Richard holds Bachelor of Business degree from Queensland University of Technology, Master of Jurisprudence(Dean‘s List)(International Trade Law)and Doctor of Legal Science(Financial Services Law)from Bond University in Australia. He also obtained Executive Master of Business Administration(EMBA)joint degrees from the National Taiwan University(Taipei)/Fudan University(Shanghai)(Dean’s List).
Richard received the 2019 Australia-Taiwan Distinguished Alumni Award presented by the Australian Office in Taipei.
Richard is Adjunct Professor at multiple leading universities in Taiwan, including the National Chengchi University(International Tax Law, 2002 to 2019), the National Taipei University of Business(International Tax Law, 2023 -), the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University(Financial Technology & Sustainability. 2023 -), and the National Taiwan University’s Post EMBA program(2020 -).
Richard is a qualified Certified Public Accountant in Taiwan(Taipei)and the U.S.(State of Washington), and Chartered Accountant in Australia & New Zealand(CAANZ). He is also acting as Chairman of International Affairs Committee, National Federation of ROC(Taiwan)CPA Associations.
Professional Experiences
Richard’s joined PwC Taiwan partnership since July 2002. He has been serving many local and regional positions, including Financial Services Leader, Deputy Tax Leader, Network Alignment Leader, Southeast Asia & India Business Leader, Japanese Practice Leader at PwC Taiwan, and PwC Asia Pacific Tax Markets Leader(2012 to 2023), member of PwC Asia Pacific Investment Management Office, Executive Director of at PwC Greater China Executive Board, and a member of governance body at the Board of Partners in Taiwan and the Greater China.
Prior to PwC Taiwan, Richard was Asia Tax Manager at Lehman Brothers Asia Headquarters in Tokyo, and a Senior Tax Consultant at PwC Australia specialized in international tax and financial services laws. Richard has over 30 years of professional and industry experiences in public accounting, international tax and financial services, complex cross border transactions and family offices operations.
He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English and Taiwanese dialect.