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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
08:30
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
09:15
MC INTRODUCTIONS - Chris O'Malley
09:30
Tax, keep what you earn- David Gill
10:20
Risk Management - Is it worth it? - John Richardson
11:05
MORNING TEA
11:40
Developments in IFRS (double length session)- Yvonne Lang
13:10
LUNCH
14:25
2012 Olympics- David Hayde
15:15
Creating and Leading High Performance Teams- Gerard Murphy
16:00
AFTERNOON TEA
16:35
Outlook for the UK Economy- Ross Walker
17:30
DRINKS RECEPTION
20:30
Finish
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Type
Standard
Member
£160
Long Distance Member
£130
(over 100 miles
from venue)
Non-Member
£190
Evening Guest
£45
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Attendence:
Total Conference Attendees: 427
ICAA Attendees: 181 / 185
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Suranie
Alwis
UK Committee
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Kelly
Amato
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Abhi
Anandakumar
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Joanna
Andrew
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Sarah-Jane
Arscott
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Malcolm
Azzopardi
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Kaid
Beattie
CPA
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Vanessa
Bolger
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Latasha
Bowden
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Patrick
Brew
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Ian
Bruce
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Benita
Buljubasich
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Karen
Caldwell
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James
Campbell
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Matthew
Campiutti
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Bianca
Casalbuono
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Jennifer
Caswell
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John
Chambers
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Tim
Chan
UK Committee
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Dylan
Chivers
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Sally
Chua
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Ina
Chung
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Sam
Clarke
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Cormac
Condon
ICAI
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Jon
Cook
UK Committee
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Christine
Coorey
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Emma
Curnow
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Ryan
Curry
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Romesh
Curtis
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Rosemary
Dacres
Guest
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Sharit
Dass
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Monicka
Davey
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Jessica
de Ridder
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Simon
De San Miguel
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Ben
Deguara
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Amy
Diep
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Jessica
Dixon
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Mark
Douglass
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Amy
DuVergier
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Olivia
Easther
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Penelope
Eaves
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Grant
Edmunds
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Jason
Elderfield
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Michael
Evans
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Mark
Fields
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Diane
Filipovski
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Scott
Firman
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Nicola
Flint
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Gabrielle
Foster
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Amy
Freer
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Michael
Freer
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Marisa
Freyer
NZICA
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Jane
Fry
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Simon
Gallagher
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Bianca
Galvin
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Ian
Gregory
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Anthony
Hajos
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Robert
Handebo
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Chris
Harb
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Jacalyn
Haywood
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Troy
Hennessy
CPA
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Nola
Hersey
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Stephen
Hill
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Katie
Ho
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Bronwen
Holford
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Melanie
Hoskin
UK Committee
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Peter
Howlett
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Brigid
Hughes
UK Committee
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Sarah
Iliff
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Jennifer
Ingles
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Doug
Ingram
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Amber
Jansson
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Douglas
Johns
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Angela
Johnstone
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Brett
Kazakoff
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Renee
Kelly
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Vera
Kelsey
CPA
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Carolyn
Kerwick
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Glenn
Kesby
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Jodie
King
CPA
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Jason
Knights
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Sarah
Kubisch
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Ben
Kupsch
UK Committee
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Susan
Kwong
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Binh
Lam
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Adrian
Law
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Ervina
Lee
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Kim
Leeder
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Charles
Lees
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Robin
Lehmensich
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Tracy
Leung
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Mark
Leven
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Nikarla
Lewis
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Varis
Lidums
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Markus
Liebermann
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Jason
Lim
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Pear
Lim
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Katie
Long
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Jennifer
Lu
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Eva
Lyons
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Sally
Macfarlane
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Lisa
Mahon
NZICA
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Ben
Malone
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Vilaysinh
Manyloun
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Erin
Marsh
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Jeremy
Martin
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Peter
McCorkindale
NZICA
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Anthea
McEiben
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Dom
McEiben
CPA
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Joanne
McErlean
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Gill
McFeat
SAICA
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Mandy
