OVERVIEW
The International Conference on Finance, Accounting and Auditing (ICFAA) 2022 is the 5th. in a series of successful conferences on Finance, Accounting and Auditing organized by The National Economics University (NEU, Vietnam) in collaboration with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW, the United Kingdom) and The Cardiff Metropolitan University (the United Kingdom). The 2022 5th ICFAA will be held at The National Economics University (NEU), in Hanoi, Vietnam on 28th - 29th December 2022.
The conference provides a platform for local and international researchers, scientists, practitioners and educators from academia and industry to present and discuss the latest trends, experiences and concerns in the field of accounting, auditing and finance. The previous, 2021 4th ICFAA conference, was successful conducted with about 100 participants from all over the world.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mark Billington FCA
MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL, ICAEW
Mark is the Managing Director ICAEW International based in Singapore having previously been the Regional Director Greater China & South-East Asia. He is responsible for leading ICAEW activities outside the UK to support members, grow student numbers, manage stakeholder engagement and develop ICAEW’s international capacity building.
After qualifying as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant in 1990, Mark worked in a variety of industry verticals in the Telecoms sector for multi-national, national and start-up companies. From 2003-2007 Mark was the CEO of O2 (Asia Pacific & Middle East) based in Singapore where he was responsible for the creation of a premium brand in Asia as well as dealing with the supply chain of O2 into Greater China valued at over US$500m. Prior to this, Mark was the COO and SVP for O2 (Netherlands) and oversaw one of the largest outsourcing telecoms deals in Europe during that period valued at €1bn. Before joining O2 Mark held a variety of roles in British Telecom plc including responsibility for strategic investments in France valued at over £4bn.
Mark has over twenty five years experience in evaluating and managing large, complex deals and organisations, and is a frequent speaker and commentator in the ASEAN region. He has sat on the Singapore Accountancy Commission’s Productivity Advisory Committee having previously sat on the Research Centre and Development Fund Committee.
Dr. Yuanto KUSNADI
Associate Professor of Accounting (Education)
School of Accountancy
Singapore Management University (SMU)
Dr. Yuanto KUSNADI is an Associate Professor (Education) at the School of Accountancy of the Singapore Management University. He is also the Academic Director of the SMU-X, an experiential learning unit in the Office of Provost. Dr. Kusnadi has over ten years’ of teaching experience in valuation, accounting for entrepreneurs, financial management, analytics for financial instruments, and experiential learning through real-consultancy projects. He has been doing research on issues in corporate finance, accounting, and corporate governance for international firms; as well as experiential & innovative teaching pedagogy. His research papers have been published in prestigious international journals such as Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Financial Research, Review of Pacific-Basin Financial Markets and Policies, International Journal of Education, and Journal of Asia Business Studies. He served on the program selection committee of several international conferences. His research has also been profiled in the Straits Times, the Business Times, Lianhe Zaobao, SGSME, Perspectives@SMU, the New Paper, Asian Scientist, and the CFA Digest.
