Ms. Elsa Ho

FCA, CPA, LLB, CAMS, BA

Ms. Elsa Ho was the former Director of Quality Assurance of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”) in charge of the practice review and professional standards monitoring programmes and the former Deputy Head of Inspection of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (“AFRC”) responsible for inspections. She is now the Senior Director of Wisdom Pro Services Limited, a service company that offers technical and advisory services on compliance with professional standards, in particular monitoring and consultation services for practice units. Elsa was once the head of the technical department of an international practice in Hong Kong looking after technical, monitoring and training of the practice and worked in the standard setting department of the HKICPA with a work focus on financial reporting standard setting. She has all round experience in setting, implementing, monitoring and regulating compliance with professional standards.

Ms. Brenda Chan

B.Com, CA, CPA, FCPA (Aust.)

Ms. Brenda Chan is the General Manager & Technical Director of Wisdom Pro Services Limited offering technical and advisory services on compliance with professional standards.  She has over 20 years’ experience in quality assurance review gained from working for the frontline regulators — the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (“AFRC”) and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”), as well as audit and assurance in Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.  Brenda specialises in advising accounting firms of various sizes on compliance with professional standards, with a focus on compliance solutions on the design, implementation and operation of quality management systems and monitoring activities.