Professional Experience

Audrey is a Manager in the Forensic Advisory Services practice of Grant Thornton China and is located in the Shanghai office.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Audrey had three-year working experience in the Audit & Assurance industry at several well-known public accounting firms, including EY, Mazars and Wiss & Co. (based in New York). During her time as an external auditor, she gained extensive experience in accounting and auditing, including but not limited to IPO audit, annual financial statement audit under IFRS, US GAAP and PRC reporting requirement.
At Grant Thornton, Audrey used her solid accounting knowledge and rich audit experience to bring many new ways of thinking and perspectives to investigations, risk assessment, ABAC audit, compliance/internal control support, and expert witness projects. Her responsibilities include document review, transaction testing, interview, combing evidence and summarizing key observations, and reporting to the management team.
The industries she served include, but are not limited to, manufacture, IT, pharmaceutical, airlines, property management, and consumer goods.
Qualification
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Professional Experience

Tim is a multilingual, DBA graduate, and currently leading the Shanghai Forensic Advisory Services business for GT China. With both Deloitte (2004-2014) and Grant Thornton (2016-present), Tim has focused on Forensic Advisory to develop, manage, and enhance ethics & compliance programs.

Leveraging risk management consulting and his strong academic background, he effectively prioritizes and builds sustainable ethics & compliance programs for clients in China’s complex and changing business environment. Expertise in multi-industry compliance operations (including policy management, monitoring, training, and communications, whistleblower hotline, integrity due diligence, security issues, eDiscovery, cybersecurity, forensic investigations, data analytics & executive reporting).

Tim holds 31 years of China-related experience, of which 19+ years has been working in Shanghai for two leading global accounting firms and a premier Chinese investment management company. He has led hundreds of corporate compliance projects across all industries & regions throughout China and Asia.

Qualification
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (4 certifications)

Ian is a Tax Director of Grant Thornton Shanghai Office.

Ian has more than 10 years of experiences of providing China tax and business consultation to multinational enterprises, including tax compliance assistance, tax due diligences, investment structure planning, inbound and outbound investment assistance, merger and acquisition structuring tax and business advices, etc.

Ian has served clients in a wide range of industries, including education, manufacturing, Commercial trading, TMT, automobile and others.

Ian previously authored tax-related articles in the "China Taxation Journal“.
Bachelor's Degree in Taxation from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.
Master's Degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Liverpool.

Ian is a Member of the China National Democratic Construction Association.

Experience

Tony Xu is a Tax Senior Manager of Grant Thornton Shanghai office. Tony has more than 13 years’ experience in delivering services to many key clients for global mobility services, PRC Individual Income Tax (IIT) consultation, compliance and advisory on global equity incentive plan, and immigration services.
Sector experience
Tony’s working experiences in areas of IIT tax advisory and compliance services for inbound and outbound assignees, compensation and benefits structuring, IIT compliance review, social security, global mobility, immigration, etc. Tony is an expert in area:
Global mobility arrangement consultation;
Incentive equity plan design and implementation for domestic growing-up companies and multinational companies.
Immigration services for foreigners working in China, including application for work permits and residence permits for employees and their family members;
China individual income tax compliance and consulting service for various personal income types;
Tax planning arrangement for high-net-worth individual, including but not limited to immigration advisory, cross-border tax arrangements, holding structure advisory, etc.;

Presentations qualifications and memberships
Certified tax agent (China)

Experience

Ray is a tax director in Grant Thornton Shanghai Office. He has accumulated rich experience in providing tax and transfer pricing compliance and advisory services, supply chain management and optimization, business restructuring, tax due diligence, tax risk control and planning, as well as cash repatriation to various multinational corporations. Ray has also assisted dozens of companies to explore inbound and outbound investment opportunities. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Ray worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Sector experience
The clients served by Ray include machinery, consumers, luxury, education, electronics, telecommunication, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, e-commerce and services. Ray is an expert in area:
Supply chain management and optimization
Business restructuring
Outbound investment opportunities
Tax risk control and planning
Cash repatriation to various multinational corporations
M&A tax support and structuring
Tax health checks and due diligence

Presentations qualifications and memberships
Certified tax agent (China)