Kreston BulMar

Kreston BulMar has increased its international service line offering and representation in Singapore following the admittance of Ardent Associates LLP to Kreston, its global network of independent accounting firms. Established in 2008 and with 7 Partners and over 50 professional and support staff, the firm has extensive experience of providing audit, tax, accounting, business advisory, risk and governance, corporate recovery, litigation support, IT solutions and business set-up consultancy. Emil Popov, founder and managing partner of Kreston BulMar, said: "Our membership of Kreston International gives us access to over 20,000 professionals in over 100 firms around the globe. The addition of Ardent Associates offers our clients additional support from quality professionals who can meet the needs of our clients with business interests in Singapore. We look forward to working with Ardent Associates going forward." Kreston CEO Jon Lisby said: "We are delighted to welcome Ardent Associates to Kreston. Singapore is gaining a significantly greater importance as a regional centre of business development in Asia and we are committed to building the strongest available representation in each of the major markets around the world for the benefit of the global network. The firm will work in collaboration with Kreston's existing firm in Singapore, Kreston David Yeung, which supports this admission". Partner at Ardent Associates, Terence Ng said: "We are delighted to be part of the Kreston International network. The word "Ardent" was selected as our name as it represents our beliefs in being passionate, enthusiastic and committed to the work we do. Our values are encompassed in our tagline "Client Focused, Excellence Driven. We look forward to working closely with and building enduring relationships with our fellow Kreston members globally". The firm is honoured to be a winner of both Practice of the Year and Excellence in People Development at the Inaugural Singapore Accountancy Awards in 2014 and Terence Ng is currently a Member of the Public Accounting Practice Committee at ISCA.