Mr. William Gee
Partner | Risk Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers | Hong Kong
William Gee is a Partner in the Risk Assurance (RA) Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers China, currently heads the Financial Services Group at RA Beijing. William is also a member of PwC?s C-SOX Task Force, a national role leading the research into the development of internal control assurance and advisory approach and standards for the firm in respond to the MOF?s Basic Standard of Enterprise Internal Control and related Guidance. William specialises in the field of information risk management after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in the UK in 1990. William has nearly 29 years? experience in providing a wide range of assurance and advisory services to clients, focusing on the assessment of business and technology risks, and involved in the design, review and enhancement of business and technology processes and controls. William is one of the experienced experts in the field of technology related risks in China. He is intimately familiar with international information security management standards (e.g. ISO 27001), and best practices framework, and participated in several PKI related projects and studies, with specific focus on the operation and management of Certification Authority.
William has been involved in the promotion of XBRL adoption in Hong Kong and China since 2000, and is one of the subject matter specialists in the country. William has served on the Hong Kong XBRL Preparatory Working Group, as well as advisor to the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges in the development of their respective taxonomies. William participated in the development of the Chinese General Purpose Taxonomy led by the Ministry of Finance, and continue to advice the Securities and Banking regulators in future adoption of XBRL in China. He currently serve as a member of the National Accounting Informatisation Standardisation Technical Committee (SAC/TC524), and is the Chair of the XBRL Software Certification Technical Committee, as well as a member of the IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group.
William is highly respected in the industry, and currently holds the following positions:
MOF XBRL Quality Review Team (XQRT)Member
External Mentor, MBA Program, Central University of Finance and Economics
QPRT (Qualified Person Responsible for Training) of PwC for ICAEW/CICPA joint programme.
Convenor, HKICPA Beijing City Liaison Group