Dr. Yee holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics majoring in Management Studies from the University of London (U.K), a Master of Science in Accounting & Finance from the University of Gloucestershire (U.K) and a PhD in Accounting & Finance from Curtin University (Australia). He is a fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (U.K.), an ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant, a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountant, and an associate member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He is also a Certified Practitioner in Consulting of the Association of International Management, United Kingdom (AIMUK) and a Certified Consultant of the Asian Management Association (Singapore).
He was trained and qualified as a chartered accountant with a Big Four international accounting firm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His commercial experience includes internal audit in an insurance company in Malaysia and an expatriate post as a finance manager of a hotel and casino in Cebu City, Philippines, that was listed on the Philippines Stock Exchange.
Dr. Yee is the founder and managing partner of a chartered accountant firm, Messrs. YHL & Associates, providing audit and assurance services. He is also the founder and executive director of YHL Consulting Group Sdn. Bhd., a tax and business consultancy company.
Dr. Yee was an independent non-executive director, from 2004 to 2005, of a disposable food and beverage packaging company listed on the Second Board of Bursa Malaysia. He was a member and subsequently the chairman of the audit committee for the listed company.
He has extensive experience in various industries and provides consultancy services to a wide range of businesses. His overseas consultancy project was in Brunei for an oil and gas company in 2005. He was the principal consultant and acting CFO for a Malaysian group of companies that have successfully listed via reverse takeover on the AIM Market of London Stock Exchange, U.K, in January 2008. He has also appeared as an expert witness at the High Court of Malaysia for his opinion on accounting and finance matters in civil cases.
With his wealth of experience, Yee has conducted public and in-house training for listed companies, multinational companies, universities, HRDF approved training providers, associations, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), ACCA Malaysia, the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA), CCH / Walters Kluwer (Malaysia), CPA Australia, Association of Malay Chartered Accountants Firms (AMCAF), accounting and tax firms, and non-profitable organisations. He has also been invited as moderator and panelist for various conferences and forums.
In his involvement in NGO, Yee was the Executive Vice President of Junior Chamber Petaling Jaya, Malaysia for year 2002/3, Centennial President of the Rotary Club of Damansara-West, Malaysia for year 2004/5 and the founding Chairman for year 2006/7 and Adviser of Ascot Hill Resident Association. Yee is a life member and Treasurer for 2016/8 of the National Association for Gifted Children, Malaysia.
Currently, he is serving as the Honorary Auditors for Persatuan Perihatin Kanak-Kanak Kanser Kuala Lumpur (CARES) and Senior Citizen Association, Selangor and Federal Territory (SECITA)
