Rick Chan Managing Partner & Head of Audit & Assurance APAC
“My clients are my priority. I use extensive experience and a deep understanding of a wide variety of industries, to help my clients achieve their corporate goals that go beyond the conventional compliance requirements.”
As the Managing Partner, Rick leads an energetic and passionate team of over 400, including more than 20 partners and directors. He advises his clients in determining the path to improved profitability and business value by listening and understanding them. In charge of Initial Public Offering (IPO) and capital market services, Rick works alongside his clients to chart their growth stories, whether they aspire to be a publicly listed company or work on their succession plans.
As the Head of Audit and Assurance of Forvis Mazars in APAC, Rick leads and shapes the development and growth of the audit and assurance service line together with 14 country audit leaders of Forvis Mazars in APAC.
Rick has more than 25 years of experience in international public accounting firms, including the Big 4 in Singapore and Malaysia for both SMEs, MNCs, Not-for-Profit organizations and publicly listed companies. His portfolio spans across a broad range of industries from trading, retail, services, manufacturing, property development, construction and infrastructure, healthcare, hotels and hospitality, education, shipping, shipbuilding, marine supplies, mining, and fund management to insurance companies.
Enthusiastic about growing businesses holistically, Rick also assists companies going for IPO on the Singapore Exchange (SGX-ST) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKSE). He is the Engagement Partner for several companies listed on SGX-ST and HKSE. He covers financial due diligence for merger and acquisition transactions as well.
Rick is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Global Audit Forum. He is also member of Forvis Mazars Global Audit Board and heads the audit and assurance service line of APAC.
In May 2018, he was elected as a member of the Singapore Network Panel of the ACCA for a second term. He is the Chairman of the ACCA Practitioners Forum Sub-Committee, which was formed to meet the needs of ACCA practitioner-members in Singapore.
Rick is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a practising member of ISCA. He was also elected as the Chairman of Audit and Assurance for the regional committee of Praxity Alliance, an independent international alliance of firms with more than 700 offices, over 100 countries, and more than 60,000 professionals worldwide.
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Industries
Services
- Capital markets
- Story Behind: Mazars in Hong Kong and Singapore Guide Nexion Technologies Limited through a Successful IPO
- What challenges are you facing?
- How do we work?
- What challenges are you facing?
- A guide to Joint Audit
- Creating a vibrant audit Market for Public Interest Entities
- IPO Assurance
- IPO services
- Audit & assurance
- Financial audit
- Independent assurance & reviews
- How do we work?
- Staying Relevant to Public Interest
- Assurance on financial information
- Our Approach
- Data Analytics in Audit
- Assurance on non-financial information
- CSR Certification
- How do we work?
Insights
- Mazars partners with SBF in the 9th China ASEAN Expo
- Mazars conducts a series of ‘Doing Business in Singapore’ forums
- Mazars partners with SBF in the 10th China ASEAN Expo
- Succession Planning: A Necessity for Survival
- Rick Chan speaks at the Annual Quality Assurance Seminar
- ACRA, ISCA reiterate financial statements accounting standards
- Mazars is an ACCA approved employer - trainee development, platinum level
- ISCA Technical Clinic: Audit of Accounting Estimates
- Rick Chan as a "Marriage Counsellor" - AB Magazine 07/2016
- "Talent Scouts" an article by Rick Chan for AB Magazine
- Mazars contributes to AGV Group Limited's IPO
- Mazars supports the ACCA and NTUC MOU signing for Singapore’s accounting and finance skills for future jobs
- Mazars sponsors the ACCA Singapore Conference 2017
- Mazars Singapore hosts IPO training
- Mazars' Contribution to the Successful listing of Mindtell Technology Limited on the HKEX GEM Board
- Mazars For Good
- COVID-19: Insights
- Webinar I SGX disclosure requirements in a Covid-19 environment
- Past Webinars
- July 2020 | Mazars X Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Mazars assists Livingstone Health Limited in the listing on the Catalist Board of the Singapore Exchange
- What will the audit(or) of the future look like in APAC?
