Faculty

The Acumen Global Training team includes a group of extraordinary faculty members with broad backgrounds in IFRS, USGAAP, Auditing, and so many more topics.  All of our instructors have an impressive list of past clients in many of the major industries. Because the global economy is constantly changing, we make it our job to stay on top of any new developments in accounting standards or rules that may apply to various businesses. Our instructors constantly update their knowledge and training for all new pronouncements and provide vivid examples and case studies to illustrate the major concepts. We bring this constant vigilance and expertise to you in all of our training and consultancy events.

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InstructorSpecialist Topics
Christine M. AndersonIFRS, US-GAAP, Audit and Advisory Services
Bobbe M. BarnesIFRS, US GAAP, Strategic Cost, XBRL
Michael BecharaInternal Controls and Risk Management
Farah De RouckIFRS, US GAAP
Bahaa El-EidIFRS, US and CAD GAAP, Oil & Gas, Financial Services
Steve HenningIFRS, US GAAP, Corporate Governance, Fraud, Auditing, IPSAS
Karen Kalishek IFRS, US GAAP
Emil KorenIFRS, US GAAP, Strategic Cost, Audit
Joseph B. NelsonUS GAAP, Fraud, Forensic, Intellectual Property, Legal Environment, SOX
Kurt P. RaminIFRS, US GAAP, XBRL
Howard S. SibelmanIFRS, US GAAP
J. Michael SlocumRegulatory Compliance, Contract Negotiation, Contract Administration including US Government Contracting, Clinical and other Research Contracts
Veronique WeetsIFRS

 

Introducing Bobbe M. Barnes

Bobbe is an educator and consultant with many years of professional experience in IFRS, US GAAP, and certification training around the world. She recently completed nine years overseas working in emerging economies, where she led the team that developed the Certified International Professional Accounting certificate program, comprising training courses and examinations. Bobbe has worked in many countries including the USA, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, Middle East, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, and South Korea. Bobbe is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM). In addition, she is active in the Institute of Management Accountants, having just completed a term on the Board of Directors, after serving for two years on the standing Committee on Ethics.

Just recently she was a keynote speaker at the International Accounting and Auditing Conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and a speaker at the fifth annual Middle East IFRS and Accounting Summit 2009 in Dubai, where she also conducted a full day workshop on Financial Instruments.