FRM, CFA, BBA (Finance and Economics)

Allen is the Vice President of Equity Derivatives Structuring and Trading at DBS Bank, with Hong Kong and China stock focus. He is also a Stress Test committee member. Allen began his career with Morgan Stanley as an Intern Analyst, and since then has over 12 years of experience in investment and commercial banking industry.

Allen combines professional expertise in areas as diverse as managing market risk of exotic equity and foreign exchange products, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, equities, fixed incomes, foreign exchanges, funds, derivatives, valuation and option strategy.

Always being a high achiever, Allen has gained FRM and CFA Level III designations respectively in 2009 and 2011, and was awarded the Financial Markets Regulatory Practices (FMRP (Singapore)) in 2013. He is good at problem-based learning with real world examples of abstract concepts.
 

• Over 12 years of experience in investment and commercial banking industry
• Vice President of Equity Derivatives Structuring and Trading at DBS Bank, with Hong Kong and China stock focus. Stress Test committee member
• Problem-based learning with real world examples of abstract concepts
• A high achiever who passed FRM exam in 2009, CFA Level III exam in 2011 and was awarded the Financial Markets Regulatory Practices (FMRP (Singapore)) in 2013

Teaching Course

ACCA - P6

Conversion Programme - Taxation

QP - Module D

CTA - Paper 2

Angela is a taxation expert with solid experience in finance and corporate planning including global tax and transfer pricing planning in MNCs. Since joining Kaplan she has been teaching for over 12 years with over 9 years on exam-based training. She has been a HKICPA workshop facilitator and a QP Modules & Final Exam marker for many sessions.

Practical Experience

• Expert in Taxation
• Over 12 years of teaching experience with over 9 years on exam-based training
• Solid experience in Finance and Corporate Planning including global tax and transfer pricing planning in multi-national companies
• HKICPA workshop facilitator since 2001 and QP Modules & Final Exam marker for many sessions

Teaching approach

• Demonstrate taxation rules and applications through lively examples
• Strong presentation skill to simplify difficult concepts into diagrams and charts to facilitate students’ understanding and planning for a well-structured answer in examination
• Share with students the common mistakes in examination from her marking experience
• Well organized and up-to-date notes best fitted exam style and content

Teaching Course

QP - Module D

FE

Formally a tax manager at Deloitte, Christine went on to join Kaplan Financial where she gains over 10 years’ experience lecturing Final Exam, QP Module D and ACCA Advanced Taxation. As our star lecturer, her own supplementary notes incorporating in all up-to-date tax laws/DIPNs follow closely the examination trends.
 

Practical Experience

• Star lecturer and Expert in Taxation
• Over 10 years teaching experience for Final Exam, QP Module D and ACCA Advanced Taxation at Kaplan Financial
• Former tax manager at Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu’s Corporate and China Tax services for 8 years
   

Teaching approach 

• Use real life examples to illustrate difficult tax concepts
• Well-organized and systematic interpretation, targeted main points of materials
• Share insight in up-to-date taxation issues
• Teaches students how to get the easy marks and bonus marks

• Former Head of Legal Research and Management Unit of Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption
• Former President and Training Director of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Hong Kong
• Experienced lecturing in legal compliance and commercial law including contract, tort, personal data privacy and criminal law and procedures relating to the prevention and detection of fraud
• Legal consultant of various listed companies in Singapore and Hong Kong
• Co-author of an Internal Control Guide Book - titled: “Practical Approach to Prevention and Detection of Fraud"