- The Future of Audit in Asia-Pacific
- Rick Chan speaks at the Accountancy Week Celebration 2022
- Mazars in Singapore transparency report 2022
- Growing your business: The why, what and how to list in Singapore
- Mazars in Singapore is proud to be an Intellectual Partner and sponsor of Women Entrepreneur Awards 2023
- Mazars appointed as an Accredited Training Organisation (ATO)
- Tomorrow's Audit
- The future of audit: market view – myths, realities and ways forward
- Our sustainability report 2021
- SPACs in Singapore: striking the right balance between risk and opportunities
- Mazars in Singapore transparency report 2021
- Our sustainability report 2022
- Forvis Mazars in Singapore - Transparency reports
- Forvis Mazars for good: Singapore sustainability report 2023
- Forvis Mazars in Singapore transparency report 2023
- Forvis Mazars in Asia Pacific
- Guide to Doing Business in Asia Pacific
Who we are
- New IPO listing for Mazars’ Client - UG Healthcare Corporation
- Rick Chan elected as member of the Singapore Network Panel of ACCA
- Mazars’ Contribution to the Successful IPO of Advancer Global Limited
- Mazars assists Nexion Technologies Limited in listing on the HKEX GEM Board
- Appointment of Members for the China-Indochina Development Forum
- Our commitment to reducing plastic waste
- Mazars is one of HR Asia's Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2020
- Mazars is among HR Asia's Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2021
- Mazars strengthens risk management function with new director Shireen Tan
- Mazars announces new leadership roles to underpin its growth ambitions in Singapore
- Mazars strengthens leadership with 3 new appointments demonstrating its commitment in placing people at the heart of its growth
- Mazars in Singapore named HR Asia Best Company to Work for in Asia
- Mazars welcomes five new global partners from Singapore
- Mazars’ record global revenues confirm strength of its international, integrated, multidisciplinary strategy
- Mazars in Singapore expands Financial Advisory and Consulting teams with appointment of two new local Partners
- The Appointment of Ellyn Tan and Athreya H. D. (May 2023)
- Mazars’ record global revenues confirm strength of its international, integrated, multidisciplinary strategy (Feb 2023)
- The Appointment of Lok Yung Hui and Gavyn Ng (Sep 2022)
- Pedaling for good (Sep 2022)
- The Appointment of Cheryl Koh and Zhang Liang (Sep 2021)
- The Future of Audit in Asia Pacific (Sep 2021)
- The Appointment of Mark Chew (Oct 2021)
- The Appointment of Chin Chee Choon (Dec 2021)
- HR Asia Best Companies to work for in Asia (Dec 2021)
- The Appointment of Wong Zi En (Mar 2022)
- The Appointment of Lai Keng Wei (Apr 2022)
- Move with Mazars post-event release (Jul 2022)
- Mazars bolsters Singapore leadership team with new heads of Capital Markets, Risk Management, and Outsourcing
- Mazars bolsters Singapore leadership team (Sep 2023)
- Mazars in Singapore appoints Tan Yan Song to lead expansion in Insurance and Asset Management services
- The appointment of Tan Yan Song (Nov 2023)
- Mazars leadership expansion: Welcomes four new global partners from Singapore
- Mazars announces another year of record revenues as it builds global ambition
- Interview on AB Magazine: Why your practice needs an alliance (Feb 2024)
- Mazars Partners appointed as Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Advisors of ICPAS
- Gender equality: what corporations can do
- Mazars in Singapore announces two new partners in the Audit & Assurance Team
- Mazars in Singapore welcomes new Audit partner for financial services sector
- Mazars in Singapore appoints new Audit partner Chin Chee Choon
- Mazars assists Alpina Holdings in its successful IPO
- Mazars in Singapore promotes new Audit partner Wong Zi En
- Mazars in Singapore appoints Lai Keng Wei as new Head of Risk Management
- Mazars supports iWOW Technology Limited in its successful IPO
- Rick Chan appointed as a member of the Public Accounting Practice Committee
- Mazars assists Swang Chai Chuan in its listing on the Hong Kong Main Board
- Mazars in Singapore appoints Narissa Chen as its first female Head of Audit and Assurance
- Mazars in Singapore cycles for 3000km to raise funds for the terminally ill
- Forvis Mazars in Singapore conferred Company of Good
- Diversity and inclusion
- Forvis Mazars in Singapore bolsters leadership team with new Tax Partner and Management Consulting promotion
- Feature: The Straits Times - Blockbuster IPOs in HK, KL could be start of more in Asia as investor confidence returns
- Built for Forward: Forvis Mazars Singapore Champions Empowerment and Inclusivity – It's the Right Path Forward
- Corporate social responsibility & involvement
- Forvis Mazars assists Food Innovators Holdings Limited in its successful IPO