Evie Bowyer
Evie Bowyer began her career with Spicer and Peglar in 1967 as their first female articled clerk and was admitted to membership of the ICAEW in 1972. She then spent four decades training accountancy students, specialising in financial and management accounting, and worked with all the major UK training organisations, including BPP of which she was a director. Having become an independent tutor in the early 1990s Evie collaborated with Emile Woolf International in Eastern and Central Europe mainly delivering IFRS courses, some of which were in consecutive translation in Russian. Other clients included the Management unit of Reading University presenting courses up to MBA level. Evie has contributed extensively to the ICAEW including serving on Council for 20 years, as the London Society of Chartered Accountants Chairman 1995/96 and as an honorary Vice President of CASSL.
"I feel very honoured and humbled to be selected as the winner of the ICAEW Founding Societies Award.
I would like to thank my nominator for putting me forward for the award and the selection committee for selecting me. Not an easy job I know having, in the past, sat on a similar committee myself.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers and ICAEW & LSCA staff, past and present, that I have worked with over many years for their support and advice.
I am very grateful that I have been able to give back a little to the Institute that gave me the qualification to enjoy a very long, interesting, and successful career."
Ian Davies
Ian Davies was President of ACASS and qualified in London. He worked internationally and became an audit partner at PwC in 1991.
On moving from the audit profession, Ian then served as Chairman, SID and NED of several listed, private and not-for-profit companies, charities and public sector organisations. Ian was a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University.
He was the Southern Society District President and served twelve years on Council and five on the Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
"I am deeply honoured to receive this Outstanding Achievement Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
I am grateful to have been able to contribute to a profession which underpins confidence in the global economy. I am sincerely grateful for the challenge, collaboration and support of my professional colleagues who have contributed to my involvement as a volunteer over the last fifty years.
The achievements of all volunteers are the result of shared effort, learning, and encouragement from an inspiring professional community. Their collective contributions have played a very important role in the development of the profession.
I accept this award with humility on behalf of all my professional colleagues and fellow volunteers."
Catherine Hardinge
Partner, Price Bailey LLP
Catherine is an FCA and a Partner at Price Bailey LLP, a mid-tier accountancy firm. With over 30 years of experience in the accounting and audit profession.
She is the firms compliance partner and supports teams with auditing and accounting matters as well as training.
Shee is a member of the IFAC Small and Medium Practices Advisory Group and serves on the ICAEW Audit and Assurance Faculty Board.
"Being nominated and selected as a winner of the ICAEW Founding Societies Award is a real honour, and I feel extremely grateful. Volunteering with the ICAEW has been rewarding, and it’s given me the chance to work with great people—both the ICAEW team and fellow volunteers. I’m grateful to Price Bailey for supporting my volunteering with the ICAEW. It means a great deal to be able to represent my peers, and I have learnt a lot from the various roles and encourage other members to get actively involved with the ICAEW too. This is a moment I’ll always treasure."
Richard Stokes
Richard qualified with Price Waterhouse & Co in Newcastle upon Tyne before moving into the financial services sector.
After nearly five years in the City in the unit trust industry, he travelled extensively in Africa before working for a merchant bank in Johannesburg, eventually arriving in Australia in 1984.
In Sydney he worked with various investment management companies before setting up his own specialist consultancy firm in 1989. Stokes Partners International provides consultancy services to global and Australian investment businesses offering managed investment schemes in product development, compliance and training.
Richard is also an external compliance committee member for managed investment schemes offered in Australia by fund managers currently including Auscap Asset Management, PM Capital, and MAN Investments Australia.
He is a non-executive director, and a compliance advisor to boutique fund managers.
Richard is married to Jan who is a Chartered Accountant. They have two adult sons.
"I was genuinely surprised to find that I had been nominated for this Award and delighted to receive this recognition.
I initiated the Sydney City Group over 20 years ago. From its early days the Group has provided a venue for members to hear from a diverse range of speakers followed by an opportunity to network with fellow members often meeting up with colleagues with whom they had trained years earlier. The Group’s Committee members have organised many events including popular social gatherings on a regular basis ever since, with growing support from those responsible for International members at CAH.
I’d particularly like to acknowledge each of the volunteer members of the Committee and our Council Member, Clare Bewsher, all of whom have contributed to the Group’s undoubted success in raising the profile of the Institute in Australia. To all those who have engaged with the Group, I sincerely thank you. It’s been a great journey that has given me enormous pleasure and allowed me to make many friends."