Meet the Team

The leadership team at Baker Tilly Hong Kong can call upon a wealth of experience across a broad spectrum of industries. We continuously emphasise innovation and excellence in client service. Cynthia Lo leads the executive team responsible for strategy, development and running of the firm.

Cynthia Lo

Managing Director
Edmond Chan

Director and Head of Audit and Assurance
Doman Wong

Director and Head of Risk Advisory, CGPL
Joseph Lam

Director and Head of Regional Tax
Jerry Gao

Director, Audit and Assurance
Matthew Tong

Director, Audit and Assurance
Danny Choi

Director, Audit and Assurance
Steven Kwan

Director, Tax
Janet Tsang

Director and Head of Clients Accounting
Ryan Swann

Director, Audit and Assurance
Adele Yim

Director, Risk Advisory, CGPL
Anntice Lai

Director, Technical & Regulatory
May Ng

Director and Head of HRBPO

Cynthia Lo

Managing Director

Cynthia joined Baker Tilly Hong Kong in 1991 as audit trainee and was promoted to partner level in 2005.

She is now the Managing Director of the firm and manages a portfolio of local and international audit clients. She is also heavily involved in international joint assignments with the network member firms.

In her time with the firm, Cynthia has built up extensive experience in auditing, tax and financial advisory services. She has undertaken many due diligence reviews of organisations in China. Cynthia has particular experience in providing assistance to China-based entities seeking funding or public listings outside China. In addition Cynthia has extensive experience in the audit of local listed and major private companies, including clients from trading, manufacturing, shipping, servicing companies and NGOs.

cynthialo@bakertilly.hk

Edmond Chan

Director and Head of Audit and Assurance

Edmond is the Head of Audit and Assurance and oversees the technical and regulatory matters for the firm. He has considerable experience in auditing companies of all sizes, from SMEs to listed companies, both local and overseas. Edmond also has extensive experience in due diligence reviews and IPO reporting. He has a diverse portfolio ranging from clients in regulated industries such as financial advisory and securities investment, to manufacturing, trading, beauty services and property investment.

edmondchan@bakertilly.hk

Doman Wong

Director and Head of Risk Advisory, CGPL

Doman has around 30 years of experience combining external audit, management accounting, operations management, and internal audit and investigation.

First trained in one of the Big Four, he previously held various management positions in a number of listed companies, including Asian subsidiaries of US and UK- based multi-national companies in Hong Kong and Australia.

Doman is actively involved in the management and development of Corporate Governance Professionals Limited, overseeing the performance of internal control review assignments (including SOX compliance review and testing projects, PN21 reviews - main board listing & PN2 reviews – GEM listing), IT system review, corporate governance review, enterprise risk assessment as well as fraud investigation assignments.

domanwong@cgpl.hk

Joseph Lam

Director and Head of Regional Tax

Joseph specialises in tax field audits, tax dispute cases in Hong Kong and cross-border tax issues. His clients include listed companies in Hong Kong and overseas.

Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Joseph spent more than 10 years with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Joseph has successfully advised listed Hong Kong property groups to secure non-taxable capital gains on property redevelopments. He has also represented clients in their Board of Review hearings in Hong Kong involving sources of trading profits. Joseph has assisted a client to pursue a case against the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department by way of an application for Judicial Review.

Joseph is an independent non-executive director of a Hong Kong Main Board listed group with business in food wholesale, overseas concessionaire retail, and property investment.

josephlam@bakertilly.hk

Jerry Gao

Director, Audit and Assurance

Jerry’s approach with clients is to build strong relationships with their senior management team. By better understanding his client’s business, their people and their focus, he and his team are able to tailor their advice and services accordingly.

Jerry has considerable audit, assurance and advisory experience and has worked with clients in both private and public sectors. His clients range from private entities to sizable listed companies in Hong Kong, USA, UK with international operations. He also provides financial model review services to investment banks. Jerry has acted as reporting accountant on a number of IPOs, capital raisings and acquisition deals.

Jerry trained and qualified in Mainland China. Prior to joining Baker Tilly, Jerry spent a number of years with a Big Four firm in Beijing and a leading accounting firm in Hong Kong, including an overseas secondment to their Sydney office.

jerrygao@bakertilly.hk

Matthew Tong

Director, Audit and Assurance

Matthew is a Director of the Audit and Assurance division, and has experience in handling listed and IPO exercises in Hong Kong.

Matthew has extensive experience in handling large audit assignments in a wide variety of industries, including shipping, agriculture, online gaming/casino, trading, and manufacturing. Prior to joining Baker Tilly Hong Kong, he spent nine years with a Big Four accounting firm.

