Edwina is a Managing Director in Kroll’s Valuation Services practice in Hong Kong, with over 20 years’ international experience in business and intangible-asset valuation, M&A, financial reporting, tax reorganisation and litigation support, with a particular focus on the Greater China region.

She is a CPA, CA, a certified member of the Chartered Business Valuators Institute and a member of the American Society of Appraisers, and she sits on the IVSC Business Valuation Board.

Chua Ai Leng is a Council Member of the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore (IVAS) and a Partner in Valuation, Modeling & Economics at EY-Parthenon (Ernst & Young Solutions LLP) in Singapore. She has extensive experience valuing companies, employee stock compensation and intangible assets for financial reporting, tax, M&A and litigation support, and has advised clients across hospitality and tourism, telecommunications, infrastructure and technology on cross-border deals in Southeast Asia and the US.

Her work spans pre- and post-deal purchase price allocation, financial model reviews, impairment assessments, and market and pricing analyses. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA), and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University.

Doug McPhee is Senior Director, Head of Valuations at the Public Investment Fund (PIF). Prior to joining PIF, Doug was a Corporate Finance Partner and Global Valuation Leader for KPMG.

He was a Panel Member at the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) from 2016 to 2022 and Vice Chair of the CBV Institute Board of Directors from 2017 to 2020.

Rika Suzuki joined as a member of the International Accounting Standards Board on 1 July 2019. In June 2023 she was reappointed to serve a second five-year term starting 1 July 2024.

Prior to joining the IASB she was the IFRS Leader and Assurance Partner of PwC Aarata LLC in Japan, where she provided advice on accounting and reporting issues under IFRS Accounting Standards, Japanese GAAP and US GAAP. She also supervised the transition to and application by large multinationals and other listed companies of IFRS Accounting Standards.

Ms Suzuki was a member of the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ)’s Special Committee for IFRS Implementation, and chaired the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA)’s Working Groups for Japan’s Modified International Standards (JMIS) and Revenue Recognition. She holds a Master’s degree from Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy and a Bachelor’s degree in law from Keio University.