Principals

Declan Yong Chung Sin

Managing Partner

Declan has over 20 years of working experience in audit and assurance services. He started his career with a Big 4 accounting firm in Malaysia. Prior to joining Kreston, he was an Audit Partner with RSM Malaysia.

He is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Declan also graduated with a Master in Business Administration from University of Keele, United Kingdom.

Declan specialises in the field of auditing which includes the audit of numerous public listed companies and multi-national corporations engaged in various industries such as plantation, property development, construction, manufacturing, hotel, timber, information technology and etc.

Apart from audit and assurance engagements, he has also been extensively involved in various corporate exercises and special engagements including financial due diligence review, investigative audit, business valuation and reporting accountant for initial public offerings, reverse take-over, private debt securities and other corporate restructuring exercises.

Kenneth Thien Tze Vui

Audit Partner, Head of Audit

Mr. Kenneth Thien is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He began his career in 2002 with Horwath Malaysia, 2004 with Deloitte & Touche Malaysia and later with PricewaterhouseCoopers China (Shanghai) since 2006 until 2020. He is now a licensed auditor in Malaysia.

Kenneth has extensive knowledge in auditing and assurance of large multinational corporations in China, bond offering in Hong Kong, due diligence review and SOX reporting. His experience in the audits included both private and public companies in accordance with auditing standards and accounting standards (International, China and the US GAAP). He was member of risk management and methodology team, and elite trainer in PwC China.

Kenneth had engagements with many clients in various fields such as chemical, metallurgical, aircraft engines maintenance, cosmetics, direct sales, manufacturing and banks. Kenneth also actively involved in the provision of commercial assurance services such as media spending assurance, cost reduction program and distribution channel review.

Charles Lee King Lung

Audit Partner, Quality Reviewer

Mr Charles Lee is the audit partner of Kreston John & Gan. He is a Chartered Accountant of Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom), and Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He has vast experience in auditing, financial reporting, due diligence, taxation, and conducting internal training on technical subjects.

K. G. Gan

International Liaison Senior Partner

Mr K. G. Gan is a partner of Kreston John & Gan, the firm with which he qualified as a Certified Public Accountant. He has extensive experience in auditing, investigation, financial planning and financing related work. He was actively involved in the Internal Audit Committee of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants previously. He is currently a director of 2 public listed companies quoted on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Mr Gan is also a member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and a Chartered Accountants of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.