ANNEX 3A. Martyn Jones is currently the Deputy President of the ICAEW.

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ANNEX 3A Bi Mark Spofforth BSc FCA CTA FRSA Mark is a senior partner in a 20 partner, 5 office firm of UK Chartered Accountants based in West Sussex.

He is a former Chairman of the Council of the ICAEW, and has also chaired the General Practitioner Board, the Technical Directorate, and the Learning and Professional Development Board.

During his time as Chairman of the LPF Board, the Board revamped the Work Experience Guidelines for students and the Continuing Professional Development scheme for members, as well as launching a new

Mark also lectures, broadcasts o financial matters on radio, and writes for the financial press, mainly on matters relevant to the SME sector.

1 ANNEX 3A Bi Mark Spofforth BSc FCA CTA FRSA Mark is a senior partner in a 20 partner, 5 office firm of UK Chartered Accountants based in West Sussex. He has a wide portfolio of clients including audits, but mainly focuses on private client work and the SME sector. Mark is President of the ICAEW. He is a former Chairman of the Council of the ICAEW, and has also chaired the General Practitioner Board, the Technical Directorate, and the Learning and Professional Development Board. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the International Accounting Education Standards Board. During his time as Chairman of the LPF Board, the Board revamped the Work Experience Guidelines for students and the Continuing Professional Development scheme for members, as well as launching a new ACA Syllabus. He chaired the Committee that produced the Profitable and Sustainable Practice report and was a member of the group that produce the Value Added Accountants 2005 report. Mark also lectures, broadcasts o financial matters on radio, and writes for the financial press, mainly on matters relevant to the SME sector. Away from the office, Mark is a past Master of the Horners Livery company in the City of London, and is a Court member of the Chartered Accountants Livery Company. Mark s daughter is an Olympian swimmer and in 2009 she became World Champion and holds the World Record for the 100m backstroke event. His son, Peter works in Corporate Finance in the technology sector. Martyn Jones is currently the Deputy President of the ICAEW. He has had a distinguished career which began in a smaller firm and then became a lecturer, responsible for developing the auditing standards and guidelines in the UK and Ireland, serving as an advisor to the International Auditing Practices Committee and a senior technical partner in Deloitte LLP. His partner roles included risk management, audit methodology at the global level, service innovation, expert witness work, public policy, the development of director skills and knowledge via the Deloitte Academy, chairing the firm s corporate services group and chairing its quality group on assurance reporting on sustainability disclosures. He also provided advisory services to a number of well-known companies, financial institutions and mutual, to the House of Common and to the House of Lords. For many years Martyn represented Deloitte LLP on the prestigious CBI Companies Committee. Martyn has also chaired the ICAEW s ethics standards committee and the ethics group of the UK and Irish Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies. He has also worked on projects with the World Economic Forum and provided insights to 10 Downing Street on the going concern issues during the financial meltdown. He has also provided training to directors in the public sector on behalf of HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. He believes strongly in the key role of accountants in promoting the success of the private sector side of the economy and in providing wide social access to the professions. He provides insights to young people at some leading universities on the behavioural skills needed to succeed in business and acts as an advisor and consultant on public policy and governance issues.

2 Arthur Bailey FCA Arthur has been an elected member of the ICAEW Council since 1998, and is a former Chairman. He is currently Vice President. Prior to his retirement from professional practice, he was Senior Partner with a top 15 firm of Chartered Accountants. During a career spanning over 30 years he had a wide portfolio of clients including small listed companies and regulated businesses but mainly specialised in private clients and the SME sector. In addition to his professional work Arthur held positions within the not for profit sectors of health and education, and currently has a portfolio of nonexecutive roles, including a Building Society, where he has recently stepped down after completing four years as Chairman. In addition he is a Consultant with both Begbies Traynor and Kingston Smith. During his time on Council he has served on several committees, and is a past Chairman of the Audit Committee. He has been an elected member of the ICAEW Board since 2008 and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. Throughout his life, Arthur has lived and worked in North Staffordshire, and in 2003 was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to business and the community. He is married, with a daughter who is a lawyer, and a son who is a Chartered Surveyor, both of whom work in London.

ICAEW EXECUTIVES Michael Izza, chief executive officer Michael Izza was appointed chief executive of ICAEW in 2006.

