Cat is Head of Retail and a Partner at Cooper Parry. Cat joined Cooper Parry in 2004 and has spent the last 21 years working with a particular focus on retail clients. She speaks regularly at industry events, including co-hosting the Halfords IFRS 16 Forum for Retailers, and until recently was the Chair of the ICAEW’s Retail Advisory Group. Cat leads the special projects team at Cooper Parry, working alongside management teams on financial reporting projects, reviewing subsidiary audits, looking at royalty and rebate recovery, helping with IFRS transitions and implementing Internal Audit programmes. She brings a commercial approach to projects, identifying areas of business improvement and explaining them in a clear, simple way to manage and exceed stakeholder expectations.  

Alex has been Group Financial Reporting Manager at Halfords since 2022. Having started his career at PwC, working on the audits of several UK retailers, Alex joined Halfords in 2020 as an internal auditor before moving across into Financial Reporting. At Halfords Alex leads on the production of the Group accounts as well as accounting for FX/Treasury and Share based payments, and providing technical accounting advice for the business.

Ian joined the FRC’s Corporate Reporting Review team as a Case Officer in 2021. Previously he held various technical accounting roles mainly with UK listed companies.

Richard has been a Case Director at the Financial Reporting Council since 2017. Prior to joining the FRC, he spent 14 years at EY, where he worked in financial accounting advisory, assisting clients on technical accounting matters. Prior to his time at EY, he worked in the US – in positions within both practice and industry.

Ffion has a decade of experience in accounting and finance roles at Cummins Inc, CRH Plc, and Halfords Group Plc. With over six of those years in internal controls and internal audit. Her current focus is on navigating the changes to the corporate governance code and provision 29.