Mr. Alvin Wan

BA(Hons), Master of Professional Accounting, Master of Corporate Finance, MSc, Postgraduate Certificate of Law, LL.M, FCPA (Practising), FCCA, FCA, FTIHK, AAIA, HKRFP, MHKSI, MHKIoD, CTA(HK), AICPA International Associate

Alvin is currently a practising CPA who is regarded as an all-rounded professional accountant as he possesses over 19 years experiences in domain of financial reporting (specialized in IFRS, HKFRS and USGAAP), corporate finance and restructuring, management consultancy, Hong Kong and PRC tax planning as well as audit and assurance.

Alvin is very familiar with the latest changes and development in the Hong Kong Accounting Standards as he is a practising CPA who is implementing all these rapidly changing standards in his daily practices. With indepth knowledge in financial accounting, he can advise his clients constructively on applications of these complex accounting standards and be able to give clear explanations. 

Alvin is determined to be a successful professional exam trainer and for the past 16 years, Alvin has taught numerous exam courses in papers related to financial reporting, cost and management accounting and financial management. He had been a lead trainer with another leading professional training institute in Hong Kong for teaching HKICPA courses such as the Conversion Programme. He is a multi-faceted trainer, able to teach multi QP and ACCA papers.

His teaching is distinctive and is very exam orientated, especially in professional training. The courses conducted by him are always popular and his students have gained so much insight from his teaching. He is very excited to be able to teach for TSL. He is positive that he has the ability, experience and eagerness in getting his students passing this paper in one attempt. With the practical and very up to date industrial experiences as well as the diversified background of Alvin, students would be much beneficial and pass their exams in the shortest time.

Mr. William Ng

ACA (UK), FCCA and FCPA, Master of Accountancy, Master of Corporate Finance, BA (Business Studies)

William has more than several years working experience in the banking and financial industry and is currently working in a managerial role in investment bank. He has immeasurable experiences in the financial management work such as performing compliance work with regulatory bodies, i.e. the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), operating, developing, and disseminating knowledge about financial decision making and monitoring financial performance in the banking industry.

William completed his Bachelor of Business Studies with City University and in addition he has also completed his Master of Accountancy with the Chinese University and his Master of Corporate Finance with Polytechnic University in Hong Kong respectively and has focused in subjects such as:

• Derivatives and corporate risk management
• Regulatory framework and compliance
• Investment and portfolio management
• Merger and Acquisition
• Business Valuation; and
• Global Financial market etc
These are all the special topics for MB.

Several years ago, William has further widened his career path by incorporating himself into professional training, enhanced his teaching quality and efficiency by attending the formal training about the preparation of the QP exams hosted by HKICPA. William is currently a qualified Enhanced QP facilitator in the HKICPA, QP marker, and also a mentor under a mentorship programme in a well-known professional accountancy body.

William is a dedicated lecturer and is always well-prepared for effective delivery of his lectures, especially for QP MB and FE as he is a specialist in corporate finance. He also has vast experience in advising and counseling students in their education pathway towards becoming a qualified accountant under the Enhanced QP scheme.

For the coming intake, William is primed in leading his QP MB and FE students to pass their exams in one attempt with his written essential notes. He is determined to promote, encourage, and support quality financial professional training at TSL.

Mr Walter Lau CPA

FCCA, MSC Finance

Lecturer of Financial Reporting and Corporate Financing at TSL

Walter is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE). He has more than 10 years experiences in lecturing financial reporting, auditing and assurance, strategic management accounting, financial and corporate risk management, and various business-related subjects, with different institutions including University of London International Programmes, Edinburgh Napier University and Leeds Beckett University, etc. He was also an exam trainer for public examinations organized by ACCA, HKICPA, CPA Australia, and FRM.

Walter graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Business Administration and later obtained his Master of Science in Finance in University of Michigan Dearborn. Walter started his career in the commercial sector by joining one of the associate companies of Ernst & Young, CPA as accountant, responsible for performing wide-ranged financial advisory services, including financial management and treasury management, and financial reporting for a wide range of multi-national clients. Later he joined two well-known groups, The Philip Group and HSBC Group as accounting managers, responsible for corporate financing and corporate accounting services.

Subsequently in 2007, he had a chance to enter into the academic field by acting as both full-time lecturer and Course Leader, responsible for teaching courses on financial management, management accounting, financial accounting, financial analysis, and regulatory framework for financial services.

Having mastered his teaching skills in the past few years on Corporate Financing and Financial Reporting, Walter is now a popular lecturer and an external examiner in modules of Corporate Financing and Financial Reporting. Currently, Walter is also our TSL external exam marker for QP Module A and B as well as Course Reviewer.

Walter is a very knowledgeable lecturer who can teach multi-papers and having Waler on board, he can demonstrate to TSL students the exam techniques in passing QP Module A, B and FE, especially pointing out key areas and trends for students to maximize their strengths in gaining marks for these papers.