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Mak Kum Choon - Senior partner
Mak Kum Choon started his career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Melbourne in 1975. Then in 1978, he joined Deloitte KassimChan and is now one of the senior partners of the Firm. He has extensive experience in the area of insolvency and corporate restructuring exercises.
He holds a Liquidator’s license and acts as liquidator/receiver and manager in various liquidation (both voluntary and involuntary)/receivership assignments undertaken by the Firm.
He has also held appointments as 'Special Administrator' to several companies with loans under Danaharta. Some of his more notable cases include the successful implementation of three Schemes of Arrangement (with a combined debt of more than RM 1 billion in value) under Section 176 of the Companies Act, 1965.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a CPA Australia. He is also an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation. He also actively participates in professional activities and is a member of the Insolvency Practice Working Group of the MIA and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).
Andrew Lai - Executive Director
Andrew Lai is an Executive Director in Deloitte Malaysia’s Restructuring Services. He has more than 15 years of professional experience. Prior to joining Deloitte, he worked for the other Big Four Accounting Firms involving in audit and corporate tax advisory engagements for government statutory bodies, public and private companies.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia, and is a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a Fellow of CPA Australia. He is also an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
Andrew has been actively involved in various corporate restructuring exercises of companies, feasibility studies and profit and cash flow forecast / projections, and has significant experience in dealing with forensic investigation and litigation support work involving fraud and insolvency related matters. He has also led corporatisation studies of government investment bodies covering areas in optimal corporate and financing structure, profit and cash flow projections, strategic planning, remuneration package and subsequent listing, where applicable.
