Appointment of Liz Blackburn to the Board

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The Asia Scotland Institute announces that Liz Blackburn has joined its Board. A graduate of Dundee University, Liz’s roles with blue chip financial services organisations and two of the “Big 4” accountants over the past 35 years have given her extensive experience of financial reporting, external audit, review and challenge, risk and control assessments, driving Risk Culture activities, Operational and ESE risk, and exposure to Board Risk Committees.  She has a passion for, and track record of, information gathering, sharing insights, building collaborative relationships and helping businesses and individuals develop and succeed.

Liz has been a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) since 2005. She was elected to ACCAs Governance Council in November 2017 – and has served on their Resource Oversight Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee, Scotland Committee, Standards Board and Regulatory Board.  She was awarded ACCA UKs Advocate of the Year in 2016.

Liz chairs ACCAs Accountants for Business Global Forum, a group of 25-30 CFOs from around the world which discusses a wide range of topics. Output from the Forum informs ACCAs Professional Insights (PI) research, and as such Liz has worked with the PI team and contributed to several PI reports.

Liz has recently been appointed as an Independent Member of Court at Abertay University and as a Trustee.  She will join their Audit & Risk Committee.

After being an enthusiastic supporter for a number of years, Liz joined Asia Scotland Institute as the Regional Coordinator in 2022 working with our Regional Representatives in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.

Roddy Gow, Chairman and Founder of the Asia Scotland Institute, expressed his enthusiasm:

“We are really delighted that Liz will play an important role, especially in working closely with the university sector and helping firm up our operational activities. She is a great addition to the team”.