Management Team
YANG CHING CHAO, FCA, BBM
Ching Chao is the Managing Partner and founder of C. C. Yang & Co. As the Managing Partner, he is mainly involved in the management of client accounts and business development.
He has a wealth of experience in public accounting. In his career of more than 30 years, he has handled the audits of both listed companies and multi-national companies (“MNC”) in a variety of industries such as trading, construction, shipping and manufacturing.
The firm was started by Ching Chao in 1984 and has since grown into a medium sized audit firm in Singapore with about 50 professional staff.
He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (“FCA”) of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (“ISCA”), an Accredited Tax Advisor (“ATA”) of Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (“SIATP”), a Fellow Certified Public Accountant (“FCPA”) of CPA Australia, a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (“FCCA”) of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK.
He is also actively involved in the regulatory function of ISCA .
LEE DAH KHANG, CIA, CRMA, FCA, CVA, PMC, GRI certified sustainability professional, ISO 14064 GHG Lead Verifier
Dah Khang is a Director of Yang Lee & Associates. He was instrumental in the setup of Yang Lee & Associates in the year 2005 and has been actively managing and growing the business since then. Today, Yang Lee & Associates serves a portfolio of more than 40 companies listed on the SGX-ST, governmental bodies, charities and private companies.
He started his career with one of the international accounting firms with a portfolio comprising international MNC, listed companies on SGX-ST and financial institutions providing services that includes statutory audits, due diligence and reporting for initial public offers (“IPO”).
He subsequently joined a multi-national company listed in New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) as the internal audit manager overseeing the Asia-Pacific region with operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan.
He later joined the Practice Monitoring Department of the Institute of Certified Practising Accountants of Singapore (“ICPAS”) and Public Accountants Board (“PAB”) as a regulator of practising accountants in Singapore. As part of his job scope he also conducted seminars for practising accountants.
He is a Certified Internal Auditor (“CIA”) and attained the Certification in Risk Management Assurance (“CRMA”) from the Institute of Internal Auditor, FCA of the ISCA, Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (“CVA”) of The Institute of Valuers and Appraisers (“IVAS”), GRI certified sustainability professional of the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) and Practicing Management Consultant (“PMC”) (Bilingual) of the Singapore Business Advisors & Consultants Council (“SBACC”) and ISO 14064 GHG Lead Verifier.
Dah Khang also serves as:
– A member of the Sustainability and Climate Change Committee of ISCA;
– A member of the Investigation and Disciplinary Panel of ISCA; and
– A Financial Expert appointed by the Family Justice Court of Singapore.