Matthew has developed considerable experience in auditing A and H share dual-listed companies, and Hong Kong and AIM dual-listed companies.

matthewtong@bakertilly.hk

Danny Choi

Director, Audit and Assurance

Danny has extensive experience in A, B and H share, and IPO audits together with the audits of PRC state-owned enterprises and multinational clients investing in Mainland China.

Danny has nearly 20 years’ experience in audit assurance and financial due diligence reviews from Big Four and International Accounting Firms, particularly in the Asian and PRC markets. His work experience also includes the commercial sector where he spent two years as the Financial Controller for a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed group and two years with a PRC domestic group engaged in the environmental infrastructure business.

He has also assisted many PRC enterprises listed in Hong Kong, Singapore, UK AIM and NASDAQ.

dannychoi@bakertilly.hk

Steven Kwan

Director, Tax

Steven brings nearly 30 years of international tax experience to his position in the Baker Tilly Hong Kong Taxation Division.

Steven specialises in tax reviews and investigations, taxation analysis, and tax liabilities settlement. In addition, Steven has a strong background in PRC tax including individual and corporate tax compliance and planning, business setup, and transfer pricing and documentation.

Steven began his career as a tax assessor in Australia before serving as tax manager with two of the Big Four firms in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Baker Tilly Hong Kong, Steven was a tax director at the Hong Kong office of an international accounting firm.

stevenkwan@bakertilly.hk

Janet Tsang

Director and Head of Clients Accounting

Janet is a Director in the Clients Accounting, and Audit and Assurance divisions.

Janet specialises in SME audit services and has extensive experience in auditing companies, for both local and transnational companies. She also leads engagements in accounting and statutory financial statements preparation services.

Over the years Janet has gained in-depth industry knowledge from handling assignments over a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, trading, SFC-regulated companies, investment and property holding, as well as non-profit making organisations.

janettsang@bakertilly.hk

Ryan Swann

Director, Audit and Assurance

Ryan is a director in the audit and assurance department who handles a wide range of clients from small-medium sized enterprises in Hong Kong to sizeable multinational groups.

He specialises in handling large group audits and has a wealth of experience in handling international assignments. His clients typically prepare consolidated financial statements under International Financial Reporting Standards, with component auditors required to report to him as principal auditor under International Standard on Auditing 600. From this experience, he has developed a strong network within Baker Tilly International, in addition to, other external contacts, and this enables him to execute these challenging assignments under pressure, on time and to the highest quality.

Ryan has also conducted a large number of financial due diligence reviews which allows him to provide deep and insightful factual findings in relation to each engagement.

Ryan is an active member of Baker Tilly International’s Global Focus Audit Methodology Committee and Asia Pacific Audit and Assurance Committee.

ryanswann@bakertilly.hk

Adele Yim

Director, Risk Advisory, CGPL

Adele has around more than 10 years of experience combining external audit, management accounting, operations management, and internal audit and investigation.

Adele joined one of the Big Four for a few years, where she was responsible for supervising staff auditors in a number of systems reviews and audit assignments for both listed companies, large private enterprises, as well as listing candidates (i.e. IPO assignments).

Adele has extensive experience in business advisory services. She got substantial exposure in internal control system reviews (including IPO projects and Hong Kong Listed Companies) which are in the fields of trading, manufacturing, infrastructure and construction, retailing, property development, catering and hospitality industries in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

adeleyim@cgpl.hk

Anntice Lai

Director, Technical & Regulatory

Anntice has in depth knowledge of financial reporting requirements and a profound understanding of the Hong Kong regulatory environment.

Anntice is experienced in resolving and advising upon technical accounting and auditing matters for SMEs through to listed entities, both local and overseas. She provides independent advice internally and to clients on accounting, financial reporting, auditing and listing matters.

She has considerable experience in handling technical and regulatory matters, including enquiries and investigations from local regulators. Anntice monitors our firm’s compliance with ethical and quality control standards and delivers technical training.

Anntice previously obtained experience with several accounting firms, including KPMG and Deloitte, and in the Financial Reporting Council.

annticelai@bakertilly.hk

May Ng

Director and Head of HRBPO

May joined Baker Tilly Hong Kong in 2008 and oversees the firm's operation in administration, human resources and corporate affairs.

May has extensive experience in managing the internal HR for the firm and is well-versed in Hong Kong employment related matters. Her service area covers human resources planning, recruitment and strategic human resources management for both the firm and clients.

May is a Professional Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management.

mayng@bakertilly.hk

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