Get involved
If you’re confident and have experience of running network meetings or keen to learn and would like to become part of this new initiative, we’d love to hear from you.
You’ll be supported by us at the IAB and provide feedback and findings from each meeting helping us support you and your group plus the wider members.
We’ve already set up groups across the whole of the UK to help support IAB members and we’d love you to be part of this.
Being part of a group will help gain even more support and build a close network with other bookkeepers.
Ambassador Groups have a maximum of 6 people, including the Ambassador and each meeting will be 1 hour long via Zoom. It’s your chance to gain valuable support from your fellow members where together you can grow your practices.
By being part of a group, you will have the opportunity to voice your views and help shape the future of the IAB.
Our ambassadors
In their own words: what the role means to them.
What the role means to me
I run a small bookkeeping and payroll practice and have over 30 years experience working in practice and industry. One main thing that I have learned over the years is its good to help others and not be afraid to ask for help from other bookkeepers and accountants. Being an Ambassador for the IAB enables me to do this. The members in my group are friendly and approachable and we always have fun on our meetings and of course we have the support of the IAB which is great.
What the role means to me
I feel being an ambassador is a great opportunity and privilege. It enables me to support, mentor and assist likeminded people it has also widened my experiences and I feel able to go to your group when you have an issue with either a client or HMRC and gain the experience and viewpoint of others is invaluable. It has given me the confidence to grow my business and the opportunity to make connections with other members of the IAB and wider industry.
What the role means to me
Being an IAB ambassador has allowed me to connect with Bookkeepers and Accountants that are extremely passionate about making a difference and discovering what we can do to make it better! I love being part of the accounting industry and a member of the IAB and it’s great being part of the IAB ambassador group. You become an important link between the IAB leadership team and the group members and IAB has been very supportive of my professional development. By being an IAB ambassador, I feel that I’m giving support to others members as well as receiving it.
What the role means to me
I am so passionate about the Accounting industry, I believe this role will give me the opportunity to help, advise and develop the current and future bookkeepers. The bookkeepers deserve to have recognition for what they bring to the sector. Accountants and Companies need great bookkeepers if IAB is the stepping stone I would like to be there on the journey.
What the role means to me
I am Helen of Digital Blue Accounting, based on the West Sussex/Surrey border. I have been trading since 2010, and prior to that was employed for 10 years in a variety of accounting / finance roles.
I work on Xero, Quickbooks and Sage Business Cloud, with clients including a pub, a monastery, a roofer and a transportation company! I take pride in my dynamic, colourful and puzzle-solving outlook! I love to streamline procedures to make the accounting function run smoothly with as little human intervention as possible.
I am married to David, have 3 daughters, a stepson and a stepcat, play saxophone, and am a proud vegan and tree-hugger.
What the role means to me
Having been a member of the IAB for many years and seen how much it and the industry has changed when the Ambassador Groups were set up I applied and was lucky enough to be allocated to the Bijou Coffee Group run by Elaine Pearce. Within the Group we have been a huge support to each other through AML Inspections and general day to day bookkeeping and accounting queries. It really is like having work colleagues without having the office. I recently took over from Elaine as leader of the Group and we are currently looking forward to a new member joining us and continuing to support each other.
What the role means to me
KLP Bookkeeping Ltd since 2004. My greatest professional achievement has been navigating the changing landscape of bookkeeping for 21 years, embracing change and maintaining client relationships. I wanted to become an Ambassador after being part of a group for a couple of years and really thriving with the smaller ensemble of like minded people. I enjoy sharing this journey with others, and the mutual benefits it brings. Our group is talented, knowledgeable and kind. We are all on very different stages of our careers, offering various services, however we appear to be the perfect venn diagram of experiences, which means our meetings are always resourceful and inspiring.
What the role means to me
One of the best things to come out of running my own practice, has been the great relationships that have grown with both clients and colleagues in the industry. Becoming an IAB member instantly made me feel part of an organisation that cared about its members and their success and so being asked to become an ambassador felt both an honour and a privilege. The groups provide an invaluable link between members and IAB leadership and allows us to share and discuss the hot topics in the industry as well as support each other with day-to-day questions and problems that arise for us all as practitioners.
What the role means to me
My journey within the Accountancy Sector came later in life for me and it wasn’t my original chosen career path. That was almost 25 years ago, and now I have built a practice with 6 of us working here and over 300 clients ranging from Sub-Contractors & Sole Traders to Multi-million-pound limited companies. I have been extremely fortunate within my path, and I would like to share that experience with others, both the highs and the lows, and to assist to nurture up and coming people into the industry. I am very grateful and humbled to be given that exact opportunity by the IAB.
Join a group today!
To apply to be an Ambassador or to join an Ambassador group, please fill in our application form on the button below.
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