Northern Chartered Accountant Students' Society

Tanni Grey-Thompson to speak at Northern Society Dinner

We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker at the 133nd Northern Society Annual Dinner on Friday 16 October 2015 will be Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE.

In Seoul in 1988, Tanni represented Great Britain and won her first Paralympic medal, the 400m bronze. Spinal surgery forced Tanni to take a year away from the track and incredibly, at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, she stormed to victory taking four gold medals in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres and a silver in the 4x100m relay.

The same year, she won her first of six London Wheelchair Marathons. Tanni won the 800 metres gold in the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics along with three silver medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, 31 year old Tanni returned with a vengeance, striking gold a fabulous four times in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres. In Athens 2004, aged 35, she takes first place in the 100 and 400 metres bringing her Paralympic gold medal tally to an astonishing eleven.

Her total Paralympic Medal tally is 11 gold, 4 silvers and 1 bronze.

In 2010 Tanni was appointed to the House of Lords, where she serves as a non party political crossbench peer.  Tanni took the title Baroness Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe in the County of Durham.  Tanni is a working peer and hopes to use her experience and knowledge to great effect in debates in the House.  She has most recently contributed in the Welfare Reform and Legal Aid Bill.

Look forward to a special evening this October – you don’t have to be a chartered accountant to enjoy the evening with us – our dinner is open to all. We would also love it if members would bring along their colleagues, clients and guests as well as their students and trainees to enjoy a memorable evening and a superb networking opportunity.

The Northern Society Annual Dinner is on Friday 16 October 2015 at the Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne.

During the course of the evening we will hold a raffle to raise funds for the British Wheelchair Racing Association.

You can find out more information at norsca.co.uk/dinner and you can follow us on Twitter @NorSCADinner   twitter.com/norscadinner

Sponsorship opportunities

For further information and to discuss sponsorship opportunities please contact Joanne Lucking [email protected] 0191 300 0532.

The Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) represents ICAEW members working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside, Northern Yorkshire and Cumbria. We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years.

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Northern takes Chair of ICAEW Student Council

At the ICAEW Student Council (ISC) AGM on 4 April, John Howarth (from Anderson Barrowcliff, Thornaby) was elected as the new ISC Chair for 2014-15.

John, who is the outgoing Chair of NCASS and the previous ISC Vice-Chair, will represent ACA students on the ICAEW Council over the next year, as well as chairing meetings and representing the ICAEW at a variety of functions.

John said “I am pleased to have been elected and look forward to working with the new Vice-Chair, Eleanor Winder, over the next year. I’ve really enjoyed the year I spent as Vice-Chair, particularly the involvement in BusinessFutures and my work with the outgoing Chair to improve how the ICAEW engages with younger members. I’m excited about taking this further forward, and the opportunities available to deliver on the platform I stood on involving encouraging student members to get involved in volunteering, and improving the central resources around sharing best practice for student societies.”

The Northern Society of Chartered Accountants was delighted to hear of John’s success in the recent election for the ISC Chair for 2014-15.

member of Northern Society now taking the lead of the international student body

Andrew Jackson, Deputy President of Northern Society said: “We are really pleased to hear of John’s success in his bid to be Chair of the ICAEW Student Council for 2014-15.  John has already been representing the views of ACA students during his time as Chairman of NCASS and by his work in the past year as the ISC Vice Chair.  It’s great that a member of Northern Society is now taking the lead of the international body that provides the younger members perspective on what it’s like to train to be an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.  John will also be a member of the Council of ICAEW and we are pleased that he will be able to join our Council member Rob Barrigan in representing the views of the north east & Cumbria too.”

All of John’s colleagues at Anderson Barrowcliff are extremely proud of his achievement

Jerome Bury, partner at John’s firm Anderson Barrowcliff said “All of John’s colleagues at Anderson Barrowcliff are extremely proud of his achievement in being elected as ICAEW Student Council Chair for 2014-15. We know that John has all of the qualities needed to be a champion for ICAEW Chartered Accountant students and a worthy ambassador for the Northern Society. We are sure that the ISC will have a great year under John’s leadership.”

Pictured are John Howarth being congratulated on his election as ISC Chair 2014-15 by Andrew Ratcliffe, Vice President of ICAEW.

The Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) represents ICAEW members working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside and Cumbria. We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years.

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