ACCA elects Gill Ball as global President
Gill Ball, finance director of the University of Birmingham, is only the
third woman president in ACCA¡¦s 103-year history. She currently chairs
the
ACCA Governance Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee.
Mrs Ball says: ¡§The President is elected by the members, which makes the
role very special indeed ¡V and it is a great responsibility to represent
them by engaging with policymakers, government officials and a wide range
of
other stakeholders around the world. I have learned much over the past two
years as Vice President, then Deputy President which I shall use to ensure
that I do my very best for ACCA in my Presidential year¡¨.
She added: ¡§I am particularly keen that the organisation promotes
responsibility in accounting through adherence to the highest professional
standards. For us this year means the advent of our new Qualification,
ACCA
2007, with a specific module in ethics. We look forward to the new
qualification being the benchmark for professionalism amongst
accountants¡¨.
At today¡¦s agm, Richard Aitken-Davies, chairman of ACCA¡¦s financial
re****ting committee, was elected Deputy President, while Brendan Murtagh,
a
partner in Dublin accounting firm LHM Casey McGrath, becomes Vice
President.
Fourteen positions on Council were filled in the elections, eight of which
were returning Council members, with six new members.
Newly elected to Council:
Lynne Hunt (UK)
Anthony Harbinson (UK)
Hamish McKay (UK)
Amy Yung (Hong Kong)
Rizwan Akhtar (UK)
Hemraz Hoolash (Mauritius)
Re-elected to Council:
Gill Ball (UK)
Sara Harvey (UK)
Sharon Burd (UK)
Barry Cooper (Australia)
David Wu (China)
Martin Turner (UK)
Anthony Cu****ng (UK)
Lazaros Lazarou (Cyprus)
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