Joe Li, CPA
Joe Li, CPA
Senior Manager, Tax at KPMG Canada
Board Chair, CCPAA ON
Joe is a Tax Senior Manager with KPMG LLP, based in Toronto, Canada. With over 10 years of tax experience, Joe has led various tax compliance, restructuring, and tax accounting engagements for large public and private multinational corporate groups as well as regional companies.
Joe is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian-Chinese Professional Accountants Association Ontario Chapter (“CCPAA ON”) since November 2020.
Judy Xia Lin, CPA, CGA
Judy Xia Lin, CPA, CGA
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
Judy Lin is the leader of the China Services Group and a tax partner of Grant Thornton LLP in Canada. She has practiced in Canadian and international taxation in Canada since 2001, giving her in-depth expertise in this area.
Judy is the co-founder of the Canadian-Chinese Professional Accountants Association and was the chair of the board from 2008 to October 2020.
Maggie Shuzhe Liu, CPA, CGA
Maggie Liu, CPA, CGA
Corporate Controller, JD Development Group
Maggie Shuzhe Liu has over 20 years of accounting and financing experience in various industries including construction, land development, banking, accounting firm, and retail business environments. Her extensive experience in accounting, financing, management, negotiation, mergers & acquisitions and corporate development has proven instrumental in the companies’ ongoing success.
David Cao
David Cao
Founder, OneLedger
David Cao is the Founder of OneLedger and is one of the early pioneers in the blockchain industry with 10+ years of IBM enterprise architect experience in supply
chain, payments and e-commerce. David has helped large enterprises grow exponentially, including Home Depot, Sears and Walmart.
Vivian Yin Dai, MBA, CIA, CRMA
Vivian Yin Dai, MBA, CIA, CRMA
Senior Audit Manager, CIBC
Vivian Dai is the Senior Audit Manager in Internal Audit, CIBC. Vivian joined CIBC in 2010 and has been engaged in various Risk Management audits with the coverage of enterprise risk management, operational risk management, retail risk management, and etc. Before joining CIBC, Vivian spent 6 years at KPMG China focusing on audits in banking industry. Vivian is also very actively participating and volunteering in various community organizations and charity events.
Yuping Tina Liu
Yuping Tina Liu
Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP
Tina Liu has a corporate and securities law practice with a focus on various investment and financing transactions involving multiple jurisdictions including Canada, U.S., China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Her transactional experience includes acquisition and sale of public companies, reverse takeovers, Capital Pool Company Qualifying Transactions, private entity share and asset purchase and sale transactions, reorganizations and private placements.
Allen Yao
Allen Yao, CPA, CA, CFA, CIRP
Vice President, Turnaround and Restructuring, EY
Allen is a vice president in EY’s Strategy and Transactions practice specializing in restructuring, turnaround and corporate finance matters. Allen has over 10 years of experience advising debtors, lenders, bondholders and investors on navigating distressed situations and maximizing value. Allen is active in the insolvency community as a committee member of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals’ corporate program.
Mavis Mu, CPA, CGA
Mavis Mu, CPA, CGA
Controller, Devry Smith Frank LLP
Mavis Mu has over 16 years of professional experience in accounting, financial analysis and taxation. Currently, Mavis works as the Controller at Devry Smith Frank LLP, full-service law firm in Toronto.
Mavis was the president of CCPAA from 2016 to 2019. She is also a Social Committee member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario) – Toronto South Chapter.
Mia Ma, CPA, MIB
Mia Ma, CPA, MIB
Senior Tax Analyst, Grant Thornton LLP
Mia Ma works at Grant Thornton LLP as a Senior Tax Analyst. As a tax professional, a problem solver, and an innovative thinker, Mia provides tax solutions to the clients, ensures clients’ compliance with pertinent tax regulations, and assists with the corporate reorganization.
Mia is the current President of CCPAA since November 2019.
Retired Board Members
Phil Zhang
Phil Hui Zhang, MBA, CPA, CGA
Managing Director, 3E Professional Training Center
CEO, Oakland Gardens Capital
Phil Zhang founded the Oakland Gardens Capital (Fund of Fund) in New York in 2016, investing in a variety of hedge funds across a variety of asset types. Phil also has over 20 years of international executive training experience. Phil is the co-founder of the Canadian-Chinese Professional Accountants Association and Association of US-China Professional Accountants. He served as a board member of CCPAA-ON from 2008 to 2020.
Crystal Jing Li
Crystal Jing Li, CPA, CMA
Founder at TDF Accounting, Chartered Professional Accountants, Professional Corporation
Crystal Li is the founder of TDF Accounting and represents a group of designated chartered professional accountants to provide professional services in bookkeeping, payroll, taxation, and business solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Before starting her own accounting firm, Crystal worked at the GTAA as a senior analyst, financial planning. Crystal was the VP, Public Relations of CCPAA and later became a board member until October 2020.
