Paul Simkins, director, quality assurance
Paul trained with Thomson McLintock (KPMG) and held senior finance roles/directorships in service and manufacturing businesses, most recently with the British Standards Institute, before his appointment as Director of QAD in 2003.
He became the ICAEW's Money Laundering Reporting Officer in 2006.
QAD performs the ICAEW's monitoring function for c. 12,000 ICAEW firms/practitioners in relation to Audit, Insolvency, DPB and Practice Assurance.
QAD is also responsible for performing the ICAEW's monitoring responsibilities as a Supervisory Authority under the new Money Laundering Regulations (2007).