Over the last 17 years of working in Audit Scotland, I have been involved in financial audit within Local and Central Government and the NHS. I am currently the Associate Director of Audit Quality and Appointments and have been responsible for developing an audit quality framework that covers all audit work and auditors. Having such a comprehensive framework for audit quality enables us to provide assurance to our stakeholders and demonstrate the strengths of our public audit model in Scotland. We are not complacent however and adopt a continuous improvement approach in line with our world-class ambition. I report to the Chief Operating Officer but work with colleagues within Audit Scotland and the private firms across financial, performance and best value audits on quality matters.

I started my career in a small CA practice and moved into finance in the NHS before joining Audit Scotland.

As auditors we need to keep up to date with developments and understand the impact on public services and how our work as external auditors can add value and contribute to good and efficient public services – this is part of my reason for joining the Committee. I also wanted to raise the profile of ACCA within the public sector.

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David is an experienced leader of listed international businesses with more than 20 years’ experience of leading large diverse teams in challenging situations, business turnaround and restructuring and international M&A. 

During a 20-year career with British Polythene Industries PLC, his roles included Group Chief Financial Officer and Divisional Chief Executive of large multi-site international businesses. 

In 2018 David acquired Chase Plastics Limited a leading manufacturer of high-performance plastic compounds from recycled sources.

A member of ACCA since 1996, David joined the ACCA Scotland Committee in 2012 to play a more active role in the association’s development.

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Kevin is a Partner in Alexander Sloan, Accountants and Business Advisers. He has a diverse client base operating throughout the UK and his extensive experience allows him to assist his clients and to in the strategic planning and development of their businesses with a commercial and practical approach. 

Having accumulated a wealth of experience both as an auditor and business adviser, Kevin is well-connected across the business community in the central belt of Scotland making him a critical link between local businesses and ACCA Scotland and he is passionate about furthering the aims of ACCA in Scotland.

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Hazel is Partner & Head of Private Client Tax at French Duncan LLP.

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James is Corporate Services Manager at Hardie Caldwell LLP

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Margaret is Founder and Chief Consultant at Be Something More.

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Andrew is Group Financial Controller at Clockwork Removals & Storage.

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Sherisse has over six years’ experience in delivering audits for a variety of financial services clients, gained with PwC both in Jamaica and in the UK and now specialises mainly in the audit of UK retail funds and corporate entities.

She has also spent a year in Internal Audit for a well-known telecommunications giant in the Caribbean. 

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Working as associate director at Inifinity Partnership Limited based in Aberdeen. Infinity Partnership specialises in providing strategic business advice, accountancy services and tax planning to owner-managed businesses. We can guide clients through special circumstances such as start-up or acquisition, as well as day-to-day procedures.

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I currently work in public practice with as Client Director at Condies based in Montrose, Arbroath and Dundee and qualified in 2013. Being part of the panel means that I can promote ACCA as the preferred route into Accountancy and meet other ACCA members.

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Catherine has worked in finance roles for over 15 years. After graduating from the University of Glasgow she went on to start her accounting career in a medium sized accounting practice, providing an excellent broad level understanding of accounts preparation and audit. She took her first step into industry in 2008 and is currently Finance Manager at PDi Ltd, a niche subsea services engineering consultancy in Aberdeen. Catherine was delighted to participate in the Executive Women’s Leadership Programme at the University of Edinburgh Business School in 2019. She now sits on the Executive Women in Leadership committee, for the network of delegates from this programme, which ran from 2016 to 2019. The network numbers 220 senior women in Scotland, covering all parts of the economy.

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Liz is Reputational Risk Manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Edinburgh, where her current remit involves developing policy, systems, governance and controls for the effective identification, assessment and mitigation of reputational risk across the Bank. 

Prior to joining RBS, Liz gained valuable controls, audit and accounting experience through her work at AEGON Asset Management (now Kames Capital), Standard Life Investments, PwC and EY.

Liz has been a member of ACCA since 2000 and was elected to Council in November 2017. Prior to being elected to Council she was the chair of both the Financial Services Member Network Panel and the Edinburgh & East of Scotland equivalent. During this time, Liz took an enthusiastic and proactive involvement in developing member events programmes for both Networks, and was awarded ACCA UK Advocate of the Year 2016 in recognition of her 'contribution made to promote the profession and to actively inspire the accountants of tomorrow'. 

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Gillian has always worked in practice. She qualified with one of Scotland’s leading firms before moving to a global firm, heading up their Scottish accounting and advisory team. She now works for an independent Scottish firm where she heads up their business services department. She got involved with the panel to give back to ACCA and help shape its future. She also wanted to benefit from interacting and networking with other practitioners from a variety of different backgrounds to gain knowledge that she could take back to her own practice in order to help it evolve as a firm.

Gillian also serves on the ACCA Global Council.

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