For the third year running, United Overseas Bank (UOB) is awarding two students from Singapore Management University (SMU)’s Master of Science in Accounting (Data and Analytics), or MSA, programme with a fully-funded scholarship.
Set up in 2018, the UOB-SMU MSA Scholarship is the first full-tuition scholarship in Singapore to develop experts who are able to apply data technology into their domain knowledge to solve business problems.
Mr Richard Lowe, Chief Data Officer, UOB said, “We launched the UOB-SMU MSA Scholarship as part of our commitment to develop the next generation of data masters and to help them succeed in an increasingly data-driven economy. This year’s scholarship recipients have demonstrated their excellence and commitment to their studies and professional paths. We hope that the scholarship will encourage them to continue to deepen their data and analytics skillsets.”
We are pleased to announce the award recipients of the UOB-SMU MSA Data Analytics AY2020 Scholarship, Andy Lau and He Shuai. The coveted scholarships are awarded to the students for their outstanding academic results, excellent leadership qualities, and passion and drive to contribute to the accounting and financial industry.
Andy Lau
Andy Lau is a Chartered Accountant and Tableau Desktop Certified Associate, with commercial experience as a Finance Specialist (Team Lead) in the Banking and Financial Services sector. Prior to that, Andy was in the Ernst & Young Assurance Team and had audited listed companies in the SGX. Andy graduated from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy degree. Outside of the office, Andy has an interest in Taekwondo and is the former Vice-President of the NTU Taekwondo Club.
He Shuai
He Shuai graduated from Australian National University with a Bachelor of Accounting degree and a second major in Finance. He is a recipient of the ANCAAR Summer Research Scholarship 2019, Certificate of Excellence (CBE GLOBE Internship Program 2018). He interned at Grant Thorton China Beijing Office under Business Risk Service as a Project Intern. Outside of the office, He Shuai is an avid Marvel fan and enjoys fencing.
Associate Professor Wang Jiwei, the Programme Director for the Master of Science in Accounting (Data and Analytics) programme said, “I sincerely thank UOB for launching the scholarship to deepen the data and analytics skillsets of Singapore’s pipeline of talent in the financial sector. I trust the UOB-SMU scholarship will help to groom more data and analytics talents to stay ahead of the digital disruptions.”
Once again, please join us to congratulate Andy Lau and He Shuai for receiving the scholarship. We trust that they will be good representatives for our school and programme to bring value to our partner and the financial sector as a whole.
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