Prof. Mak Yuen TeenMember of Advisory Council
Work Experience
- Prof. Mak Yuen Teen is a professor who holds First Class Honours, Masters and PhD degrees in accounting and finance, and is a fellow of CPA Australia. He has held Asia-Pacific and Singapore heads of research positions at major consulting firms .
- Professor Mak was a member of the Corporate Governance Committee which released Singapore’s first Code of Corporate Governance for listed companies, the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) which prescribed accounting standards and revised the Code in 2005, and the Corporate Governance Council which released the fourth version of the Code in 2018. He is currently a member of the Corporate Governance Advisory Committee set up the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He was a member of the Charity Council in Singapore from its establishment in October 2006 until his retirement in 2013.
- During his term on the Charity Council, he chaired the subcommittees which developed and revised the code of governance for charities. He was also a member of the advisory panel set up by the Ministry of National Development for the development of a code of governance for town councils in Singapore.
- Professor Mak was a member of the audit advisory committee of the United Nations Population Fund based in New York from its establishment in October 2006 and retired in 2013. He then served as a member of the audit advisory committee of UN Women until October 2018. He was also an honorary advisor for BoardAgender, an organisation under the Singapore Council of Women Organisations in Singapore set up to promote gender diversity on boards and senior management, during its establishment phase. He has chaired a large healthcare charity and has served on boards and committees of other not-for-profit organisations.
