Have a deeper understanding of the key regulatory, technical and talent
management issues impacting the audit profession today.
Speaker Bios
Brian Murphy is a Partner within Deloitte Ireland’s Consumer
& Technology Business (CTB) Audit & Assurance department. He has over 15
years audit and general business advisory experience, specialising in external
statutory audits under IFRS, US and local GAAP, internal audits (including
systems reviews and “value for money” audits), due diligence and forensic
accounting investigations (for both private and public sector
organisations). Brian lectures and presents extensively on a range of
topics including audit, financial accounting/reporting and finance on behalf of
Chartered Accountants Ireland. He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Ireland (FCA), holds a Diploma in IFRS, Certificate in
FRS 102 and Bachelor of Business & Legal Studies (UCD).
Yvonne Mc Cafferty ACA, CTA is a Director in Deloitte’s
Audit Technical department. Yvonne is one of the Deloitte's key technical leads
in responding to changes in the auditing, legislative and regulatory frameworks.
Yvonne has extensive experience on a range of technical matters pertinent to the
audit profession. She supports and advises audit practitioners on audit
technical matters and complex auditing issues. Yvonne also lectures on behalf of
the Institute.
Sheila O’Donovan is a fellow of Chartered Accountants
Ireland and is a Director in KPMG’s Risk Management department with
responsibility for planning, design and execution of quality monitoring
programmes. She has 15 years of audit experience and has worked with KPMG
audit and advisory clients in Cork, Dublin, London and New York. Sheila
was involved in the design and implementation of ISQM1 in KPMG and currently
leads the System of Quality Management (SoQM) monitoring and testing team
including the testing of ISQM1 implementation and policy compliance reporting
results globally and to firm leadership and staff.
Lisa Campbell is the Head of Operations in IAASA (Irish
Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority), responsible for the examination
of the level of compliance of certain entities’ annual and half-yearly financial
reporting with applicable financial reporting standards, the quality assurance
of public interest entity auditors and audit firms, and for the supervision of
the regulatory activities of the six prescribed accountancy bodies in Ireland.
Lisa also chairs the Audit and Risk Committee of the National Council for
Special Education. Lisa is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and joined
IAASA in 2015.
Maeve Hunt Audit Director, Grant Thornton (NI) Maeve has
significant experience in working with small privately held businesses through
to large multinational corporates focusing on but not limited to the
manufacturing, retail and property development and management sectors. She also
has experience in preparing financial projections and business plans for
companies wishing to gain start-up funds/grants.
Martin Kelly Senior Audit Inspector at IAASA. Martin
is an Audit Inspector in the Audit Inspections Unit of the Irish Auditing &
Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA). He is chair of the CEAOB ISG training
task force.
Dave Buller Technical & Quality Manager, AQR at
Financial Reporting Council
Danielle Supkis Cheek is the Vice President of Strategy and
Industry Relations at MindBridge. She is a Certified Public Account (CPA)
in the State of Texas, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified
Valuation Analyst (CVA). Danielle is the immediate past Chair of the PCPS
Technical Issues Committee with the American Institute for CPAs and is the US
Representative to the IFAC Small and Medium Practitioners Committee. She is on
the IT Services Task Force to the Professional Ethics Executive Committee and
the Technology Experts Group to the International Ethics Standards Board. She is
an at-large member of AICPA Council.
Debbie Mullen is fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and
a recently promoted director within FPM’s audit department. She has gained over
16 years audit experience having spent 12 years in a big 4 firm before moving to
FPM in 2018. Debbie has a large range of clients of varying sizes and over a
number of industries and helps lead the technical delivery of audit assignments
throughout the practice, as well as developing and delivering internal audit
training to trainees within the firm.
Ciara McLaughlin is a Director in People & Purpose (HR)
at Deloitte Ireland. She manages HR partnering with the Audit &
Assurance and the Tax & Legal practices, providing HR expertise and
strategic direction to attract and retain high potential individuals and provide
the best employee experience, high performing culture. Ciara has over 15
years’ experience driving HR strategy and leading all aspects of the employee
experience and life cycle across a variety of sectors, predominantly in a
professional services environment. Ciara is a Chartered member of the
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Will Townsend is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Ireland and a Partner within Cooney Carey’s Audit Services
department since 2016. Having trained in practice he has significant
experience in leading audits across a diverse sectoral base, working mainly with
large corporates, Irish SMEs, owner-managed companies, and regulated entities.
His focus is on adding value for clients during the audit process.Will leads the
firm’s in-house training, providing technical training and support to staff,
while developing the firm’s audit methodology. Will heads up recruitment within
Cooney Carey’s Audit Services department. colleges to develop our Intern and
Graduate recruitment programmes.
Aidan Ryan is a director in Crowe’s is a Chartered
Accountant with over 14 years‘ experience providing accounting and assurance
services for small- to medium-sized businesses across a broad range of sectors,
that include retail, manufacturing, technology and the not-for-profit
sector.
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