3 ICAEW EXECUTIVES Michael Izza, chief executive officer Michael Izza was appointed chief executive of ICAEW in Under his leadership, ICAEW has embarked on an ambitious strategy to transform itself into an international professional accountancy body, headquartered in the UK. A key part of his role is to promote the contribution made by the profession as a driver of business and economic confidence and growth across the world. Michael is a regular media commentator and is responsible for spearheading ICAEW engagement with political and regulatory stakeholders. Between he chaired three Treasury working groups tasked with identifying valuers for state-owned financial services companies. He was also chair of a taskforce set up by the Leading Group to examine the relative merits of an international financial transactions tax. He is currently on the UK government-convened Small Business Economic Forum and regularly meets ministers and regulators to discuss issues facing the business community. Michael joined ICAEW in 2002 as executive director of finance and operations, becoming chief operating officer in Prior to that he worked at Spring Group Plc from 1997 to 2001 where he was managing director of several businesses and group finance director. From 1989 to 1996 he worked for Canadian Company John Labatt Ltd., latterly as managing director of the retail arm of the business with responsibility for public houses in the UK. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1986 with Coopers & Lybrand after graduating in law from Durham University, where he was also president of the student union. Michael has also acted as a school governor for nine years and as a trustee of a charity Robin Fieth, executive director, members & operations Robin has executive responsibility for Members, UK Regions, Marketing, IT & Property and Finance. Experience: : Trained with Price Waterhouse (now PwC) in London and transferred post qualification to Bristol :Group Finance Director and Company Secretary of GiroVend Cashless Systems PLC (FTSE listed) and Transacsys plc (AiM listed) : Director of Finance, ICAEW : Executive Director, Finance & Operations, ICAEW Voluntary or charity activities: Trustee of the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association (CABA); member of the Technical Accounts Committee of the Thames Valley Society of Chartered Accountants; and Vice Chairman and Governor responsible for finance at The Manor Preparatory School, Abingdon.

4 Sharron Gunn, executive director, commercial Sharron Gunn qualified as a Chartered Accountant in After leaving practice she worked as a financial accountant for a property developer before joining J Sainsbury plc in During her time at the supermarket giant Sharron held a variety of roles, including group management accountant, financial analyst, and commercial manager to the trading division. Sharron joined ICAEW in 2001 and was appointed Executive Director a decade later. During her time as director of the Member Services department, she launched a successful jobs website, a leadership development programme, and a range of other support services. One of these helps members on a career break women in particular return to the accountancy profession. In 2009 Sharron transformed the members facilities at ICAEW headquarters into the Business Centre, which is now a magnet for members. She also rebranded and launched One Moorgate Place the institute s venue and restaurant which has grown into a successful independent business. Today Sharron heads up a large team which develops new revenue streams, improves member value and exploits commercial opportunities presented by ICAEW s market-leading position. Robert Hodgkinson, executive director, technical Robert Hodgkinson is responsible for ICAEW's technical strategy department which includes its seven specialist faculties in audit and assurance, corporate finance, finance and management, financial reporting, financial services, IT and tax. He also leads ICAEW's thought leadership programmes and its work in corporate governance, professional ethics and liability, sustainability and business law. Robert was educated at the Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics & Economics. In 1980, he joined Arthur Andersen where he qualified as an ICAEW chartered accountant in 1983 and became a partner in He joined ICAEW in October Since 2007 Robert has been a member of the board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and from 2000 to 2004 represented the UK accounting profession as a vice-president of the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) and as chairman of its Auditing Working Party. Prior to that he chaired ICAEW s Financial Reporting Committee. Vernon Soare, executive director, professional standards Vernon is responsible for ICAEW's regulatory and quality assurance work covering the statutory regulation of audit, insolvency and investment business, including interactions with the relevant regulatory bodies e.g. FRC and FSA. He is responsible for the Practice Assurance Scheme which encompasses audit quality monitoring for ICAEW member firms and the Professional Conduct (Disciplinary) Scheme. Leading the implementation of ICAEW s strategy as a business services regulator, he is currently working on the Institute s application to become a regulator of probate and Alternative Business Structures (ABS) under the Legal Services Act Vernon also heads up ICAEW s international capacity building work assisting professional accountancy bodies in developing and emerging economies. Vernon has executive oversight responsibility for ICAEW s Middle Eastern activities, as well as for Asia and Africa and he leads on ICAEW s role in CCAB (Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies).

5 Prior to joining ICAEW, Vernon was policy and technical director at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and also worked for the Audit Commission. Vernon is an ICAEW board member and ICAEW Chartered Accountant. He is married with three children. Mark Protherough, executive director, learning and professional development Mark is responsible for ICAEW's learning and development work, covering qualifications including the flagship ACA qualification, professional and academic education, and accountancy careers information. He is a member of ICAEW's Assessment Committee, Learning and Professional Development Board and the Institute Board. Prior to joining ICAEW, Mark was managing director - education, training and development at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, where he had substantial international experience. Mark is married with five children and has an MBA from Henley.

THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE REPORTING Monday 16 May 2016 Great Hall, Chartered Accountants Hall, 1 Moorgate Place, EC2R 6EA, London

THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE REPORTING Monday 16 May 2016 Great Hall, Chartered Accountants Hall, 1 Moorgate Place, EC2R 6EA, London PROGRAMME 17.00 Registration & refreshments 17.30 Welcome Tony Nicholl, President,