Richard Teh, Malaysian, aged 58, a senior financial professional with more than 30 years of post-qualifying progressive experience in operations finance and operations management with local Public Listed Company (PLC) and Multi-National Corporations (MNC) and PLC listed on Singapore Stock Exchange.
Strong in developing and implementing financial controls and compliances, productivity improvement activity and change management. Demonstrated capability to streamline business operations that drive growth and increase efficiency that contributed to bottom-line figures. Possesses solid leadership, communication and interpersonal skills to establish rapport with all levels of staff and management. Able to partner with Operations folks in driving business towards Operational excellence, achievement of Annual goals and implementation of Business strategy. Richard was last appointed as the Director of Finance in a tertiary hospital, Regency Specialist Hospital (RSH) on 1 June 2016. His portfolio covered Finance Department, Business Front Office, Credit Control, Strategic Procurement and Medical Central Stores. He subsequently retired from the corporate world on 31 December 2017 and embark onto corporate consultancy services, training and professional development fields.
Prior to joining RSH, Richard was the Director of Finance in Teleflex Medical Sdn Bhd, a US medical device company for six (6) years and Malaysian Mosaics Berhad, as General Manager, Finance for 13 years where he was the board member of the company. His vast experiences also include other operational supporting departments in IT, HR, Procurement, EHS, Store management and general administration. Richard was also trained by IBM Consulting as a Six Sigma Black Belt and engaged Six Sigma methodology DMAIC in various projects management in particular Profit/Cost Improvement Projects and achieved remarkable results.
Mr Richard holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland and he is fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), a member of Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA), he is a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a also fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA). Over the years, Mr Richard also lectured in colleges in Penang, Ipoh and Taiping on full and part time capacity and has vast experience in coaching Accounting related professional examinations.
Professional Course in Accountancy (University of Wales Newport Business School U.K.)
Chartered Certified Accountant (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants U.K.)
Masters in Business Administration (University of Bradford Management Centre U.K.)
Chartered Accountant (The Malaysian Institute of Accountants)
Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing (The Chartered Institute of Marketing U.K.)
Certified Internal Auditor (The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc. U.S.A.)
Certified Public Accountant (The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants)