Events
High profile speakers and guests at events:
- Speaking at the series of professionalism and ethics events held in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne in November, with ACCA President Gill Ball: Peter Neilson, CEO of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development; Tony Pearson, head of Australian Economics, ANZ; Ilana Atlas, group executive - People and Performance, Westpac; and Professor Barry Cooper, Deakin.
- Anne Sherry, CEO of Carnival Corporation spoke at the CFO Forum and the Hon Bob Carr spoke at the Sustainability Reporting Awards.
- A forum in Sydney, chaired by Professor Robin Jarvis, ACCA head of small business affairs, and Richard Martin, ACCA head of financial reporting, was held to discuss the proposed new IFRS for SMEs, and was attended by partners and senior managers from large, medium and small practices including Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, Pitcher Partners, PKS and Allworths.