2008 AFAANZ Outstanding Contribution to Practice Award

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Past Recipients

(2005): Professor Tony van Zijl, School of Accounting and Commercial Law, Victoria University of Wellington

(2003): Associate Professor Malcolm Miller, University of New South Wales

(2001): Professor Michael Bradbury, Unitec New Zealand & Professor Ken Leo, Curtin University of Technology

Inaugural Award (1999): Professor Graham Peirson, Monash University

Aim
The aim of this award is to recognise outstanding contributions to practice by members of AFAANZ. The award recognises the vital links between academe and practice and seeks to acknowledge outstanding contributions to practice in the professional areas of accounting and finance.

An award will be made every three years provided nomination(s) are of a sufficiently high merit and meet the selection criteria. There is no limit on the number of such awards that can be made to an individual member.

Eligibility
Only current (financial or life) members of AFAANZ are eligible for nomination.
The contribution to practice award recognises typically the contributions made by a member on a voluntary basis. Contributions made by way of consultancies where members are paid at competitive rates should not normally be included for consideration. Normally, nominees will have made contributions over a sustained period of years.

Criteria
The selection criteria consists of:

• Representation and active contribution to state or national committees of CPA Australia, ICAA, NIA or NZICA, and any other contribution to a relevant state or national professional body such as CIMA, SIA, AIBF, AIM, FMA and ACMAD or relevant overseas counterpart to such organisations;

• Contribution to the activities of relevant professional organisations such as reports, submissions, reviews, presentations, conference activity, education and lobbying;

• Membership of committees, groups or boards involved with accounting pronouncements such as the AASB, PSASB, FRSB, ASRB, UIG, Auditing Standards Board;

• Contribution to international organisations such as the IASC;

• Evidence of the establishment and/or strengthening of links between academe and practice;

• Competitive grants awarded for practice activities

• Contributions to research via journal articles, research assignments, specialist reports, preparation of monographs or the like, for bodies such as AARF, NZICA,, CIMA, SIA, AIBF, AIM, FMA, ACMAD;

• Honorary awards and membership bestowed by relevant professional organisations;

• Work for relevant governments and government committees at all levels of government;

• Contributions by way of committee work, reports, submissions and lobbying to statutory and other regulatory bodies (eg. ASIC, AFMA, APRA, ASX, SFE);

Application
Each application shall be in writing and received by the deadline. Nominations must be made by two current members of AFAANZ and must contain the signed consent of the nominee. Applications should address the criteria for the award and where appropriate, include examples of contributions and supporting documentation from appropriate practitioners. It is envisaged that the text addressing the criteria be no more than 10 single-sided A4 pages excluding supporting documentation. Applications should also include current vitae of the nominee.

Nomination deadline
Nominees will be finalised by way of written submissions from proposers addressing the selection criteria. Nominations for the 2008 award are to be received by the AFAANZ Secretariat by Friday, 6 June 2008.

Please send all nominations to Ms Cheryl Umoh, Executive Director, AFAANZ, Level 1, 156 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia.