Julia Penny
J S Penny BA BFP FCA
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Biography
Julia qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant in 1989 having first completed an honours degree in Accountancy and Finance at Brighton Polytechnic.
Soon after qualifying she moved into a training role, initially teaching students and later moving into CPD training and technical roles. She specialises in audit, financial reporting and anti-money laundering and has worked for diverse organisations including Wolters Kluwer, Wilmington plc, Chantrey Vellacott and Baker Tilly (now RSM). She is currently self-employed.
Julia became involved with Thames Valley Society of Chartered Accountants early in her career and served first as treasurer and then as the Society President in 2001-2.
Later she became chair of the ICAEW Technical Advisory Committee and a member of both the Technical Strategy and Financial Reporting Faculty Boards. Julia has been a Council member since 2013 and an ICAEW Board member since 2017. She is also currently chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee.
Julia will be Vice-President for the year from June 2020 to June 2021, subject to her formal election at the June 2020 Council meeting.
She will be Deputy-President from June 2021 to June 2022 then become ICAEW President from June 2022 to June 2023.
Julia is married with two grown-up children (one of whom is also now a Chartered Accountant). In her spare time she enjoys playing golf, baking and working on improving her Spanish.
I am a social media enthusiast, so you can follow my updates on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Declaration of Interests
Membership of, or interests in, formal bodies or groups, including other professional bodies
- Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants
Membership of ICAEW Council, ICAEW Boards and other ICAEW Committees
- Council
- Board
- Chair of Ethics Advisory Committee
- Chair of Thames Valley Technical Advisory Committee
Partnerships, Directorships or beneficial interests in companies
- I am the sole director and owner of JS Penny Ltd, trading as JS Penny Consulting, through which I provide training and technical services to those within the accountancy or related professions.
Professional or social relationships with individuals who have business relationships or who compete with ICAEW
- I maintain some friendships with staff of my former employer, Wilmington PLC. That company does business with ICAEW and in some areas competes with ICAEW. My freelance work means that I may provide services to businesses or organisations that compete or do business with ICAEW.
- I provide technical review/writing services to Bloomsbury, with whom the ICAEW contract in relation to the Bloomsbury online service.
- On occasions I am commissioned to provide articles for the ICAEW Insights online publication. These commissions are on normal commercial terms. I also regularly provide free articles for ICAEW regional and national publications.
- I provide consultancy services to Inflo Group Limited with whom ICAEW has a business relationship.
Any other matters you feel should be identified
- My son works for KPMG