• Honours Degree in Accounting, University of Malaya - B Acc (Malaya)
• Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants - CA(M)
• Certified Public Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants - CPA(M)
• ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant - ACPA
• Chartered Tax Practitioner of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia - CTP
• Fellow Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia - FCTIM
• Approved Income Tax Agent under Section 153 of the Income Tax Act 1967
• Certified trainer by Human Resources Development Fund

With more than 20 years of tax experience, Joanne's expertise covers a wide range of Malaysian taxation matters involving corporate tax advisory and compliance assignments. In addition to that, she manages and oversees a broad spectrum of individual clients (local/inbound/outbound employees) in relation to tax compliance and advisory matters including resolving expatriates' tax and payroll issues as well as matters relating to employers' statutory obligations.

Joanne is currently leading the SST division of Moore Advent and has helped many clients in various industries regarding SST implementation as well as SST advisory and compliance matters. Prior to the re-introduction of SST in Malaysia in 2018, she had handled numerous GST compliance and advisory projects and was an approved GST Agent under Section 170 of the GST Act 2014.

Joanne is an editorial member of the Annual Budget Commentary jointly published by professional bodies since 2006 and has been as a member of the Technical Committee of Indirect Taxation ["TC-IT"] of CTIM since 2016.