Tony Surridge invited to first Presidential Dinner hosted by the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)

Tony Surridge Online was in guest attendance at the first Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) presidential dinner, held on 20th April 2010. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) was the venue host, kindly offering the IFA use of their prestigious headquarters building in London – 1 Moorgate Place. IFA President, Professor David Hunt, welcomed everybody and promoted an evening of friendship and new alliances, before introducing his guest speaker, Angela Knight (CBE) – Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association. Angela offered her experience and views on the banking industry, the turbulent times just gone, and the expectations and goals ahead.

The black-tie dinner was superb (praise goes out to the ICAEW staff on hand that night), and the evening offered great opportunity for various IFA accounting council members, institutes, accounting governing bodies, and leading educational providers alike to chat, network, build relationships, and generally discuss the future of things to come.

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Dragon’s Den guest star Theo Pathitis, alongside accountancy lecturer Tony Surridge, wins Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) Awards

The Kensington Roof Gardens in London was the recent spectacular setting for the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) 2009 industry Awards held on Wednesday 14th October. An accounting industry awards ceremony to celebrate top achievers and role-models in enterprise, for recognition of contribution to the governing body, and the accounting industry it represents as a whole.

Guests, spokespeople and winners included; Dragons Den entrepreneur Theo Pathitis receiving special recognition for “Contribution to UK Enterprise”, Julie Meyers of Dragon’s Den Online as guest awards presenter, BBC’s The Apprentice star Maj Nagra, and Adam Shaw formerly from BBC’s Working Lunch amongst other top business professionals.

The IFA, primarily aimed for Small to Medium Enterprises and Practices, presented numerous awards categories from Best International Training Centre to Business Entrepreneur of the Year, with 1st 2nd 3rd positions rated as “winner”, “highly commended” and “finalist” respectively:

Tony Surridge, an accountancy lecturer with over 30 years’ experience, and a director of the new accounting industry website www.tonysurridge.co.uk, was awarded the top prize in his category, winning “Best UK Accountancy Lecturer 2009”. Presenting the award to Tony was Chief Executive of the IFA, David Woodgate, and Nicole Johnson, the category sponsor from CCH Walters Kluwer.

Tony Surridge was a successful winner along with...
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