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EMEA Regional Update Dublin, Ireland 22 October 2013 Lourens Oosthuizen

EMEA Regional Update Dublin, Ireland 22 October 2013 Lourens Oosthuizen. Stephen Hamlet - London, UK stephen.hamlet@bkremea.com. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Supported by: Kate Hodgson kate.hodgson@bkremea.com. EMEA region: 63 firms Offices in 46 Countries.

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EMEA Regional Update Dublin, Ireland 22 October 2013 Lourens Oosthuizen

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  1. EMEA Regional Update Dublin, Ireland 22 October 2013 Lourens Oosthuizen

  2. Stephen Hamlet - London, UK stephen.hamlet@bkremea.com EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Supported by: Kate Hodgson kate.hodgson@bkremea.com

  3. EMEA region: 63 firms Offices in 46 Countries Membership

  4. Lourens Oosthuizen, South Africa (Chairman) Nilesh Shah, United Kingdom (Vice-Chairman) Arcangelo Agogliati, Italy Alain Forestier, France Ivan Fučík, Czech Republic Peter Janssen, Netherlands Hakan Sahin, Turkey Angelos Theodorou, Cyprus Ulrich Viefers, Germany Board Members

  5. Meetings: Chicago, October 2012 London, January 2013 Bucharest, May 2013 Dublin, October 2013 Teleconference: January 2014 EMEA Board

  6. Chairman: also member of WW Board Meetings in Chicago, London, Charleston, Dublin Other members from EMEA: Angelo Colombo (WW Chairman) Peter Walter Shimon Yarel Stephen Hamlet (as non-voting observer and contributor) EMEA Board

  7. EMEA Board main goals: Expanding membership/countries Expanding services Expanding coverage offers more possibilities: To offer your clients more assistance To exchange experience among member firms To give and get referrals Goals

  8. EMEA Website (www.bkremea.com) Quarterly E-Update regional newsletter Tax and Audit technical meetings Sub-regional meetings (South Africa, BIG, Alps & Mediterranean, Central/Eastern Europe, Middle East) Quarterly reports on Audit & Accounting by Grant Allsopp (Sydney, Australia) Specialist Practice Groups (Tax) Library on www.bkr.com (incl. Doing Business brochures) Provision of information

  9. Why? To expand EMEA content on the www.bkr.com site To attract new firms in our region, promoting specific activity in EMEA To host new ideas and service offerings for existing members To be more personal and focused to the region Regional website for EMEA

  10. BKR EMEA WEBSITE

  11. In 2012/13, we recruited: UNW LLP, United Kingdom (Newcastle) Molade Trust Management B.V., The Netherlands Abou Nasr and Associates, Iraq Auditangol Consulting Enterprise (ACE), Angola Losses: 2012/13 RST Revisions (Switzerland, Basel) But still have firms in Zurich and Geneva. MVP (Belgium) But we still have a Belgium firm providing Audit services. Osunbade, Okiti & Co (Nigeria) Recruitment

  12. Applications pending: • Spain (Alicante) – to add to our current members in Barcelona and Madrid/Toledo • Belgium (Tax firm) – to replace our lost Tax firm who merged into a network earlier this year Other changes: • Our Belgium audit firm changed their name to Figurad (from WF&Co.)

  13. EuropeMiddle East and Africa • Estonia • Algeria • Finland • Kenya • Lithuania • Namibia Luxembourg (Audit firm) • Qatar  Slovakia / Slovenia • Tunisia Russia (to expand) • Zambia Target countries

  14. STANDARDS (ESC) Chair – Anne Mouhssine (France) Annual Audit meeting (November) Education and support re Audit & Accounting updates Due diligence on new members Liaison with ISC Committees

  15. TAX (ETC) Chairman - Angelos Theodorou (Cyprus) Annual Tax meeting (November) Tuition during meetings Updating Tax database/contacts Practice groups Liaison with ITC Committees

  16. European Group of International Accounting Networks and Associations 24 global organisations offering audit, accounting and business advisory services Combined turnover of members: US$ 40 billion Exchange of ideas Lobbying (for eg, in response to EC Green Paper) Focus on Network vs. Association; now on Audit policy, plus focus groups for SMPs/SMEs Representatives: Stephen Hamlet and Ulrich Viefers EGIAN:http://www.bkremea.com/Members-Area/EGIAN.aspx

  17. Audit and Tax meetings, Amsterdam NL, 26 November 2012 (this year: 25 November 2013) Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 4-5 March 2013 BIG, London UK, 8 March 2013 (next year: 7 March 2014) Central/Eastern Europe, Vienna, 20-21 June 2013 Alps and Mediterranean, Nice, 20 September 2013 Middle East (TBD...2014) Bi/tri -lateral meetings Sub-regional meetings

  18. Introduced as useful tool for sharing information/making comparison among members Target to further enhance information despite various jurisdictions Presentation at EMEA Regional conference Statistical Analysis

  19. Istanbul: 2-5 May 2014 Joint EMEA/Asia Pacific Meeting

  20. BKREMEARegion Thank You www.bkremea.com

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