I am very pleased to announce that Harsh Bhuta, Bhuta Shah & Co LLP, India has been elected as Chair of the Morison KSi Asia Pacific Board. This is following the standing down of Paul Wan who has been Chair of Asia Pacific since its establishment in 1992. Please see attached a press released for more information.   On behalf of all members, we congratulate Harsh on his election. Also, special thanks are due to Paul Wan for his 28 years’ service as Chair of Asia Pacific.

Hoek en Blok started in 1990 with just a handful of employees – now it has a strong 150-person team. We asked Kemal Acar, Partner and Principal Con- tact for Morison KSi and Wim Stuij, one of the firm’s founding Partners who retires this year, a few questions on the success of the firm and how being a member of Morison KSi has played an important part of that journey.

Morison KSi is pleased to announce 8 new directors on 4 of its regional Boards.

Morison KSi members NSG Morison and Fineac Treuhand have welcomed new key contacts to their team.

Morison KSi announces changes to the position of Chair and Vice Chair. The press release covers a professional profile for both Paul Wan, the new Chair, and Mark Baran, the new Vice-Chair.

Sandra Ataman of McCarney Group (Toronto, Canada) has been appointed as the new Chair of Morison KSi North America. This is further to the standing down of Bill Norwalk, Sensiba San Filippo (San Franciso, US) who has served as Chair since 2016. Bill will be retiring from his firm Sensiba San Filippo in 2021.

As part of its strategic succession and leadership transition plan, New York member Marks Paneth, has announced that Abe Schlisselfeld has been elected Successor Managing Partner to the current Managing Partner, Harry Moehringer, who is approaching retirement. Mr. Schlisselfeld’s term begins 1 January 2021, and he will serve as Co-Managing Partner with Mr. Moehringer during a transitional period.

Morison KSi Africa welcomed its highest ever conference attendance on Tuesday the 7th of July, at the region’s first virtual conference, with 57 delegates from 20 countries.

Two Morison KSi members have achieved top 50 status in the respected Accounting Today’s Top 100.