DATO' TAN CHOON HWA @ ESTHER TAN CHOON HWA

Malaysia

Female

74

Non Active

Dato' Tan Choon Hwa @ Esther Tan Choon Hwa ("Dato' Esther Tan") is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA), a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (CA) and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia.

Dato' Esther Tan began her career as an auditor with Grant Thornton in UK and later with Kingston Smith in UK before coming back to Malaysia. In 1984, she started her practice which eventually merged to be what is known as GEP Associates. The Firm is a member firm of an International Organisation called AGN International with its headquarters in the United Kingdom boasting of 465 offices worldwide. In 2008 and 2009, Dato Esther Tan became its first lady Chairperson who led the international organization and is today still an active International Board member representing the Asia Pacific region.
She is an auditor of various companies with activities ranging from manufacturing, associations, retailing, constructions, developers, trusts, and multinationals etc; and is well exposed to the requirements of regulatory bodies, as well as Public Listed Companies compliance matters. She has conducted several due diligence and fund raising exercises as Reporting Accountant for clients. She was previously the auditor of several Public Listed Companies.
In 2006, Dato Esther Tan received the award from the National Association of Women Entrepreneur Malaysia as the woman entrepreneur of the year under the Finance section. She was conferred the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (D.I.M.P.) on 11 March 2016 which carries the title of Dato.
She is also a Tax Director of GEP Tax Services Sdn Bhd and was previously a Finance Director of a manufacturing company before setting up the practice. Currently, she also manages the AGN Asia Pacific region as one of the four Directors.

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