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Who Should Attend?
This webinar was recorded in March 2023 and will be of interest and relevance
to members of Chartered Accountants Ireland that volunteer on the boards and/or
committees of credit unions, as well as members in practice who advise credit
unions as clients. An invitation to join the webinar is also extended to all
credit union members that serve on boards and committees, as well as to managers
and staff.
Course Overview
- Opportunities for increased collaboration between credit unions
- Credit unions providing services to members of other credit unions
- Participation by credit unions in loans to members of other credit unions
- The implications of new 'corporate credit unions'
- Lending to businesses, and other organisations or associations
- Altering the scope of permitted investments by credit unions
- Changes to the governance of credit unions
- The challenges and opportunities of 'fintech' for the sector.
Key Learning Outcomes
Understand the business and governance implications for credit unions in
Ireland of proposed changes to legislation, regulation and government
policy.
Speaker Bio's
Gene Boyd - Gene Boyd, FCA, is author The Governance of Credit Unions
in Ireland. He has extensive internal audit and governance experience, is chair
of the audit committee of Kerry County Council and a member of the audit
committee of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Gene has
contributed to the governance of various credit unions and is currently on the
board of Member First Credit Union, one of the larger community-based credit
unions in Ireland.
David Malone - David Malone, Chief Executive Officer of the Irish
League of Credit Unions (ILCU), is a chartered accountant with extensive
financial and strategic leadership experience.
Sean Hosford - Sean Hosford is Chief Executive Officer of the Health
Services Staffs Credit Union, a credit union with seven offices across Ireland
and over 100 staff serving over 65,000 members employed in the health service,
transport, communication, and postal sectors.
Anne Marie Ward - Anne Marie Ward, FCA, is Professor of Accounting at
Ulster University. Author of textbooks on finance and personal finance, Anne
Marie has a lifelong interest in credit unions and has researched and published
extensively on the sector.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523
3930