MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS: Value-Added Investment Tool?

Chong Chee Fern

CHONG CHEE FERN
B. Econs. (Accounting), University Of Malaya

Mr. Chong, a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, holds a B. Econs. (Accounting) (2nd Class Upper Hons.) Degree and a Postgraduate Dip. In Accounting, both from University of Malaya. He is also a holder of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) qualification and has vast experience in banking and capital market with many years of exposures in internal audit, corporate planning, investor relations, risk management, monitoring of public listed companies and corporate governance. He was the former General Manager, Corporate Monitoring in Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) where his job responsibilities entailed mainly supervising the monitoring of selected public listed companies, complaints and MSWG’s newsletters and the annual surveys for the Malaysian Corporate Governance Index.

Mr. Chong had delivered several talks and participated in speaking engagements, seminars and forums encompassing corporate governance, internal audit, capital market issues, audit expectation gap and how corporate reporting could meet investors’ needs. He is also an HRDF certified trainer. He had many years of experience in Bank Negara Malaysia, involved in supervising financial institutions and preparation of the Bank’s annual report and budget. His attachment with a large international shipping corporation had also enriched his experience in the areas of finance, corporate planning and investor relations. He had worked with international consultants in the business transformation programme and also for many years was responsible for drafting the Chairman’s Statement and Managing Director’s Report for the corporation’s Annual Report. He had served in various positions in an investment bank with experience mainly in internal auditing and risk management.