Chen
Director – Taxation and Outsourcing Division
Began career in the areas of statutory audit and thereafter specialized in handling tax dispute defense, tax advisory, tax audit and investigations for civil as well as criminal type involving AMLA. She also has experiences in preparing and making appeals with Special Tax Commissioners of various industries.
Previously, when she was attached with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) in the Investigation and Intelligence Unit with the main duties of discovering back duty, conducting full examination and investigation of various tax frauds and evasion cases, in various industries especially in property development and land dealing companies.
While with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia, she was also involved in training and facilitating the tax audit teams of the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia.
She is a GST qualified specialist in Malaysia. Her experience covers advising on GST compliance, advisory and provision of training. She has proven invaluable to not just interpreting GST from a theoretical standpoint but from a practical implementation perspective, necessary in separating the ‘fact and fiction’ of GST rules and regulations in Malaysia.
She has over 25 years of extensive working experience in the areas of statutory audit and taxation both in direct and indirect taxes (i.e. Income tax and Goods and Services Tax compliance and advisory).
Areas of Expertise
- Tax Dispute Defense in Cambodia
- Tax Compliance Services in Cambodia
- Tax Advisory
- Tax Audit
- Tax Investigation for both Civil and Criminal
involving AMLA - GST Compliance and Advisory
Education
- Association of Certified Charted Accountants, UK (ACCA)
- Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia
Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Fellow member of the Association of Certified Charted Accountants, UK (FCCA)
- Chartered member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
- Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia Associate member of Charted Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM)
- Licensed Tax Agent under S.153 and S.170
- aichen@pkfmalaysia.com
- +6016 3653 332
Dawin Tang Keng Wai
Director – Corporate Finance & Corporate Recovery
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.
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.
Areas of Expertise
- Business Advisory
- Business Sale Advisory
- Corporate Restructuring Advisory
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Viability Review
- Independent Expert Advice
- IPO & MBO Advisory
- Mergers And Acquisitions
- Valuation Services
- Business Turnaround Services
- Debt Rationalisation Services
- Liquidation Services
- Non-performing Loan Review
- Problem Debtor Review Services
- Receivership Services
Education
- Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting and Finance (University of Western Australia)
- Bachelor of Laws (University of Western Australia)
Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Malaysian Bar
- Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
- Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence Holder
- CPA Australia, Member
- dawin@pkfmalaysia.com
- +6012 2175 058
Stevie Heong
Director
- Member of the Malaysian Chapter of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
- 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).
- 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.
- Served 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.
- Member of the technology board for Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
- 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, Perth, Australia.
Areas of Expertise
- Technology and IT Security Advisory
- Cybersecurity and Cyber Reslience
- PCI-DSS Compliance
- ISO27001 Compliance
- PDPA and GDPR
- Bank Negara IT Compliance (RMiT)
- Security Solutions and Implementation
Education
- Bachelor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (UWA, Western Australia)
Professional Memberships and Certifications
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- ISO27001 Lead Auditor
- PCI Professional Certification
- Alienvault Certified Security Engineer (ACSE)
- Wazuh Certified
- Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE)
- stevie@pkfmalaysia.com
- +6019 2788 269
Dr. Wong Ka Fee
Director – Risk & Governance Advisory
- Has over ten (15) years of experience in internal audit, risk management, compliance review and business advisory.
- Presently teaching in private and public institutions in Malaysia. He has facilitated undergraduate and postgraduate courses as part-time lecturer for Universiti Malaya.
- Served a wide range of clients across various industries such as property development, construction, food and beverage, electronic and electrical appliances, pharmaceuticals, polymers & coatings, oil & gas, fashion & garment, transportation, wire & cable, emulsion explosive technologies, hotels & resorts, manufacturing and industrial product, FMCG, retail and distribution, plantation and etc.
- Former Audit Manager in one of the world’s 5th largest audit and advisory firm. His job scope is mainly focusing on problems concerned with process risks, business strategy, policy, markets, organization, management, and processes.
- Previous Business Analyst in charge of Group Revenue at Agilent Technologies, one of the Fortune 500 multinational companies. During his tenure, he was principally involved in revenue analysis, corporate advisory, and process improvement related assignments.
- Has gained great exposure from providing assurance and consulting services in Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Singapore, Malaysia and United States.
Areas of Expertise
- Internal Audit
- Internal Control Review for IPO purpose
- Corporate Governance
- Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Profiling
- Business Advisory
- Business Process Improvement
- Sustainability Reporting
- Quality Assessment Review on Internal Audit
- BNM AMLA Compliance Review
- Adequate Procedure for Section 17 (A) of MACC (Amendment) Act 2018
Education
- Doctor of Business Administration (Behavioural Finance) Universiti Utara Malaysia (MALAYSIA)
- Master of Science (Management Consultancy) Liverpool John Moores University [UK]
- Master of Business Administration University of Wales [UK]
- kafee.wong@pkfmalaysia.com
- +6017 5733 669
Thun Sakol
Manager
Sakol has owned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from a well-known University in Cambodia since 2008. Before he has joined with Covenant Ltd./PKF in March 2010, he was with the Media, Advertising and Event Company called Gateway Communications owned by a Malaysian Businessman in Cambodia.
He has extensive experience in business development, strategic sales and market planning, events and project organizing, media management and communications. When he is with Covenant Ltd./PKF, Sakol’s main role is to handle all massive marketing and sales related, securing business development, providing key strategies to clients on auditing and tax services, planning and communications to all clients, NGOs and government entities.
- sakol@pkfcovenant.com.kh
- 855 11 874540/ 16 892298
FONG VATHANA
Audit Manager - Manager in charge
- A member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and CPA with the Khmer Institute of Certified Public Accountants & Auditors.
- Graduated with National University of Management Major Finance and Bank, Institute Foreign Languages (English Languages)
- Has gain significant practice experience in audit, accounting and tax for the over 6 years which involve in hotel operation, trading, service, investment holding industries and NGO.
- Has undertaken various audit assignments including audit and reporting work for small and medium sized entities and NGO
- Attached with Grant Thornton previously, with involvement in statutory audits.
- fong.vathana@pkfcovenant.com.kh
- +855 12 941 223
SREL SILIN
Audit Manager
- Graduated with Economics and Financial Institute, Institute Foreign Languages and Tayama Business College (Japanese Languages)
- Has gain significant practice experience in audit, accounting and tax for the over 5 years which involve in hotel operation, trading, service, investment holding industries and NGO.
- Has undertaken various audit assignments including audit and reporting work for small and medium sized entities and NGO
- silin.srel@pkfcovenant.com.kh
- +855 7852 4147