This year’s finalists for the 2015 International Accounting Bulletin Awards have been announced and winners will be disclosed at the International Accounting Bulletin: Forum & Awards 2015 event held on 1 October.
The finalists and winners have been selected by an independent panel of judges including Jane Howard partner at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP; Ndungu Gathinji former chairman of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and former IFAC board member; and Mark Koziel vice president – firm services & global alliances at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
NETWORK OF THE YEAR
- BDO
- KPMG
- PwC
RISING STAR NETWORK
- Auren
- Santa Fe
- ShineWing
- SMS Latinoamerica
- Reanda
ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR
- DFK International
- INPACT
- Praxity
RISING STAR ASSOCIATION
- ABACUS
- INPACT
AUDIT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Caseware
- Deloitte
ADVISORY FIRM OF THE YEAR
Global organisations:
- Crowe Horwath International
- PwC
Single firms:
- Crowe Horwath UAE
- Clearwater
- Nexia Malta
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
- Grant Thornton International
- HLB International
- Mazars
- Nexia Tanzania
- PwC
SUSTAINABLE FIRM OF THE YEAR
- Crowe Horwath International
- KPMG
- ShineWing
SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING CHAMPION OF THE YEAR:
Global organisations:
- KPMG
- Mazars
Single firms:
- Baker Tilly Malaysia
- Nexia SKP
- RSM Egypt
IT VENDOR
- Blackline
- Caseware
- FreeAgent
- HLB International
- Intuit
YOUNG ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR
- Amy Askew, partner at Menzies LLP, HLB UK
- Benjamin Mullin, chair of the global board of directors at the Institute of Management Accountants
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
- Fayezul Choudhury, CEO, IFAC
- Olivia Kirtley, president of the board, IFAC
- Sacha Romanovitch, CEO, Grant Thornton UK
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Aziz Dieye, founding member, Pan-African Federation of Accountants
- Fayezul Choudhury, CEO, IFAC
- Geoff Barnes, immediate past CEO and president of Baker Tilly International
- Jos Van Huut, board member of Royal NIVRA; vice-president Federation of European Accountants; member of managing board and governance council of Paxiti AISBL
- Khalid Maniar, founder and group managing partner of Horwath MAK
- Olivia Kirtley, president of the board, IFAC
- Raul Correa, CEO, BDO Brazil
- Zhang Ke, chairman, ShineWing International