David M F Lee

Internal Audit and Finance

Hong Kong SAR

About

Experience

  • Kaplan (Full-time · 5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Internal Audit/Control
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Joined the Group Accounting and Control team in Kaplan's Global Finance. Continue to develop the Internal Audit function in Asia and other functions of the team (Treasury, Control Framework, SOX, etc.) globally.

    • Interim Financial Controller
      Sep 2022 - Apr 2023 · 8 mos

      Acting as the Financial Controller for Kaplan Partner Services, an in-sourced finance services centre/hub located in Hong Kong that covers Kaplan's businesses, agents and contractors worldwide.

    • Internal Audit
      Apr 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Tasked with establishing an new Internal Audit function covering various Kaplan's businesses in Asia

  • Group Internal Audit - Director - APAC at Pearson plc
    May 2008 - Feb 2018 · 9 yrs 10 mos

    Lead the newly created Pearson Internal Audit team based out of Hong Kong since 2008 with coverage of all APAC countries (including India and Australia) for all businesses in the Pearson portfolio which have included businesses such as the Financial Times, Penguin, and Wall Street English. Beyond internal audit, responsibilities included managing regional compliance activities, supporting due diligence and integration of new acquisitions and supporting regional risk management activities.

  • Internal Audit Manager at Hilti
    Apr 2003 - Apr 2008 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Lead the Hilti Asia Audit Team in HK, with a remit that included Asia-Pacific (including Australia and India), the Middle East and South Africa market organisations, production facilities and partners. Also responsible for compliance, investigations, and ad-hoc projects.

  • Senior Internal Auditor at Mirant
    Mar 2001 - 2003 · 1 yr 11 mos

    As part of the internal audit team or individually, performed operational, financial and compliance audits at company facilities in the Asia Pacific region and North America.

  • Internal Audit Officer at City University of Hong Kong
    Dec 1999 - Dec 2000 · 1 yr 1 mo