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 Head of Audit and Assurance, Rick leads an energetic and passionate team of more than 300, including 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 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 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 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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- Data Analytics in Audit
- Our Approach
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- Creating a vibrant audit Market for Public Interest Entities
- Staying Relevant to Public Interest
- Covid-19 and its accounting and audit implications
- Financial Audit
- A guide to Joint Audit
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- Story Behind: Mazars in Hong Kong and Singapore Guide Nexion Technologies Limited through a Successful IPO
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Insights
- Mazars in Singapore transparency report 2022
- Mazars in Asia Pacific 2022
- Mazars assists Swang Chai Chuan in its listing on the Hong Kong Main Board
- Our sustainability report 2022
- Mazars in Singapore - Transparency reports
- Rick Chan speaks at the Accountancy Week Celebration 2022
- Rick Chan appointed as a member of the Public Accounting Practice Committee
- Mazars supports iWOW Technology Limited in its successful IPO
- Mazars in Singapore transparency report 2021
- Double digit growth reflects strength, balance and sustainability of Mazars’ integrated business model and strategy
- Mazars assists Alpina Holdings in its successful IPO
- SPACs in Singapore: striking the right balance between risk and opportunities
- The Future of Audit in Asia-Pacific
- What will the audit(or) of the future look like in APAC?
- Our sustainability report 2021
- The future of audit: market view – myths, realities and ways forward
- Mazars assists Livingstone Health Limited in the listing on the Catalist Board of the Singapore Exchange
- Tomorrow's Audit
- July 2020 | Mazars X Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Past Webinars
- Webinar I SGX disclosure requirements in a Covid-19 environment
- COVID-19: Insights
- Audit & Assurance
- MAZARS SG AND HK FIRST SUCCESSFULLY LISTED MAIN BOARD IPO CLIENT AS JOINT REPORTING ACCOUNTANTS
- Mazars For Good
- Mazars' Contribution to the Successful listing of Mindtell Technology Limited on the HKEX GEM Board
- Appointment of Members for the China-Indochina Development Forum
- Mazars Singapore hosts IPO training
- Mazars sponsors the ACCA Singapore Conference 2017
- Mazars assists Nexion Technologies Limited in listing on the HKEX GEM Board
- ISCA Appointments of our Mazars Partners
- Mazars supports the ACCA and NTUC MOU signing for Singapore’s accounting and finance skills for future jobs
- Mazars contributes to AGV Group Limited's IPO
- Mazars’ Contribution to the Successful IPO of Advancer Global Limited
- "Talent Scouts" an article by Rick Chan for AB Magazine
- Rick Chan as a "Marriage Counsellor" - AB Magazine 07/2016
- Rick Chan elected as member of the Singapore Network Panel of ACCA
- New IPO listing for Mazars’ Client - UG Healthcare Corporation
- ISCA Technical Clinic: Audit of Accounting Estimates
- Mazars is an ACCA Approved Employer--Trainee Development, Platinum level
- ACRA, ISCA reiterate financial statements accounting standards
- Rick Chan speaks at the Annual Quality Assurance Seminar
- Succession Planning: A Necessity for Survival
- Mazars partners with SBF in the 10th China ASEAN Expo
- Mazars appointed as an Accredited Training Organisation
- Mazars Partners appointed as Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Advisors of ICPAS
- Mazars conducts a series of ‘Doing Business in Singapore’ forums
- Mazars partners with SBF in the 9th China ASEAN Expo
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- Mazars in Singapore appoints Narissa Chen as its first female Head of Audit and Assurance
- Mazars announces new leadership roles to underpin its growth ambitions in Singapore
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- Mazars in Singapore appoints new Audit partner Chin Chee Choon
- Mazars in Singapore welcomes new Audit partner for financial services sector
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