Kathi heads up our International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) training.

Kathi first gained hands on experience in assisting clients with the conversion to IFRS in 2001. Since then Kathi has been involved in training delegates from various levels within a corporate organisation, from trainees to finance directors, and since 2004 in law firms from trainee to partner.

As well as training accountants, auditors and finance staff, Kathi has experience in helping lawyers grapple with the basics and complexities of accounts and how accountancy issues interact with legal transactions. She has helped many law firms review their standard form corporate and banking documents and train staff on the financial consequences of commercial transactions.

Her first exposure to lawyers was when she worked in Disputes Analysis and Investigations specialising in litigation support (mainly professional negligence and international loss of profit cases). In these years she often spent periods of time assisting lawyers understanding the accountancy issues around the litigation cases and helping develop training.

Before concentrating on client training she spent a year training post graduates for their chartered accountancy exams in tax and financial reporting in 2000. She taught both full time intensive courses as well as day release to both the large firms and a mix of smaller firms. Kathi is well known for her interactive style and helped pilot a new teaching technique for “accelerated learning” classes.

In addition to assisting clients in the UK and the Netherlands in the transition to IFRS, she has designed and delivered company specific IFRS training in the USA and Asia. Kathi has also presented a wide range of UK GAAP update courses for many years as well as other tailored courses including International Standards on Auditing.

Kathi qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996 with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has an honours degree in Accounting and Management. She qualified in the audit department with her main clients being in the manufacturing industry.