Critical Financial Review

About the Book

This book is about financial information that every one of us receives from time to time in the course of our work, business, or as investors in corporate securities, such as shares and bonds. Financial information about a company and its activities is necessary for us to make judgments and decisions regarding financing, investments, and take appropriate management actions. In particular, it is written to complement credit executives with limited accounting experiences or knowledge and who have credit and lending responsibilities. I have written this book using my personal experiences as a financial skills training facilitator for over twenty years, and the comments of many of my course participants have given me the encouragement to organize my thoughts and views on financial information analysis and my approach in developing understanding of corporate financial numbers, particularly for people from non-financial backgrounds like engineers and lawyers. I hope this book can be of assistance to the people similar to those audiences I have been speaking to during my various training workshops on the subject.

About the Author

Kenny Tay began his merchant banking career with an affiliate of JP Morgan, the US -based investment banking group, followed by various executive appointments at the Dow Banking Group, Royal Trust Company of Canada, and UOB Australia Limited, a subsidiary of the United Overseas Bank Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and holds a certificate in Company Law from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He was also at one time a securities dealer licensed by the Victoria Securities Commission, State of Victoria. Currently he is the Chief Executive of the Australia New Zealand Institute, a work – based skills development organization providing learning and training using global electronic networks to develop human capital.