Crowe Malaysia - Elizabeth Yap

Elizabeth Yap

Director
Location: Kuala Lumpur

Experience

Elizabeth started her accountancy career with Crowe Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur office in 2006 as an Audit Associate. She has also served as an Audit Principal in the Audit & Assurance Department until 2018.

She transferred to the Technical & Training Department (“T&T”) in 2019 to assist the Head of T&T in overseeing the Firm’s Quality Management and Regulatory Compliance Systems.

In July 2022, she was seconded to Crowe Global to act as the Asia Pacific (“APAC”) Support Desk Coordinator in assisting the Regional Executive of APAC with inbound and outbound cross-border engagement referrals and other related matters relating to the APAC region, especially China.

She has shifted back to Crowe Malaysia to assist the Firm’s M&A regional business development, especially within the APAC region since April 2024 till now.

 

Professional Affiliations

  • A fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK (FCCA)
  • A member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)

 

Education

  • BSc (Hons) Accounting, The University of Hull, UK
  • Diploma in Accounting & Finance, Inti College Malaysia

 

Professional Summary

  • Elizabeth was involved in statutory audits of public-listed companies, multi-national companies and medium and large privately-owned companies involved in a wide range of industries. 
  • She was also involved in other audit and non-audit related services such as financial due diligence, agreed-upon procedures and limited reviews for various clients.
  • In addition, she assisted Crowe Global in conducting audit quality assurance reviews on:
    1. Audit firms for admission as new members to the Crowe network; and
    2. Member firms for their inspection of its quality.  

 

Client & Industry Focus

  • Privately-held and public-listed companies
  • Manufacturing and Trading
  • Construction
  • Property development
  • Services - Healthcare, Telecommunication, Logistics, Hotel operation
  • Highway concessionaire and operator