Alex Ooi is currently the Executive Officer of the Audit Oversight Board, Securities Commission Malaysia. Prior to joining the AOB, he was an audit partner with BDO Malaysia.
Alex is currently a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Alex serves as an Adviser to the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) and also represents the SC as a member in the Audit Licensing Committee of the Ministry of Finance Malaysia. He is an Observer to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB), and the Ethics Standards Board (ESB) of MIA.
He was previously the Malaysia Divisional President of CPA Australia in 2013 and 2014. He was involved in the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC), Capital Market Advisory Committee and Education Committee of MIA. He was a former member of the Public Practice Advisory Board of CPA Australia in Melbourne, Australia.
Alex is a Chartered Accountant of MIA, Fellow member of CPA Australia, a member of ICAEW and MICPA. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) from Monash University, Australia.