ACCA elects Richard Aitken-Davies as global President
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) elected Richard Aitken-Davies as President at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, 15 May 2008.
ACCA is the largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body and has 325,606 students and 122,426 members in 170 countries.
Mr Aitken-Davies became a Fellow of ACCA (FCCA) in 1980, and has served on the Council since 2000. He is also Chairman of ACCA’s Nominating and Financial Reporting Committees.
Speaking about his Presidency, Aitken-Davies said: “It is a great honour and privilege to be representing ACCA’s members throughout the world. I am proud of the contribution ACCA members have made, in all sectors, to promote and maintain high standards of decision-making and financial reporting. Our challenge is to build on this excellent platform by supporting further globalisation and simplification of reporting standards to facilitate economic growth and efficiency.”
Aitken-Davies is currently the non executive chairman of two companies, and possesses a wealth of experience in public and private industries. He was the Chief Financial Officer for LG & E Energy Corp in the United States up until 2003; a Project Director at London and Continental Railways from 1996-8 and Privatisation Director - Railtrack plc from 1995-6. Prior to that Mr Aitken-Davies was Corporate Finance Director at Powergen plc from 1989-94.
Bred in Yorkshire, Richard divides his time between Derby and London. He is married with three grown-up children and his interests include travel, theatre and politics.
Also at today’s AGM, Brendan Murtagh, a partner in Dublin accounting firm LHM Casy McGrath was elected Deputy President; and Mark Gold, Partner at London-based chartered certified practice Silver Levene, becomes Vice-President.
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Notes to Editors
1. ACCA is the largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body and has 325,606 students and 122,426 members in 170 countries.
2. Interview requests with Richard Aitken-Davies can be made through ACCA’s Newsroom on 020 7059 5759
3. At ACCA’s AGM today, 10 positions on Council were filled in the elections, five of which were returning Council members, and five new members.
The details are:
Newly elected to Council:
Pauline Hobson
Laura Perrin
Francis Chittenden
Dato Khalid Ahmad
Coutts A Otolo
Re-elected to Council
Alexandra Chin
Kevin Lau
Antony Tyen
Dean Westcott
Jason Parker
For further information please contact:
Helen Thompson, ACCA Newsroom phone: +44 (0)20 7059 5759 / + 44 (0)7725 498 654 e mail: helen.thompson@accaglobal.com