04 February 2005
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) will be holding a meeting of 40 representatives of the international accountancy profession, including 32 chief executives of national accountancy institutes and regional accountancy organizations at the London Headquarters of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) on Monday 7 February and Tuesday 8 February 2005. The meeting will be chaired by IFAC President Graham Ward and will address a number of subjects affecting the profession today. These include:
Graham Ward, IFAC President, commenting on the event, said "Given the increasingly important role of professional accountants in business as the drivers of strategy and efficiency and as guardians of financial information, it is appropriate that we are holding this meeting at CIMA, which is a leading representative of this constituency."
"Our discussions will focus on two major issues: first, how IFAC can best support the entire profession, including those in large and small businesses and practices in delivering the high quality work the public rightfully expects from us and second, on development of the profession, especially in developing and emerging markets, as part of the process of building stronger, more stable economies," adds Mr. Ward.
CIMA members are Accountants in Business. We represent financial managers and accountants who work in industry, commerce, not-for-profit and public sector organisations. Our key activities are related to Business Strategy, Information Strategy and Finance Strategy. CIMA members are not trained in audit.
CIMA's focus is to qualify students, support members and employers, and protect the public interest. We represent the voice of over 77,000 students and 60,000 members in 154 countries.
CIMA's focus on management functions makes us unique, and we are internationally recognised as offering the financial qualification for business.
CIMA is 'rapidly becoming the chartered qualification of choice' according to recent independent research*, and we work with leading employers in the UK and around the world to train and qualify financial managers. We pride ourselves on the commercial relevance of our syllabus, which is continually enhanced to reflect the latest developments in business. In an age of growing globalisation and intensified competition, the Chartered Management Accountant is fully prepared to meet the need for timely and accurate financial information.
Our members and students work across all business sectors at all levels throughout the world, demonstrating the flexibility of the qualification.
