Ghana and Singapore to be Focus of IFRS Training Workshops
Summary
IFRS for Financial Institutions Hotel Novotel Accra City Centre, Ghana, 25 – 28 July 2011 Workshop Trainer: Shân Kennedy, MA FCA 20 years of experience working in the Big 4 accounting firms.He has experience in dealing with IFRS accounting issues, specifically relating to structured and complex transactions, capital markets funding (including securitisations) and derivatives, having worked with treasury and trading functions for the past four years.Neoedge has been organising premier events all around the world including in Hamburg, Port of Spain in Trinidad & Tobago, Dubai, Accra, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Mumbai, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Perth, Manila, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shanghai etc.The Singapore event will be led by Graeme Tosen and Chris Bruce, both are respected members of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, while Shan Kennedy, a former Technical Consultant to the International Valuation Standards Committee will be the trainer of the Ghana event.Besides professionally upgrading themselves, participants will develop critical understanding of all standards relating to financial instruments, which includes the new IFRS 9, strategies on how to effectively meet disclosure requirements, to become fully up-to-date with current IFRS, to gain knowledge of which areas have changed recently and the critical categories which are expected to evolve.IFRS for Financial InstitutionsHotel Novotel Accra City Centre, Ghana, 25 – 28 July 2011Workshop Trainer: Shân Kennedy, MA FCA20 years of experience working in the Big 4 accounting firms.4 years working at the UK Accounting Standards Board as the Project DirectorHas advised both ABN Amro and Lloyds TSB on their transition to IFRS.A former Council Member of the Society of Share & Business Valuers.Acted as Technical Consultant to the International Valuation Standards Committee.Implementing IFRS for Financial InstitutionsNovotel Singapore Clarke Quay, Singapore, 14-16 September 2011Workshop Trainers: Graeme Tosen; Chris BruceGraeme TosenHead of Treasury Finance for the The Co-operative Financial Services UK.Headed up the Finance Advisory function for Bank of Scotland Treasury (part of HBOS plc)Financial manager at Gensec Bank in Johannesburg, worked in the Capital Markets and Treasury division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and lectured in Accounting at the University of Pretoria.Chris BruceA Chartered Accountant (member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) and CFA Charterholder.Currently working in Accounting Policy for a major UK bank.He has experience in dealing with IFRS accounting issues, specifically relating to structured and complex transactions, capital markets funding (including securitisations) and derivatives, having worked with treasury and trading functions for the past four years.Prior to joining his current employers, Chris spent a number of years working for PwCs audit practice after graduating from Oxford University.These high profiled trainers will present tailored modules that will resolve all standards that deal with financial instrument recognition, measurement, disclosure and presentation, including NEW IFRS 9.The course will incorporate forward looking elements and highlight some of the non-accounting aspects that may impact entities when transitioning to the new rules.Daniel Tan, Business Consultant at Neoedge pointed out that, “The importance of this training workshop is to meet the need for an understanding, not only of the accounting for derivatives but also of the products themselves.