Pang Yang Hoong

Biography

Professor Pang Yang Hoong was a member of the planning team at SMU and was appointed the first Dean of the School of Accountancy (SoA) in 2000. She was also appointed Vice Provost (Undergraduate) on 1 June 2004 and held both appointments concurrently until the conclusion of her 3rd term as Dean of School of Accountancy in July 2015. Prof Pang is now Vice Provost (Undergraduate Matters and Student Development), and oversees all undergraduate curriculum and student development functions in the university. Upon graduation from the then University of Singapore in 1976 with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons), she joined the international audit firm of Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co, where she worked for three years as an audit senior. Having obtained her qualification as a CPA, she became a member of the faculty of the School of Accountancy, University of Singapore in 1979. She obtained her Master of Economics, majoring in Accounting and Finance, at Monash University in Clayton, Australia in 1982. She completed her PhD in Accounting at Queen’s University, Canada in 1991. Prior to joining SMU, she was the Director of the PhD Programme, founding editor of the Accounting & Business Review, and the Head of the Division of Auditing & Taxation at the School of Accountancy & Business, Nanyang Technological University. Prof Pang has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in financial accounting, corporate reporting and disclosure, and accounting theory. Her research interests are in issues relating to corporate disclosures, accounting and the law, and corporate governance. She is a Council Member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and sits on their Integrated Reporting Steering Committee and Board of Education and Examiners.

Research Interest

Accounting Education, Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Financial Reporting and Disclosure