NY-NJ-CT Chapter Meeting & Reception Thursday, November 5 @ 6:00 PM

Ike Nwokike, NY-NJ-CT chapter head, and ACCA US vice-chairman, cordially invites ACCA members, affiliates, students and guests to the next chapter meeting to be held on Thursday, November 5, beginning at 6:00 PM.

LOCATION:
KPMG
345 Park Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY  10154

Please try to arrive as close to 6:00 PM as possible and bring photo ID.  Enter through the Lexington Avenue side of the building to the KPMG security center. That side seems to process faster. Your name will need to be on  the list to get to the 37th floor, so please don't forget to register by return email.

SPEAKER:
Holger Erchinger
Holger is an Audit partner in the IFRS Group in KPMG’s National Office in New York. He has 15 years of experience in serving different companies on audit, audit-related and consulting engagements (SEC registrants with US GAAP and IFRS financial statements) in KPMG’s operating offices in Munich and Berlin (1996-2002 and 2005-2008) and with Ernst & Young (1994-1996). Between 2003 and 2005 he had worked in KPMG’s National Office in New York in the SEC, Accounting and Practice Advisory Group.

Professional and Industry Experience:
Holger is currently working in the IFRS Group with KPMG’s National Office in New York. His duties include consultation on a variety of IFRS related accounting, reporting and audit issues, reviews of IFRS financial statements, and development of firm’s guidance and publications. Holger has worked primarily for clients in consumer and industrial markets, manufacturing, information and communication, and service industry.

Academic Experience and Publications:
Between 2006 and 2008 Holger had been a professor for IFRS at Berlin School of Economics and published about 25 papers and studies regarding IFRS, Convergence between IFRS and US GAAP, SEC related IFRS rules and regulations, and International Auditing Standards. These papers have been published in English and German language journals such as World Accounting Report, European Accounting Review, Die Wirtschaftspruefung, Zeitschrift fuer Internationale und Kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung or Der Betrieb. In addition, between 2000 and 2006, Holger taught  IFRS, Auditing and Corporate Governance at the University of Munich, University of Augsburg and University of Ingolstadt and has spoken on international accounting and audit issues at many conferences.

TOPIC:
"Update on IFRS and Current Developments"

The meeting will qualify for CPD credit.  One hour equals one credit.

Refreshments will be served and will also be subsidized by ACCA so there will be no charge for this event. 

Once again, this will be an opportunity to renew old acquaintances, make new contacts and add to your knowledge base, so come out and support your chapter!

Please let Patricia Limoges know only if you WILL be coming at patricia.limoges@us.accaglobal.com.