01 June 2005
David Jones, Chairman of NEXT and Deputy Chairman of Morrisons, and David Tyler, Group Finance Director of GUS plc, are among the leading business figures who will be speaking at the CIMA Annual Conference which takes place at The Congress Centre, London on 10 November 2005.
The theme of the conference is 'Success - be inspired' and will focus on continuing professional development addressing the key issues challenging the business world today.
David Jones will speak on mergers and acquisitions ' luck and leadership and will talk about the power of financial turnaround and how, under his leadership, NEXT increased its stockmarket valuation from £25 million to £4 billion.
David Tyler has been Group Finance Director of GUS since February 1997. Aside from his financial role, he also has responsibility for the development of Group strategy. His session is on maximising shareholder value. He will talk about his own experiences at GUS, covering the issues that have created and destroyed shareholder value.
Corporate reporting is going through a period of unprecedented change. As reported earnings becomes more volatile under International Financial Reporting Standards, corporate governance guidelines have extended and the OFR demands greater transparency.
David Phillips, Senior Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, who will be addressing issues about the new standard on the Operating and Financial Review (OFR), says:
'All our research suggests that investors want a broader set of information beyond the current financial reporting model in order to assess the sustainability of a companies' performance. My session will include more information on what investors want, how the new OFR has the potential to address some of these needs and how the process of developing an OFR can have some very real benefits for companies themselves.'
Mick McLoughlin, Global & UK Head of Corporate Recovery KPMG will speak on Business Recovery. He has been involved in corporate recovery since 1983 and has experience across a broad range of sectors. He will address the issues of systematic and strong cash management in a difficult trading environment and will emphasise the fact of how all businesses can benefit from a regular, systematic review of their own liquidity.
Other sessions and speakers include:
- Keynote speaker: Anatole Kaletsky, Principal Economic Commentator and Associate Editor of The Times
- Cybercrime: DK Matai, Executive Chairman of mi2g and Chairman of ATCA
- Pensions: Professor Steven Haberman, Professor of Actuarial Science and Deputy Dean of Cass Business School
The conference will be chaired by Sarah Montague, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
For further information, contact
Nadia Manuelli, Head of Communications, at
Nadia.manuelli@cimaglobal.com or on 020 8849 2254
Claire Grewer, Press Assistant, at
Claire.grewer@cimaglobal.com or on 020 8849 2300
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For more information on the CIMA Conference see
www.cimaglobal.com/annualconference2005
CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is a leading professional body that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focussing on accounting in business and the public sector. It is the fastest growing UK based membership body, in terms of members, in both the UK and worldwide and is the voice of over 85,000 students and 65,000 members in 156 countries. CIMA professionally qualified, ACMA & FCMA management accountants work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and CIMA has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body. CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually reflecting the latest developments in global business. It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy.
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