Vietnam Celebrations

The last stop on the ‘Road Show’ was Hanoi, Vietnam. This last leg was only by Prof Brendan O’Connell (ICMA President) and Prof Janek Ratnatunga (ICMA CEO).

A CMA Australia ‘Grand Conference’ was held on December 17th, 2016 at the Bao Son Hotel, in Hanoi. The event was organised by Mr. Long Phan, Regional Director of ICMA in Vietnam.

The picture shows for Mr. Trinh Duc Vinh, the Global Accounting Hall of Fame inductee, flanked by Prof Brendan O’Connell on his right and Mr Long Phan on his left.

There were over 100 attendees. Prof Brendan O’Connell, President ICMA started the conference with his talk on “The Frontiers of Integrated Reporting”. This was followed by Prof Janek Ratnatunga, CEO ICMA, who gave a talk on “Financial Statements and Reports in a Digitized World”.

At the conference, a Global Accounting Hall of Fame was announced for Mr. Trinh Duc Vinh, the Deputy Director of Accounting and Auditing Policy Department in the Ministry of Finance, Vietnam.

Prof Janek Ratnatunga, CEO ICMA, giving a talk on “Financial Statements and Reports in a Digitized World”, at the CMA Australia Grand Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam in December 2016.
Prof Janek Ratnatunga, CEO ICMA, with the staff of AFA Research and Education,
Prof Janek Ratnatunga, CEO ICMA, flanked by some of the participants at the CMA Australia Grand Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam in December 2016
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Professor Janek Ratnatunga is CEO of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. He has held appointments at the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the Australian National University in Australia; and the Universities of Washington, Richmond and Rhode Island in the USA. Prior to his academic career he worked with KPMG.