Simon Yuan, CPA

Mr. Yuan co-founded Simon & Edward, LLP, an accounting firm that is an independent member of the BDO Alliance and is headquartered in Los Angeles.

His early recognition of the global marketplace and his extensive network and work in China and Taiwan resulted in the rapid expansion of his firm’s services to those countries, where he has established a network of affiliates and local representatives to better serve client needs. In addition, his experiences in initial public offerings, registration statements, reverse mergers, private placements, PIPE transactions, compliance reporting have contributed to the growth of the firm’s client base both in United States and abroad. Mr. Yuan is fluent in Chinese and serves as an accountant and business advisor in Asia, providing specialized auditing and accounting services to public and non-public companies throughout the United States, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Mr. Yuan is an active leader, officer and participant of many professional communities, and charitable organizations. He had served as former Chairman and as a current Director of Sino-American Certified Public Accountants’ Association; a professional organization has more than one hundred Chinese-American CPAs’ members in Southern California. He also sat in advisory board in some local banks. He enjoys sharing his expertise with business communities on numerous subjects through frequent seminars and workshops.

Mr. Yuan receives his Master in Accountancy degree from Ohio State University. Prior to founding Simon & Edward, LLP, and Simon Yuan Accountancy Corporation, he was a Senior Internal Auditor for Wells Fargo Bank, a Tax Auditor for the State Board of California and a Senior Auditor for Moore Stephens (a top eight international accounting firm).