Preparatory Course for ACCA


Lecturers Profile

Kaplan Financial lecturers are experienced and dedicated professionals with proven track records of delivering examination focused and comprehensive lectures to their students.

 
Chu Mui Kim

Mui Kim graduated with an accountancy degree from National University of Singapore with honours. She is a CPA and holds an MBA postgraduate degree from University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has been an associate lecturer with SIM since 1998, lecturing on auditing, accounting and finance subjects and has trained executives from major corporations. Mui Kim cherishes her role as a mentor and part-time lecturer, where she can inspire her students and help them maximise their potential in their studies.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Dec 07 exam - 2 placings
  • Jun 08 exam - 1 placing
  • Dec 08 exam - 2 placings
  • Jun 09 exam - 1 placing
 
Domnic Danaraj

Domnic has international exposure in delivering ACCA courses in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and Uganda.
His academic background spans from Information Technology, Marketing Strategy and Business Strategy Development. Domnic has more than 10 years’ experience delivering lectures on ACCA subjects. At Kaplan Financial, Domnic teaches full time in management and IT subjects.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 3 placings
  • Dec 07 exam - 1 placing
  • Jun 08 exam - 2 placings
  • Dec 08 exam - 2 placings
 
Roy Goh

Roy is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS). At the same time, he holds a Master of Finance postgraduate degree from the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Before joining Kaplan Financial as a full-time lecturer, he worked in a public accounting firm. Roy has more than 11 years of teaching experience. He is well-versed in financial and management accounting as well as in corporate governance. Roy aims to equip students with a strong foundation and understanding of the subject to excel in work and examinations.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 5 placings
  • Dec 07 exam - 3 placings
  • Jun 08 exam - 2 placings
  • Dec 08 exam - 1 placing
  • Jun 09 exam - 3 placings
 
Yvonne Goh

Yvonne is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). She has several years of accounting experience working with large corporations before joining Kaplan Financial as a full-time lecturer. Yvonne has more than 10 years of teaching experience and at Kaplan Financial, she specializes in Performance Management and all Taxation papers under the ACCA programme.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 10 placings
  • Dec 07 exam - 5 placings
  • Dec 08 exam - 6 placings
  • Jun 09 exam - 6 placings
 
Helena Johnson

Helena is a UK Chartered Accountant (ACA) who gained extensive audit experience with both KPMG in the UK and Ernst & Young in
the Middle East before becoming the training manager for one of the top 20 accountancy firms in London. Helena moved to Singapore in 2000 to teach full time financial accounting and auditing to ACCA students and is well known for her clear and methodical approach to this complex and demanding subject. Helena has also been lecturing and mentoring students on the Kaplan Oxford Brookes University programme since 2003 and is a recognized expert in this field.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 09 exam - 2 placings
 
Kweh Soon Han

Soon Han’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and Master of Law from National University of Singapore. He has extensive teaching experience with the University of Bradford and Curtin University. He is currently a practicing lawyer and is a Legal Advisor and Company Secretary to companies and community/social groups and society. He teaches part-time at Kaplan Financial.

 
Lee Pei Yee

Pei Yee graduated from Nanyang Technological University with an honours degree in Accountancy. She also holds a Master of Science in Financial Management, with distinction, from University of London. She worked for an international accounting firm before joining Kaplan Financial, and has been teaching ACCA and CAT papers for more than 10 years. Students particularly like her clear explanation of concepts and her systematic approach to problem solving. Pei Yee is keen on sharing her way to achieving academic success and helping students maximise their learning capabilities. She teaches at Kaplan Financial on a part-time basis.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 4 placings
  • Jun 08 exam - 2 placings
 
Connie Richardson

Connie gained a Law degree from Nottingham University before joining Deloitte, working as an auditor and insolvency practitioner. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant and then joined De Montfort University (UK) as a lecturer, teaching on undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional accounting and business courses. Connie moved to Singapore in 1997 and quickly established herself as an effective and popular full-time lecturer. She specialises in audit and financial reporting at Kaplan Financial, and is known for the humour and exam focus she brings to her classes. She has written several articles for ACCA publications, and is currently undertaking a research project on cultural differences and their effect on learning styles.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 2 placings
  • Jun 08 exam - 1 placing
  • Jun 09 exam - 3 placings
 
