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Associate Professor

SzeKee KOH

Associate Professor
Director of Programmes, Business, Communication & Design Cluster
PhD (Accounting & Finance), The University of Western Australia, Australia
Cluster:
Business, Communication and Design
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Biography

Associate Professor SzeKee Koh currently serves as the Director of Programmes for the Business, Communication and Design (BCD) Cluster at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), overseeing the strategic positioning of all the programmes within the BCD Cluster.

Previously, he had served in various academic appointments within SIT including Deputy Programme Director for the Accountancy Programme (2014-2015), Programme Director for the Accountancy Programme (2016-2020) and Deputy Cluster Director for the former Design and Specialised Businesses Cluster (2017-2020). 

Prior to joining SIT, SzeKee worked in Australia for more than a decade. He held a tenured position with the Business School at The University of Western Australia (UWA) where he served as the Business Practicum Coordinator as well as the Senior Resident Advisor of Trinity (a Residential College of UWA). He was also a registered University Career Mentor, mentoring students to achieve their career aspirations. SzeKee had also visited various universities for research collaborations including Monash University,  University of New South Wales, Queensland University, Curtin University and Nanyang Technological University.

Before his academia career, SzeKee started his profession as a Corporate Tax Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he provided corporate tax compliance services and corporate tax  advisory and planning consultation services to a portfolio of local, multinational and listed companies. Subsequently, he joined the SIA group as an Administrative Officer where he was posted to various executive positions (including Duty Manager for Operations,  Marketing Division, Special Projects Task Force, and Finance Division). His last appointment was a Finance Manager at Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) Limited, holding various portfolios (such as acquisition of businesses and setting up joint ventures in the Asia-Pacific region; developing business strategies; role of a financial controller).

SzeKee's prime research interests include the areas of capital structure, corporate bankruptcy, corporate social responsibility, social responsible investments, Environmental Social & Governance, and corporate life cycle. He has published scholarly articles in Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Australia Journal of Management, International Review of Finance, Issues in Accounting Education, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Accounting Research Journal and Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal. He had also completed applied research with industry partners including RSM Singapore and Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants with the findings published in the ISCA's journal as well as in the newspapers including the Business Times and the Straits Times. SzeKee has also being invited to deliver keynote presentations and panel discussions at various local and international conferences.

SzeKee teaches Accounting and Finance modules and had been nominated and won multiple Excellence in Teaching Awards in his academic career. He is a Fellow member with CPA Australia and a Fellow member with the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA). He also holds the title of Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development) with The Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore. SzeKee is also the Co-Vice President of the ASEAN Accounting Education Workgroup (AAEW) where he works with academics from Universities across the ASEAN region with the vision to innovate ASEAN higher education accounting programs and train the next generation of ASEAN graduates who can compete in the global accounting market.

SzeKee holds a Ph.D and a Bachelor of Commerce (with Honours) from the University of Western Australia. He also completed a Senior Fellowship in Public Policy with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

SIT Appointments

  • Director of Programmes, Business, Communication & Design Cluster
    – Present
  • Associate Professor
    – Present
  • Deputy Cluster Director (Applied Research), Design & Specialised Business
    –
  • Programme Director, SIT B (Hons) Accountancy
    –
  • Assistant Professor
    –
  • Deputy Programme Director, SIT B (Hons) Accountancy
    –

Education

  • Senior Fellowship in Public Services
    Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore , Singapore
  • PhD (Accounting & Finance)
    The University of Western Australia , Australia
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Hon)
    The University of Western Australia , Australia

Achievements

  • 2020 SIT Awards for Learning and Teaching Grant (SGD 9,025) - (Co-PI )
    –
  • SIT FY19 Strategic Initiative Award - Co-PI - SGD404,000
  • SIT Ignition Grant (Primary Investigator with Co-PIs: Desi Arisandi, Arif Perdana & Lee Hwee Hoon) SGD18,000
  • Winner of the SIT Teaching Excellence Award (for Academic year 14/15)
  • SIT Advancement for Learning and Teaching Grant (with Pearpilai Jutasompakorn, Aaron Goh, Karin Avnit) - SGD3,405
  • Most Cited Pacific Basin Finance Journal articles
  • UWA Business School Excellence in Teaching Award, a. Nominee for the category of “Lecturer - Undergraduate Coursework”
  • UWA Business School Research Grant (with Richard Heaney and Yihui Lan) - AUD13,389
  • Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Research Grant (with Dianne Massoudi, Lucia Fung and Phil Hancock) - AUD5,843
  • UWA Business School Research Grant (with Robert Durand) - AUD6,000
  • Winner of UWA Business School Excellence in Teaching Award (Early Career)
  • UWA Business School Research Grant (with Millicent Chang) - AUD16,451
  • UWA Research Development Award (with Robert Durand) supplemented with UWA Business School Research Grant - AUD28,966
  • Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Research Grant (with Robert Durand) - AUD3,670
  • UWA Business School Excellence in Teaching Award (Commendation – Best Tutor)
  • Financial Integrity Research Network (FIRN) scholarship to attend PhD Workshop in Methods in Empirical Corporate Finance at Sydney University.