McGuckin
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Karen
McHugo
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Craig
McKeown
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Bridget
McNamara
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Michael
Membrey
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Julia
Mezhov
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David
Miller
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Craig
Miller
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Caren
Milloy
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Barry
Moffatt
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Deborah
Mohr
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Carl
Moloney
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Sarah
Moore
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Stuart
Morrow
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Luke
Negus
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Alicia
Neilsen
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Thao
Nguyen
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Alexandra
Nugent
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Charles
Occhino
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Ben
O'Connor
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Marnie
Offord
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Swee
Pang
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Ed
Parkes
UK Treasurer
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Louise
Pereira
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Neil
Perry
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Claire
Phillips
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Kathy
Pitrans
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Katrina
Plant
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Laleh
Rafiei
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Earshad
Rahim
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Brett
Rallings
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Prashan
Ratnakumar
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Jeremy
Reardon
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Paul
Resnikoff
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Ian
Robertson
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Lisa
Roche
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Vladimir
Romijn
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Eileen
Romijn
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Hayley
Russell
NZICA
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Margaret
Ryan
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Kumaran
Sangaralingam
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Rod
Scotton
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Brett
Scrivener
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Kate
Searle
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Sav
Senthooran
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Stephan
Sklavos
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Stephanie
Sklavos
UK Committee
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Sijanani
Srisathkurunathan
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Danielle
Stankovic
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Scott
Sullivan
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William
Suter
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Su-Mei
Tan
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Heidi
Tanner
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Dipta
Tapasvi
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Steven
Tindale
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Lyza
Traeger
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Kylie
Trenorden
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Jenny
Tsui
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Fiona
Turnbull
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Geoffrey
Turner
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Scott
van Eysden
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Michael
Wade
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Tessa
Warren
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Alison
Watt
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Dean
Wheeler
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Merrin
White
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Kieran
Wilcock
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Kevin
Williams
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Tara
Williams
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Jenny
Williams
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Bonnie
Wong
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Daniel
Young
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Tracy
Zemunik
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Bryan
Zemunik
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
MC
Returning for a fifth year by popular demand, the MC for the day is Chris O’Malley. Chris is the Managing Director of GlobalPathways. Originally trained as a lawyer, Chris has been broadcasting for 15 years – first as a commentator for Radio NZ and then presenter of rugby and cricket for Sky Sport for four years. He has been a producer of television for 12 years.
9.30am Tax, keep what you earn
David will give an update on taxation legislative changes proposed / passed following the Chancellors budget announcements as well as general changes occurring right up to the actual event day
Speaker:
David Gill graduated with a BSc Econ.from Edinburgh University in 1981, and qualified as a CA in 1984. He is a well known figure in the profession and with his own clients specialises in business development and tax. As a partner in Scott Oswald Chartered Accountants, the largest independent firm in Scotland, he successfully introduced and applied business development principles and products - subsequently recognised when the firm won the prestigious (inaugural) Accountants Bootcamp firm of the year in 2000. David successfully built up and then sold Scott Oswald to Tenon Group plc in 2001. In September 2004 David set up David Gill & Co to service his high net worth clients, and at the same time established PROBIZ Scotland (now Peak Performance Tax Ltd) to provide professional tax support services to accountants. As a practising CA as well as director of Peak Performance, David is ideally placed to tell us what clients are really looking for – be prepared for some interesting answers. David’s business philosophy is about adding value and is passionate about the need for professional standards, helping clients and providing fantastic service – something that is obvious in the development of tax strategy business.
10.20am Risk Management – Is it Worth it? The whole area of risk management is subject to a broad review following the credit crisis problems. Many of the tried and trusted methods of modelling risk have been shown to be unreliable or to give inadequate warning of potential risk issues. This session looks at the current state of play in corporate risk management and suggests some of the changes which will come out of the lessons learnt from the credit crisis. Risk management is an expensive functional area, which should be a value added function, and this session will consider the extent to which a corporate should develop risk management practices in the future compared to what must be undertaken to meet regulatory and compliance issues.
Speaker:
John Richardson is Managing Director of Cornhill Consultants Ltd, a corporate finance advisory boutique. John is well known on the international corporate and banking scene having worked in investment banking previously and being an in demand international speaker on corporate finance related topics. He is also a Fellow of Cass Business School in London, where his area of expertise is centred on helping organisations add value through corporate finance and risk management activities. John works with large corporate and banking clients throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia on a wide range of corporate finance and risk management related assignments and also acts as an expert witness in specialist areas of corporate and structured finance. He is currently writing a practitioners guide to debt finance to be published by Wiley later in the year.