Saminathan

Sami is a graduate from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor degree in Economics. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience and is widely respected for his results-oriented teaching methods. Sami previously taught the Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) and Bachelor of Business in Business Administration at SIM. At Kaplan Financial, Sami specialises in financial accounting/reporting, costing and financial management on a part-time basis.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 12 placings
  • Dec 07 exam - 8 placings
  • Jun 08 exam - 3 placings
  • Dec 08 exam - 11 placings
  • Jun 09 exam - 8 placings
 
Dennis Sim

Dennis specialises in teaching Business and Corporate Law from the ACCA program. He is also a qualified Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore) and Solicitor (England and Wales) who has worked for both Singapore and International Law firms. He is currently a lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic and enjoys using real life examples in his teaching. He specialises in teaching Business and Corporate Law for the ACCA program at Kaplan Financial on a part-time basis.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 09 exam - 1 placing
 
Elaine Tan
Elaine is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and also a top graduate in the Masters of Science in Financial Management & Control in the University of Aston, UK. She has extensive regional experience in heading the finance and accounting operations of various Multinational Corporations in the past decade. She is presently teaching Financial Accounting in NUS Business School and has also taught on the University of Wales degree program. At Kaplan, she teaches Management Accounting for the ACCA program on a part-time basis.
 
Mary Tan

Mary is a Chartered Financial Consultant and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She has over 17 years of accumulated teaching experience in Accounting, Finance, Cost and Management Accounting courses with leading educational institutions in Singapore. She was previously with a local audit firm with vast experience in auditing, accounting, corporate secretarial and tax related work. She is currently a Chartered Financial consultant with a leading life assurance company and teaches part-time at Kaplan Financial.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 1 placing
  • Jun 08 exam - 6 placings
  • Dec 08 exam - 4 placings
  • Jun 09 exam - 1 placing
 
Shermeen Tan

Shermeen holds a Bachelor of Arts from National University of Singapore and an MBA from the University of Hull, UK. She is a trained EQ coach and a Behavioural Consultant for D.I.S.C. Personality Profiling. Her forte is EQ, self-management, management, communications, supervisory skills, customer service and other soft-skills training. Shermeen has trained both government bodies, MNCs and SMEs, and is a lecturer for the ACCA Paper 4 and JCU.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 09 exam - 2 placings
 
Terence Tan

Terence's qualifications are LL.B. (Hons) (NUS), LL.M. (Lond), ACCA (Grad)., Advocate and Solicitor. He currently lectures in the Faculty of Law at National University of Singapore and is also a consultant to the National Computer Board and to several law firms. Terence is also a CIMA examiner and specialises in teaching Corporate & Business Law for the ACCA program at Kaplan Financial on a part-time basis.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Dec 07 exam - 1 placing
  • Jun 08 exam - 1 placing
 
Nicholas Woo

Nicholas is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and
is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Nicholas is currently working for a public accounting firm and has previously taught on the University of Wales degree program.
At Kaplan Financial, Nicholas teaches auditing and accounting subjects on a part-time basis.


Singapore placings produced:

  • Jun 07 exam - 4 placings
  • Dec 07 exam - 4 placings
  • Jun 08 exam - 6 placings
  • Dec 08 exam - 4 placings
  • Jun 09 exam - 1 placing
 
Yuen Yuen
Yuen graduated from NUS Business School and achieved her position of Assistant General Manager by the age of 29. Since then, she decided on a total career change to share her industrial and managerial experiences by lecturing. She also holds an MBA postgraduate degree from the University of Adelaide, Australia, graduating as a mace bearer for her academic excellence and prize winner for Strategic Management. Prior to joining Kaplan on a part-time basis, she is lecturing at the SIM University. She is a candid facilitator at Kaplan, injecting her brand of humour and management insight into courses like ACCA programs.