Kia Hong is the Assistant Dean (Undergraduate) and Senior Lecturer at Nanyang Business School (NBS) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU).  He is actively involved in curriculum and pedagogical development in the risk management and assurance courses that he teaches in the bachelor and master degree programmes.  His teaching accolades include the 2015 NBS Accountancy Teacher of the Year and 2015 NBS Teaching Excellence Award for Accounting Division.  He holds a Master of Science (Marketing) from NTU where he was awarded the Dean's Honours List. Having accumulated a wealth of industry experience prior to joining the academia, he brings real-world insights into his classes, which participants are very appreciative of.Before joining NTU, Kia Hong was an audit partner of a public accounting firm and had worked as chief executives of companies in Singapore and South Korea. His roles included formulating strategies to meet business objectives, enterprise risk management and leading the teams to ensure seamless operations of the businesses. During the same period, he taught in various public and private institutions in accounting, marketing and entrepreneurship on adjunct arrangements and proactively led the design and development of courses.Kia Hong is an avid researcher who has published in professional journals and contributed articles to local print media. Kia Hong’s services extend beyond NTU. Notably, he is a regular speaker in the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) major conferences and a trainer with ISCA’s continuing professional education. He also provides regular training, consultancy and research work to accounting firms and corporate organisations.  He is a member of ISCA’s judging panel for the prestigious Annual Report Award (ARA) under the Singapore Corporate Awards (SCA) and ISCA’s Investigation and disciplinary panel. He was previously a member of ISCA’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee and had worked with ISCA on ACRA’s Practice Monitoring Programme.Kia Hong is a co-examiner for Singapore Chartered Accountants Qualification Programme for the Business Value, Governance and Risk and Capstone - Integrative Business modules. He is a member of ISCA’s Membership Growth and Engagement Committee, ISCA’s Investigation and disciplinary panel and the legal profession Inquiry Panel appointed by the Honourable the Chief Justice. Kia Hong was previously a member of ISCA’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee, ISCA’s data analytics sub-committee, ISCA’s judging panel for the prestigious Annual Report Award under the Singapore Corporate Awards and had worked with ISCA on ACRA’s Practice Monitoring Programme.Kia Hong is currently the Chairman of Bukit Merah Secondary School Advisory Committee and the Chairman of Nan Hua Primary School Parent Support Group. He was awarded the Service to Education Awards by the Ministry of Education in 2021, 2011 and 2006. He is also a member of Mensa Singapore.