11.40am: Developments in IFRS (Double Length Session) This session will look at:
Current developments in IFRS including:
Adoption of IFRS around the world and the role of the new IFRS for SMEs in world-wide convergence
Changes to IFRS arising as a consequence of the global financial crisis particularly in respect of financial instruments
Joint projects between the IASB and FASB under the Memorandum of Understanding including the presentation of financial statements, leases and revenue recognition.
Future developments
Speaker:
Yvonne Lang, National Technical Director at Smith & Williamson, will provide an update on accounting standards currently applicable in the UK as well as how changes in company law have affected financial reporting.
14.25pm 2012 Olympics Are you getting excited about the 2012 games? We hope the presentation will not only pick you up after the lunch break but make you really excited about the 2012 games. The session will cover
planning and preparation from a Games as well as financial perspective
the role of the accounting profession in the construction industry in this country
video clip of what is being built, the budget, the organisation structure etc
Speaker:
David Hayde is a Fellow member of both the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants of and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He has been a Councillor of the New Zealand Institute and Chairman of the Admissions Board. He has also been a Branch Chairman of the Institute of Management Accountants. David has been a Management Consulting and Corporate Finance partner at KPMG in New Zealand. A project with North Shore City Council where he helped fund, build, manage and operate North Harbour Stadium took him to London with his family in 2006 where he started working on the Olympic project. He has since worked for the Olympic Delivery Authority on a number of Commercial Finance roles.
15:15 Creating and Leading High Performing Teams The key theme for the Leading Teams’ presentation will be how to build and maintain a high performance team culture. The workshop will address two key areas:
a)building a high performance culture
b)leading a high performance culture
Gerard will examine the dynamics of creating an elite culture, sharing with the audience many examples of our experiences working with professional sporting teams and how they compare to corporate teams.
The presentation will address how you can build a Behavioural Framework that identifies behaviours that the team must demand of each other and behaviours that will not be tolerated. He will then demonstrate how the framework can be best utilized to create a high performance culture.
We will examine the role of the leader in the following areas:
managing ‘star’ performers who are behaving badly
honest open dialogue between team members without creating conflict
implementing an effective leadership group
increasing accountability and responsibility
reviewing performance in relation to the framework
recruiting and inducting team members
dealing with and managing conflict
understanding individual differences among the team
Speaker:
Gerard Murphy is a founding director and the inaugural CEO of Leading Teams Australia, a position he held until he moved to the UK in February 2009. In addition to his CEO duties, Gerard worked with the Geelong Football Club (Australian Football League) in the 2007, 08 and 09 seasons where they won two premiership (their first in 44 years) and finished runners-up in the third. Gerard has also facilitated the Leading Teams program to the Wellington Hurricanes (Super 14 Rugby), the Australian Rowing Team and the New Zealand Breakers (National Basketball League). His UK sporting clients include the English Rugby Team, Doncaster Rovers FC, the GB Women’s hockey team, Munster Rugby and Hull Rugby League. Gerard also has extensive experience working with corporate clients including the Victorian Education Department, Shell, Rip Curl, Quiksilver, Alcoa, Deakin University, Vodafone and the Costa Group. Prior to establishing Leading Teams in 2000, Gerard was the Communication and Public Relations Manager at the Melbourne Football Club, where he worked for five years. Gerard has a Bachelor of Education with eight years teaching experience, a Graduate Diploma in Sport Management, a Graduate Diploma in Professional Communication and is currently completing a Master of Educational Leadership. Gerard is married with five children and currently lives in London.
16.35pm: Outlook for the UK economy
The UK is emerging from the deepest recession since the 1930s and the most severe financial crisis in modern history. What will the recovery look like and what are the risks of a double-dip recession? Has the Bank of England's 'quantitative easing' policy (printing money) worked, or does it risk reflating various asset market bubbles? How will policymakers manage the 'exit strategy' from these extraordinary policy measures? The presentation will also focus on the outlook for the 'real economy', in particular, the jobs markets and the prospects for the business/professional services sector.
Speaker:
Ross Walker is Chief UK Economist at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), based in London in the bank's Global Banking & Markets division. Ross' main responsibilities are for macroeconomic and interest-rate forecasting. Before working in the City, he was a researcher for the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Ross appears regularly in print and broadcast media and has written for the Institute of Economic Affairs and The Daily Telegraph.
Programme changes The conference organisers reserve the right to alter the arrangements described if unforeseen circumstances arise.
17.30 Drinks Reception
There will be drinks and finger food at the end of the formal presentations.
