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EMEA Regional Update Dublin, Ireland 22 October 2013 Lourens Oosthuizen. Stephen Hamlet - London, UK [email protected]. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Supported by: Kate Hodgson [email protected]. EMEA region: 63 firms Offices in 46 Countries. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EMEA Regional Update
Dublin, Ireland 22 October 2013
Lourens Oosthuizen
Membership
EMEA region:
• 63 firms
• Offices in 46 Countries
Board Members• Lourens Oosthuizen, South Africa (Chairman)• Nilesh Shah, United Kingdom (Vice-Chairman)• Arcangelo Agogliati, Italy• Alain Forestier, France• Ivan Fučík, Czech Republic• Peter Janssen, Netherlands• Hakan Sahin, Turkey• Angelos Theodorou, Cyprus• Ulrich Viefers, Germany
Meetings:
– Chicago, October 2012– London, January 2013– Bucharest, May 2013– Dublin, October 2013– Teleconference: January 2014
EMEA Board
Chairman: also member of WW Board• Meetings in Chicago, London, Charleston,
Dublin• Other members from EMEA:
– Angelo Colombo (WW Chairman)– Peter Walter– Shimon Yarel– Stephen Hamlet (as non-voting
observer and contributor)
EMEA Board
GoalsEMEA Board main goals:• Expanding membership/countries• Expanding services• Expanding coverage offers more possibilities:
– To offer your clients more assistance– To exchange experience among member firms – To give and get referrals
Provision of information• EMEA Website (www.bkremea.com) • Quarterly E-Update regional newsletter• Tax and Audit technical meetings• Sub-regional meetings (South Africa, BIG, Alps &
Mediterranean, Central/Eastern Europe, Middle East)• Quarterly reports on Audit & Accounting by Grant
Allsopp (Sydney, Australia)• Specialist Practice Groups (Tax)• Library on www.bkr.com (incl. Doing Business
brochures)
Regional website for EMEA
Why?
– To expand EMEA content on the www.bkr.com site
– To attract new firms in our region, promoting specific activity in EMEA
– To host new ideas and service offerings for existing members
– To be more personal and focused to the region
BKR EMEA WEBSITE
RecruitmentIn 2012/13, we recruited:• UNW LLP, United Kingdom (Newcastle)• Molade Trust Management B.V., The Netherlands• Abou Nasr and Associates, Iraq• Auditangol Consulting Enterprise (ACE), Angola
Losses: 2012/13
• RST Revisions (Switzerland, Basel)– But still have firms in Zurich and Geneva.
• MVP (Belgium)– But we still have a Belgium firm providing Audit services.
• Osunbade, Okiti & Co (Nigeria)
Applications pending:•Spain (Alicante) – to add to our current members in Barcelona and Madrid/Toledo
•Belgium (Tax firm) – to replace our lost Tax firm who merged into a network earlier this year
Other changes:•Our Belgium audit firm changed their name to Figurad (from WF&Co.)
Europe Middle East and Africa• Estonia • Algeria • Finland • Kenya• Lithuania • Namibia• Luxembourg (Audit firm) • Qatar • Slovakia / Slovenia • Tunisia• Russia (to expand) • Zambia
Target countries
CommitteesSTANDARDS (ESC) Chair – Anne Mouhssine (France)
• Annual Audit meeting (November)• Education and support re Audit & Accounting
updates• Due diligence on new members• Liaison with ISC
TAX (ETC) Chairman - Angelos Theodorou (Cyprus)
• Annual Tax meeting (November)• Tuition during meetings• Updating Tax database/contacts• Practice groups• Liaison with ITC
Committees
EGIAN: http://www.bkremea.com/Members-Area/EGIAN.aspx
• European Group of International Accounting Networks and Associations
• 24 global organisations offering audit, accounting and business advisory services
• Combined turnover of members: US$ 40 billion
• Exchange of ideas
• Lobbying (for eg, in response to EC Green Paper)
• Focus on Network vs. Association; now on Audit policy, plus focus groups for SMPs/SMEs
• Representatives: Stephen Hamlet and Ulrich Viefers
Sub-regional meetings– Audit and Tax meetings, Amsterdam NL, 26 November
2012 (this year: 25 November 2013)– Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 4-5 March 2013– BIG, London UK, 8 March 2013 (next year: 7 March
2014)– Central/Eastern Europe, Vienna, 20-21 June 2013– Alps and Mediterranean, Nice, 20 September 2013– Middle East (TBD...2014)– Bi/tri -lateral meetings
Statistical Analysis
• Introduced as useful tool for sharing information/making comparison among members
• Target to further enhance information despite various jurisdictions
• Presentation at EMEA Regional conference
2014 Joint EMEA/Asia Pacific Meeting
Istanbul: 2-5 May
BKR EMEA Region
Thank You
www.bkremea.com