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Changing times in Finance - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Seminar - July 17, 2003
World Trade Centre, Amsterdam
Admission is free by advance registration.

Kelly Financial Resources, a business unit of staffing leader Kelly Services has pleasure to be hosting this important seminar that will address chief financial executives, managers and controllers in The Netherlands to share knowledge on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other topics within the financial profession.

The seminar will focus on the enforcement standards of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the law’s stringent new parameters on the relationship that exists between an auditing firm and its publicly held clients. The financial profession across the world can’t afford to underestimate the task ahead. Implementation will be both time-consuming and costly. The immediate and long-term challenge will lie in adjusting systems, staffing and cultures to the requirements and expectations of this new financial environment.

The seminar programme boasts specialists from world’s leading professional service companies on the topic who will be providing background information on the new law and share their experiences in relation to this Act. 

Programme:

13.30 Reception
14.00 Introduction
14.30 Sarbanes-Oxley Act - the background
15.30 Specialist presentations
16.30 Panel Session
17.00 Refreshment & Buffet

Key presenters include;

Mr. Rob Muller - Financial Director Kelly Services, The Netherlands
Rob Muller is the Finance Director of Kelly Services Netherlands. Being part of a US based, Nasdaq listed, company he is confronted with the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in his daily work. He is a certified auditor who before working

for Kelly Services has worked in the Staffing Industry as well as for ING and Deloitte & Touche.

Mr. Kosta Weber, Global Risk Management Solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers.  
Mr Kosta is a member of PwC's core team helping SEC registrants in meeting the requirements as set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He is involved in a number of Sarbanes-Oxley Act related advisory projects as an experienced manager. Kosta is focused on risk management and internal control design and improvement. Before working for PricewaterhousCoopers, as well as Arthur Andersen, Kosta has worked in the industry as a controller and analyst.

Mr. John Stynes, Finance Manager, Cisco EOC (European Operating Centre), responsible for the Virtual Close of the EOC which is the EMEA Buy/Sell entity, EMEA Corporate Reporting and Control and leading the EMEA US GAAP centre of excellence.

Mr. Erik van der Plaats, European Commission official at Directorate General Internal Market – Directorate financial markets on behalf of the European Commission, in charge of policy making for statutory audit and accounting strategy. Specific responsibilities include:

  • Drafting of the European Commission Recommendations: on quality assurance for statutory auditors and on auditor independence;
  • Case handler for several European Union laws (Directives) such as the fair value accounting Directive and the Directive on financial reporting thresholds;
  • Secretary of the EU Committee on Auditing, a committee of 15 Member States audit regulators;
  • Case handler for the outreach effects to the EU of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
  • EU-US regulatory dialogue, in charge for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and audit issues;
  • Drafting of the forthcoming European Commission Communication on audit priorities

Previous positions included audit team leader at the European Commission where he had conducted several internal audits and special investigations within the European Commission. Prior to this, as a self employed financial expert, Mr,Van de Platts managed several financial and had  implemented accounting systems, internal control and internal reporting systems for various companies. During this time he also prepared financial statements.

Publications to his name include;

  • Article in the European Accounting review “regulating auditor independence” published in Volume 9 : Number 4 : November 2000; 
  • A chapter on budget and financial management for a book on public management published in September 1996.

Attendees will benefit from the program whatever their stage of awareness, understanding or implementation of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

Admission is free. Advance reservations are required and can be made by online registration or by contacting Kelly Financial Resources at (+ 31 (0) 20 - 607 77 or via email at: seminar@kellyservices.nl

About Kelly Financial Resources
Kelly Financial Resources operates from 35 offices in 10 countries around the world. Kelly has experienced and knowledgeable recruiters who find talent in a number of disciplines in the accounting and finance fields, including public accounting, general accounting, payroll/billing, internal audit, tax, budgeting and cost accounting, financial analysis, treasury, cash management, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions and credit management. For more information about Kelly Financial Resources visit www.kellyfinance.com.

About Kelly Services, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Troy, Mich., offering human resources solutions that include temporary services, staff leasing, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement.  With more than 2,400 company owned and operated offices in 26 countries, Kelly provides to its customers nearly 700,000 employees annually, with skills including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, light industrial, education and health care.  Sales in 2002 were $4.3 billion.  Visit www.kellyservices.com.

About PWC
PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) is the world's largest professional services organisation. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 125,000 people in 142 countries, we build relationships by providing services based on quality and integrity. "PricewaterhouseCoopers" refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.)

About Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com.

About The European Commission
News and Information are available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm

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Register immediately for advance registrationFor more background information on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: check out our whitepaper