Notice and Auditors' Report

The Notice of Meeting and the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 were taken as read.

Minutes

It was agreed that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 15 November 2018 and published in the January 2019 issue of Accounting & Business should be taken as read and signed as correct. 

Resolution one

To receive and adopt the Report of the Council and the Accounts for the period
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.

Robert Stenhouse gave his Presidential address and asked Helen Brand (Chief Executive) to give a presentation.  He then invited questions and comments on the Report and Accounts.

The President called for a poll and declared the Resolution carried, the votes being as follows:

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For Against
11,305 124

Resolution two

To receive the report of the ballot for the election of members of Council.

The Scrutineer's Report and the number of votes received by each candidate in the ballot for the election of Members of Council were reported, as follows:

  • Resolution two results

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    Name

    Number of Votes

    1

    Michelle Hourican 

    7311

    2

    Lorraine Holleway

    7228

    3

    Carol-Ann Boothe

    6508

    4

    Sharon Critchlow

    6307

    5

    Mohd Nasir Ahmad

    5921

    6

    John Cullen

    5547

    7

    Natalie Chan

    5277

    8

    Arthur Lee

    5253

    9

    Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan

    5137

    10

    Brigitte Nangoyi Muyenga

    5016

    11

    Phoebe Hao Yu

    4967

    12

    Matt Dolphin

    4936

    13

    Gillian McCreadie

    4554

    14

    Dean Lee

    4544

    15

    Joseph Owolabi

    4440

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    16

    Kayode Yusuf

    4395

    17

    Daniel Chou

    4258

    18

    Emmanuel Kapizionis

    4113

    19

    Fergus Wong

    4085

    20

    Sallah-ud-din (den) Surfraz

    4058

    21

    Babajide Ibironke

    3601

    22

    Akin Akinbode

    3437

    23

    Fatima Haider

    3312

    24

    Jakub Klatt

    3042

    25

    Grzegorz Maczynski

    2886

    26

    Dev Ramnarine

    2693

    27

    Dato’ Seri Raymond Liew

    2557

    28

    Aamer Allauddin

    2372

    29

    Sahil Gupta

    2103

    30

    Sarmad Khan

    1927

    31

    Muhammad Junaid Younas Ghori

    1885

    32

    Maqbool Ahmad

    1789

    33

    Waseem Ahmad

    1702

    34

    Kamal Raj Sadien

    1435

The President, therefore, declared the following members elected or re-elected to Council:

  • Michelle Hourican
  • Lorraine Holleway
  • Carol-Ann Boothe
  • Sharon Critchlow
  • Mohd Nasir Ahmad
  • John Cullen
  • Natalie Chan
  • Arthur Lee
  • Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan
  • Brigitte Nangoyi Muyenga
  • Phoebe Hao Yu
  • Matt Dolphin
  • Gillian McCreadie
  • Dean Lee
  • Joseph Owolabi

Resolution three

To re-appoint as auditor Grant Thornton UK LLP.

The President reported that Council recommended that Grant Thornton UK LLP be re-appointed as the Association's auditors.  He then invited questions on Resolution 3.

The President called for a poll and declared the Resolution carried, the votes being cast as follows:

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For Against
10,377 1,052

The President also offered a vote of thanks to ACCA’s retired Secretary, Michael Sleigh, and retired Executive Director of Governance, Peter Large, for their services to ACCA.

The President thanked members for their attendance and their participation in the AGM and the voting process.  

The President declared the meeting closed at 2.40pm.