In This Issue
Welcome
to
our
third issue of
our members
only newsletter
for 2016.
One of the
Vancouver
conference
sessions
revealed
some superb quality
Business
Referrals
among firms.
We are happy to
share with
you
examples of
interaction
and business among
our members. Let
us know
about your
contact
with other
Integra
member firms
so that we
can
report about
it in the
next issue
of our
newsletter.
The
information
is used when
we are
recruiting
new member
firms
- it shows
the true
value
proposition
of an
Integra
membership.
And speaking
of new
members, we
are pleased
to announce
the
admittance
of six new
firms. I
encourage
you to drop
them a short
note to
welcome them
to Integra.
We are also
happy to
report
several
interesting
happenings
involving
our members
in
Member News.
In
Other News
we
urge you to
make note of the
remaining 2016
conferences
and
workshops
and to save
the dates.
Click on any
one of the
cities
to view the
latest
information
about the
conferences
including agendas
and social
events. We
also enlist
your help
with
increasing
the number
of
individuals
that receive
our emails.
Your
questions,
comments,
additions or
suggestions
are welcome
and we would
like to
encourage
our members
to send
their input
for our next
Inside
Integra
newsletter
in August,
2016.
Richard Purcell
Newsletter &
Website
Administrator
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The Annual May Conference is a Success!
Yet another great get together took
place in Vancouver May 12 - 14 at the
Annual May 2016 Conference in Vancouver
produced by the AAANZ
Regional Chapter and local host firm
Gilmour Group. There were 119 people
registered including spouses and
children. Our keynote speaker, Joe
Nemeth, provided interesting insights
into the pulp and paper industry - one
of the largest industries in Canada, yet
somehow it seemed as if he were talking
about the accountancy profession. Terry Small held us in awe as he
talked about how our brains function and
how it can make you more efficient in
business and life! In
between there were presentations from
Integra members on taxes, accounting,
marketing and more. A total of 8 CPE
credit hours were awarded. If you want to
access any of the
presentations
for viewing and/or downloading, they
have all been uploaded onto our Google
drive. Grant Gilmour and his team are to
be congratulated for an excellent job.
New Members
Inside Integra apologizes to our new
member firm in Hyderabad, India for not
recognizing in our previous issue their
acceptance into membership.
Niranjan & Narayan joined in
January, 2016. They are a full service
firm with 7 partners and 31 staff
offering audit, taxation and business
advisory services. The main contact is
M. Niranjan who can be reached at
[email protected]. More
information about them can be found on
their website
www.nncas.com.
Just prior to the Vancouver conference both the
AAANZ Regional Chapter Board and the Global Board
held their business meetings. Again the
top priority of both groups is to increase
resources and services for existing
members and our
number of members in order to be able to
provide even more services to the entire
membership.
As a result, we are very pleased to
announce 5 new members:
- Naples, Italy -
Manganaro - Ranieri & Partners is
a tax and accounting firm with 2
partners and 8 staff serving the
south of Italy. The main contact
person is Mr. Massimiliano
Manganaro who can be contacted at
[email protected]
For more information about the firm,
please visit their website at
www.mrconsultingitalia.it or
check out the details on our Integra
Website.
- Nairobi, Kenya - Rajni
Shah and Company is a full
service firm with 2 partners and 24
staff. The two partners are Mr.
Rajni M Shah, founder of the firm
and former manager at PWC, Nairobi,
and his brother Mr. Nilesh M Shah,
former manager at Deloitte, UK. The
main contact person is Mr. Nilesh M
Shah who can be contacted at
[email protected] Their new
website is still under construction.
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Mehta & Associates is an
audit, taxation and accounting
firm with 1 partner and 17 staff.
The main contact person is
Mr. Kalpesh Mehta who can be
contacted at
[email protected]
For more information about the firm,
please visit their website at
www.mehtaassociates.co.tz.
- Lahore, Pakistan - Salman
Arshad Chartered Accountants
is a 1 partner, 26 staff audit,
accounting and taxation firm.
Founder of the firm and main contact
person is Mr. Ahmad Salman
Arshad who can be contacted at
[email protected]. For
more information about the firm,
please visit their website at
www.salmanarshad.com
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -
Almeqham Certified Public
Accountants is an audit,
tax and advisory firm with 1 partner
and 9 staff. The main contact person
is Mr. Aiman M. Almeqham who can be
contacted at
[email protected]. For
more information about the firm,
please visit their website at
www.almeqhamcpa.com
The target goal remains 150
members by the end of 2017. Each
regional chapter board member has been
given responsibility to find potential
members in specific locations. If you
have worked with a firm that you think
would make an excellent new member,
please let our CEO, Maria Nazario know.
Send an e-mail to
[email protected]
The link to our most current
membership
statistics is always reflected in
"real time." Just remember it fluctuates
up and down depending on the time you
review the statistics.
Business Referrals
Business referrals in April and May
have been very impressive. During
the Vancouver conference 23 people
stood up and talked about the
interaction they had with other
Integra members. Some of the
referrals have become ongoing
engagements while others have helped
fellow professionals run their
businesses better. No matter how
large or small the contact has been,
they reflect on the success of our
association. Integra works!
If you would like to report any referrals
or assistance, please send an e-mail
to one of us and we will gladly
report on your behalf.
It is your chance to publicly thank
your colleagues.
Read more »
Member News
This issue reports on client
seminars, address changes,
professional appointments and
awards, community work and two firm
withdrawals.
If you have an item of interest that
you want our members to know about,
just drop us a short e-mail.
Read more »
Other News
Member Database and
International Directory
The new and improved International
Directory has now been delivered to
all members. Please review the
details we have for your firm.
The directory is intricately linked to our web
site so updating the details of each
firm in the printed directory will
occur concurrently with updates to
our website.
We’ve asked each member firm to ensure that
all professional staff are included
in
our database so that Integra can
directly send our newsletters and
conference information to them. We
want to thank the many firms that
submitted the information. However, there
still remains a gap between the
number of professional staff
according to our membership
statistics (3,566) and our mailing database
(787).
We realize that not all staff
in your firm speak English but by
them receiving information directly
from Integra, they will feel part of
the organization. They are the
future leaders of your firm and it
will benefit the firm in the long
run.
If you are the main contact person
for your firm, please respond with the
names and
e-mail addresses of all your
professional staff. This can only
help your firm experience the power
of your Integra membership by
engaging your entire staff in what's
happening at Integra.
Annual June 2016 Conference
- Oslo, Norway
The invitations for the annual June
conference were sent several weeks
ago and periodic reminders have
followed. The sender of the
invitation and reminders is Renee
Dominique. Because she is new to
Integra, some e-mail systems are
directing her mail into spam
folders. If you have not received
the invitation please check your
spam folder and adjust your settings
or contact
Renee to resolve the
issue. All the planning has been
completed and all conference details
are available for viewing on our
website including links to the
hotel, the agenda and a video about
Oslo.
Upcoming 2016 Conference Dates and
Locations:
- Annual June 2016 Conference -
Oslo, Norway: June 16 - 18, Radisson
Blu Scandinavia Hotel Oslo
- LATAM Conference (in Spanish) –
Postponed. New date and hotel
information will be provided soon.
- Cross Border Tax Workshop
– Lisbon, Portugal: September 17,
hotel to be announced
- October Global Conference 2016 -
Cape
Town: October 20 - 22, Mound Nelson
Hotel
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