Global Forum for SMEs

Mark Gold, senior partner at Silver Levene introduces the Global Forum for SMEs.

Chair

Mark Gold FCCA
Senior partner, Silver Levene

Mark Gold is a senior partner in Silver Levene, the largest ACCA accountancy practice in the United Kingdom.

Silver Levene have won two prestigious awards - 'The Smart Thinking Award for Innovation' and 'The Medium Size Firm of the Year Award.'

Based in London, with offices in Bangalore and Beijing, Silver Levene is particularly well known in the entertainment and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sectors.  Mark has a strong entertainment and SME background and has spoken extensively about these areas.

A very active ACCA member, Mark has been a member of the ACCA Council for eleven years and has served as chairman of the Finance Committee, ACCA UK and the Creative Industries Committee. He is also vice chairman of the ACCA Small Business Technical Committee.

ACCA Expert

Rosana Mirkovic
Head of SME Policy 

Rosana is head of SME policy at ACCA. Her interests include access to finance, ethics, business transfer, intellectual property and global trends in SME sector development.

Rosana sits on numerous SME groups, is Chair of the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors SME Expert Group, is a member of the Intellectual Property Awareness Network and the Enterprise Diversity Alliance; and was a member of the United Nations Expert Group on Small Business Development and Corruption.

She has authored numerous policy documents and publications dealing with wide-ranging subjects relating to SMEs including intangible assets, pension provision, and various aspects of government policy aimed at improving the small business environment. She has spoken on small business development issues at numerous ACCA and external events in Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia.

Prior to joining ACCA, Rosana worked in the Private Office of a Cabinet Minister; she was a member of the United Kingdom Delegation at the European Union Working Group relating to mutual legal assistance and international cooperation; and together with her partner has set up a small business selling organic foods, which now trades across Europe.