Newly-merged accounting and consulting agency Forvis Mazars has elevated Pei-hua Loke to its enterprise advisory partnership in Melbourne, whereas making 4 affiliate director promotions.
Loke joined Mazars as a graduate in 2007 upon completion of a commerce diploma on the College of Melbourne, following an earlier internship with Ernst & Younger in Malaysia, and has since steadily labored her method up the ranks.
Her elevation coincides with the promotion of workplace colleagues Kareena Nihalani and Susan Kamau to affiliate director, whereas Kino Xiong and David Xu have additionally stepped up within the audit & assurance and outsourcing practices in Sydney.
“At Forvis Mazars, recognising and creating high expertise is integral to our success,” Melbourne managing associate Richard DeBono stated of the brand new senior cohort. “Every has demonstrated excellent management, dedication, and experience of their respective fields, and their promotions are a testomony to their arduous work and the numerous contributions they’ve made to our agency.”
Loke turns into a associate after her earlier promotion to affiliate director in 2022, and has now spent greater than a decade and a half on the agency – which this yr merged to grow to be Forvis Mazars. Serving a variety of purchasers throughout sectors, Loke was famous for her ardour for steady enchancment, her emphasis on techniques and processes, and for her eager eye for element.
Loke celebrated her promotion alongside Melbourne-based enterprise advisory colleagues Susan Kamau and Kareena Nihalani, the latter who joined by way of Mazars’ acquisition of Cummings Flavel McCormack in 2019, the place she had beforehand spent seven years. Kamau in the meantime crossed from Pitcher Companions in 2020, with an earlier 5 years spent at Accru courting again to 2012.
Kino Xiong and David Xu have additionally been bumped as much as affiliate director in Sydney, within the agency’s respective audit & assurance and outsourcing divisions. Xiong has been with Mazars since 2019, transferring from the agency’s Dutch department in 2022, earlier than which he additionally spent seven years at BDO in Holland. Xu likewise joined the native agency in 2022, bringing fifteen years of expertise.
