UKEB Financial Instruments Working Group Appointments

We are pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to the UKEB’s Financial Instruments Working Group (FIWG).

Jessie Shi is an Executive Director and CFO at Great Lakes Insurance UK Ltd (“GLLS”), a UK based general insurance firm within Munich Re Group, with broad responsibilities across financial management, actuarial reserving, investments, corporate finance, and taxation. She is also a member of the ABI Prudential, Financial and Taxation Committee in the UK and a Fellow member of CPA Australia.

Kim Abbott is a Senior Accounting Expert at Huawei, with more than 10 years’ experience of financial instruments within the non-financial sector. Kim also has extensive financial services experience in accounting technical roles. She is a Chartered Accountant, with membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

Michael Tiplady is the Head of Hedge Accounting for NatWest Group, advising on the technical accounting aspects of financial instruments and ensuring hedge accounting is applied correctly within a strong control environment. Recently, his role has expanded into lead the Financial Control elements of the Groups major Treasury businesses. Michael is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand.

The FIWG provides the UKEB Secretariat with relevant and timely technical advice and specialist knowledge, in respect of IASB financial instrument-related projects.

Details of all the FIWG members can be found on the UKEB website.