Professional Certification

  • CPA Program
    CPA Australia
    –

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australasia
  • Fellow CPA, Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia
  • Specialist Adult Educator (Curriculum Development), The Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore

Corporate Experience

  • Co-Vice President, ASEAN Accounting Education Workgroup
    Present
  • Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (SIA Group) - Finance Manager
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers - Tax Consultant

Research Interests

  • Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, Corporate Financial Distress, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Responsibility Investment, Accounting Education, International Finance, Accountancy Industry Digital Transformatiions

Journal Papers

Conferences

  • Invited as Keynote Speaker to deliver a topic on “Transform Globally: Realising Potentials and Embracing Possibilities through Research” at the 4th Joint Accountancy International Research Summit organised by The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The University of St. La Salle (6 May 2022)

  • Invited Speaker on the topic of “Review and Outlook Economics after Covid 19 Pandemic” at the 3rd International Seminar on Accounting for Society organised by Universitas Pamulang  (17 March 2022)

  • Invited Speaker on the topic of “Decent Work and Economic Growth” at The 2020 Thinking Globally: Sustainable development Goals in the 4th Industrial Revolution Conference (15 Jul 2021)

  • Invited Speaker on the topic of “Preparing for Digital Transformation” at The Yu An Log College of Business and Accountancy of the University of St. La Salle’s webinar The Way Forward: Designing Business Continuity Plan, Identifying Disruptive Innovation and preparing for Digital Transformation (22 Jan 2021)

  • Invited Panellist speaker on the topic of “Accounting Technology for Maintaining Sustainable Environment” at The Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants – 23rd Accounting National Symposium 2020 (22 Sept 2020)

  • Invited as a Panellist speaker on the topic of “The Use and Impact of AI for Accounting Entities” at Universitas Pamulang “2nd International Seminar on Accounting for Society with the theme “Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Accounting for Society 5.0” (2 Jul 2020)

  • Interviewed article on the topic of “how to keep yourself in demand” for Certified Practising Accountants Australia published at Business Times. (25 Nov 2019)

  • Invited as a Panellist of reactors on the topic of “How can we train accountants to embrace the new normal in the digital era”at the University of Santo Tomas “2019 Washington Sycip Lecture – Working Together for a Learned Global Accounting Profession” (6 Nov 2019)

  • Invited as a Keynote speaker to deliver a topic on Living the role of learned accounting teachers in shaping a learned accounting profession at the National Associations of CPAs in Education – 6th mid-year Accounting Teachers International Conference 2019. (24 Oct 2019)

  • Invited by Singapore Accountancy Commission to moderate a panel discussion with experts from SAC (Chairman of SAC), ISCA (president of ISCA) and IMDA (Asst Chief Executive- Sectoral transformation) at the Singapore Accountancy Commission’s Accountancy Industry Digital Plan Launch. (23 Aug 2019)

  • Invited as a Panellist speaker for the Panel Discussion on the topic of “Accounting Futurescape – What The Bosses Are Saying” at the Certified Practising Accountants Australia Congress 2018 Student Symposium. (11 Oct 2018)

  • Invited as Conference Panel Speaker on the topic of Accounting Industry Development in Singapore at the International Conference on Emerging Accounting Issues (Indonesia) (Aug 2016)

Books

  • “FINA3304 Banking: Theory and Practice – A McGraw-Hill Custom Publication”,2nd Edition,  Prepared by SzeKee Koh, 2011, McGraw-Hill (ISBN: 978-1-12-122889-4)

  • “FINA3304 Banking: Theory and Practice – A McGraw-Hill Custom Publication”, Prepared by SzeKee Koh, 2009, McGraw-Hill (ISBN: 978-0-07-028520-0)

  • “FINA3304 Banking: Theory and Practice – Wiley Custom Publication”, Prepared by SzeKee Koh, 2008, John Wiley & Sons (ISBN: 0-4708-1980-4)

Teaching Modules

Accountancy, B (Hons)

  • ACC1001 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • ACC1005 - Foundations of Finance
  • ACC2004 - Corporate Finance
  • ACC2105 - Investment and Risk Analysis
  • ACC3001 - Integrated Work Study Programme (IWSP)

Aircraft Systems Engineering, BEng (Hons)

  • ASE3104 - Introduction to Financial Accounting