He obtained his Master of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales and his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University. Prior to joining NTU, he has worked as an external auditor in an international CPA firm, and an internal auditor in a public listed company. Terence is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the American Accounting Association. His research work on auditor judgment and corporate governance has been published at Abacus, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research and The Accounting Review.