Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

07 October 2005

Oil prices, the impact of China, and cyber crime: star speakers address major issues on UK plcs' agenda at CIMA Annual Conference.

With oil prices tipping an unprecedented $66 a barrel and economic issues at the top of the news and business agenda, CIMA is delighted to announce that HSBC chief economist, Stephen King, will be addressing its annual conference at the Congress Centre in London on 10 November. In addition to assessing the global economic outlook for 2006, Stephen King will discuss topics such as the peculiar effects of oil prices and the impact of China. Mr King will join a line up of star speakers, secured by CIMA, the professional body for accountants in business, to address issues of real concern to UK plc. King’s fellow speakers include:

• NEXT Chairman, Deputy Chairman of Morrisons and recently-published autobiographer, David Jones, under whose leadership NEXT plc increased its stock market valuation from £25 million to £4 billion, will speak about the mergers and acquisitions and the power of financial turnaround;
• Executive Chairman of mi2g, DK Matai, who will address the challenges of combating increasingly clever cyber criminals, at a time when s UK business is struggling cope with new phenomena, such as the latest development in cyber crime - ‘pharming’;
• KPMG’s global and UK head of corporate recovery, Mick McLoughlin, who will focus on the  skills, vision and the financial and legal knowledge required to turn around an under-performing business and avoid crises.

This year’s CIMA conference, in association with Xansa and sponsored by CODA and CCH, will be chaired by presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme, Sarah Montague, who will also stimulate a lively debate on the day’s issues. As an event, CIMA’s Annual Conference is fast becoming the essential update for the business community, attracting an audience of the UK’s leading finance professionals.

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For further information, contact
Lynda Hardy Maskell, Chief press officer, at
lynda.hardymaskell@cimagloabl.com or on 020 8848 2347 or

Claire Grewer, Press officer, at
claire.grewer@cimaglobal.com or on 020 8849 2300

Notes to editors

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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