Experts & Advisors
Paul Tan
Senior Managing Director
Suite 2090, HKRI Center One, 288 Shimen Road (No.1), Jing’an District Shanghai 200041
P. R. China
+86 (21) 5117 5894 Main
Paul Tan is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Shanghai. He has been assisting international clients to address risks related to fraud, misappropriation, and corruption for more than 20 years.
Paul has extensive experience in conducting forensic accounting reviews, compliance risk assessments, due diligence, and fraud detection and monitoring in China. His clients—including multinational companies and other organizations—span across many different industries.
Paul often works with clients’ legal advisors to conduct forensic reviews in response to whistle-blower allegations, regulator inquiries, and other incidents. He is experienced in conducting robust and objective reviews that stand up to scrutiny by regulators, external auditors, and other stakeholders.
He has also helped a range of clients to strengthen their compliance programs in China, to develop pro-active monitoring solutions, and to enhance business ethics awareness and speak-up culture.
Prior to Ankura, Paul was at a Big 4 Forensics practice in China for 16 years. He has strong cross-cultural understanding and is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese.
Experience
A selection of Paul’s prior engagements includes:
- Conducted a forensic accounting review for the Audit Committee of a Hong Kong-listed company, in relation to misappropriation of funds by the company’s finance personnel and other irregularities.
- Conducted a forensic accounting and data analytics review for the Audit Committee of a Chinese technology company listed in the U.S., in response to short-seller allegations of financial statement fraud.
- Conducted a range of compliance assessments and forensic reviews for multinational clients in relation to fraud and corruption matters in China. Provided recommendations for remediation, based on identification of control deficiencies and root causes of issues.
- Conducted a range of third-party audits of marketing vendors, event organizers, grant recipients, and tier-one and tier-two distributors to evaluate potential fraud and compliance risks.
- Conducted ABAC due diligences of Chinese acquisition targets for multinational clients, working closely with clients’ legal advisors.
- Responsible for a forensic data analytics project to develop a suite of compliance dashboards for proactive monitoring of compliance risk in the life sciences sector.
- Education
- MA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
- MSc, Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
