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Beyond providing professional training for accountants, Leong Soo Yee, executive director (markets) of ACCA, has led the global body in supporting the local business community, including helping small audit firms venture overseas and leverage technology.

Angela Tan

Published Fri, Jul 10, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Accounting

WHEN Leong Soo Yee turns up for the virtual interview over Microsoft Teams, the executive director (Markets) of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) "arrives" with her headphones on, attired for a real-life work meeting.

The mother of one has been separated from her child who is finishing her final year at a university in the United Kingdom during the Covid-19 pandemic. If there is any separation anxiety, none comes across as she …