international standards committee update bkr international worldwide meeting 23 october 2012

International Standards Committee UpdateBKR International Worldwide Meeting

23 October 2012

The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois USA

Jason Croston SRJ Brisbane Australia

International Standards Committee UpdateJASON CROSTON (ACTING CHAIR – ASIA PACIFIC)

SCOTT BATES (AMERICAS)

GEERT VAN PETEGHEM (TEMPORARILY ASSISTING - EMEA)

(RETIRED DURING THE YEAR)GRANT ALLSOPP

(RETIRED DURING THE YEAR)FRANK KABISCH

SRJ Chartered AccountantsBrisbane, Australiajason.croston@srj.com.au

Cornwell JacksonDallas, Texas USAscott.bates@cjadvisors.com

MVP & CZele, BelgiumGeert.VanPeteghem@mvpco.be

Walker Wayland Sydney (Chairman) Sydney, AustraliaGrant.allsopp@wwnsw.com.au

Rath Anders, Dr, Wanner & PartnerBad WÖrishofen, Germanykabischfrank@raw-partner.de

• Updated Charter:– Assist with reviewing prospective members

– Provide updates on changes to ethical, audit, accounting and other standards

– Provide assistance as requested by member firms to comply with standards

– To prepare a calendar of training events at a regional level for members to attend as part of regional conferences or other specified training events

– To review and approve mission statements prepared by the regional standards committees

BKR International Standards Committee The past year

Regional Committees EMEA

CHAIR – TBA

PASCAL BEJON

AHMED FOUAD ELWATAN

WERNER KLEINSCHMIDT

TBA

SFC – Societe Francilienne Conseil, Francep.bejon@s-f-c.fr

Fouard Elwatan, EgyptAhmad.elwatan@fouadelwatan.com

Logista, South Africawerner@logistastb.co.za

Currently being assisted by Geert Van Peteghem (Belgium), Ulrich Viefers (Germany), Anne Mouhssine (France) and Renzo Peduzzi (Switzerland).

Regional Committees EMEA

During the year the EMEA regional committee has undertaken the following:

•Held Audit Meeting in Amsterdam in November 2011.

•Held Audit Breakout session in May 2012 during EMEA Regional Meeting in Malta.

•Maintained documentation in the resources and EGIAN section of the EMEA website.

•Participated in the quarterly Accounting and Audit Update Newsletter.

•Planning the 2012 Audit Meeting which will be held in November also in Amsterdam.

Regional Committees AMERICAS

SCOTT BATES (CHAIR)

FRANCISCO PERDOMO

MANUEL RANGEL, JR

Cornwell JacksonDallas, Texas USAScott.bates@cjadvisors.com

Diego Perdomo & Company PSCSan Juan, Puerto Ricofperdomo@dpcp.com

CPC Rangel, S.C.Mexico City, Mexicomrangel@bkrrangel.com

Regional Committees AMERICAS

ED SCHENKEIN

LYNN WESTERGARD

StarkSchenkein LLPDenver, Colarado, USAeschenkein@starkcpas.com

Schmidt Westergard & Company PLLCPhoneix, Arizona, USAlwestergard@sw-cpa.com

Regional Committees AMERICAS

During the year the Americas regional committee:

• Reviewed 10 U.S. peer review reports.

• Held an Accounting and Audit training session at the Americas regional meeting. These are held at each meeting.

• Conducted SEC teleseminars as needed.

• The Latin members are interested in forming an IFRS Subcommittee.

JASON CROSTON (Chair)

NICK SELF

KEITH SO

TIM PARTRIDGE

Regional Committees ASIA PACIFIC

SRJ Chartered AccountantsBrisbane, Australia jason.croston@srj.com.au

Walker Wayland Auckland Ltd, Auckland, New Zealandnick@wwauckland.co.nz

East Asia Sentinel LimitedHong Kong, Chinakeith.so@eastasiasentinel.com

AMD Chartered AccountantsBunbury, Australiatimothy.partirdge@amdonline.com.au

During the year the Asia Pacific regional committee has undertaken the following:

•Participated in the quarterly Accounting and Audit Update Newsletter.

•Presented a training session at the 2012 Asia Pacific Region Conference in Bali Indonesia on Top 10 issues to improve quality of audit files. Planning to present a session on professional scepticism at 2013 conference in Penang, Malaysia.

•Attended to queries posted through the member requests section of www.bkr.com

•Annual training day held in Melbourne Australia for members in Australia and New Zealand in December 2011 via Walker Wayland. Planned for February 2012 again in Melbourne, Australia.

Regional Committees ASIA PACIFIC

International Standards Committee

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