CIMA elects new president

6 June 2011

Harold Baird FCMA, CGMA, management accounting and business adviser, has been elected President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) at its Annual General Meeting held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, on 4 June.

Mr Baird provides services to small-to-medium enterprises and not-for-profit organisations in Northern Ireland and is currently a Director of the Methodist Publishing Company Limited and Belfast Activity Centre Limited. Formerly, he was Senior Corporate Planning Accountant with Northern Ireland Electricity plc which on privatisation became Viridian plc.

He has been extensively involved in the CIMA member network and was elected to Council in June 2001 to represent Northern Ireland. He was Chairman of the Members’ Services Committee from 2007 to 2009 and has also served on several other committees including the Executive, International Development and Lifelong Learning Committees.

On becoming CIMA president, Harold Baird FCMA, CGMA said:

“It is an honour to be elected as president of CIMA and I am certain it will be a fulfilling year.

“CIMA is entering into a joint venture with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), which will raise the profile of the profession and be a passport for careers throughout the world. I am keen to further enhance the institute’s relevance and reputation by forging strong partnerships and working relationships both within the institute and externally. It has truly never been a better time to be a management accountant.”

In addition to Mr Baird’s appointment Gulzari Babber FCMA has been elected deputy president, and Malcolm Furber FCMA has been elected vice president. Mr Babber is one of the institute’s Registered Members in Practice and has run his own accountancy and taxation practice in Harrow, West London since 1985. Mr Furber has been a member of CIMA’s Council for 13 years. He currently has his own consulting business where he has played a major role in business improvement assignments in both the private and public sector.

Hear more from Harold Baird in this video interview:

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Notes to Editors

1. The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the world’s leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with 183,000 members and students operating in 168 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employers’ choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders.

CIMA is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. CIMA is proud to be the first professional accounting body to offer a truly global product in the fast-moving area of Islamic Finance.