BECOME AN AMBASSADOR
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.
GET SUPPORT TO BUILD YOUR PRACTICE
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.
Jennifer Barker
Jennifer Barker
Being an IAB Ambassador has been so interesting and rewarding. By stepping forward to be involved in this program, I have opened doors for myself to receive endless support for my business. I feel an equal member to my group and we all look forward to meeting to support each other on future topics and current day to day situations. I have the opportunity to give feedback to the IAB that has very quickly shaped the support offered to all members, we have a voice into the heart of the IAB and we reap the rewards of all their support.
Joyce O'Leary
Joyce O’Leary
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.
Rich Beale
Rich Beale
It has been a pleasure and privilege to run an Ambassador Group for the IAB. Since starting our group we have become a friendly, enthusiastic and supportive bunch. We all come from different backgrounds and have different specialities and experiences, but it is a great opportunity to share ideas, discuss challenges and offer help and encouragement to each other on a regular basis.
Rachel Roden
Rachel Roden
For me being an IAB Ambassador is about passing on my experience as a bookkeeper and business owner to others, supporting them in their business journey and getting support and new ideas from other bookkeepers. In our very new group, nobody has the same type of clients or interests but we all had shared motives and ideals and instantly found that we shared the same challenges every day.
Robyn Richards
Robyn Richards
As soon as I heard about the ambassador program I knew I wanted to be involved and being an ambassador for the IAB has been an opportunity to engage and support others in the accounting and bookkeeping industry. Our group meetings are a chance to discuss the challenges and offer support for each other’s businesses in a friendly, informal environment. Going forward, I am hoping my involvement can help shape the IAB so it can benefit each one of our members and I am excited for the future.
Caroline Metcalf
Caroline Metcalf
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.
Louise Moore
Louise Moore
I am so pleased to have been given the role of Ambassador with the IAB for so many reasons! The online bookkeeping community grew hugely through the pandemic and the support that I had and still have from other people in the same position was invaluable. The ambassador group is my opportunity to get involved in this way with other members of IAB from a ‘community over competition’ perspective and to support each other on our business journeys. These groups are a great channel of communication between the IAB leadership team and their Members which is so important for both.
Mohammed Karolia
Mohammed Karolia
To be an ambassador is a huge honour. As this is a reflection of the respect I have among my peers at the IAB and the duty required by me. Off the back of this I am humbled and work toward the betterment of my career and practice. To work with others and help bridge the gap between members and my self is truly a humbling experience and I hope to honour and uphold the work conducted by the IAB
Anita Maddock
Anita Maddock
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.
Michele Yianni
Michele Yianni
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.
Angela Fisken
Angela Fisken
Being an Ambassador of the IAB is a real honour as I have quite a few years experience as a Self Employed Bookkeeper and the knowledge built up over these years can be passed on to help the new wave of bookkeepers coming into the industry. I love hosting my coffee mornings, as a group we are really getting to know each other and the support everyone gives is invaluable. It is great to know that you are not on your own and you only have to reach out to your group and someone will be able to help or just listen to your concerns and celebrate your wins.
Emma James
Emma James
Community and collaboration over competition are really important to me, and I think sharing our experiences and lessons we've learned helps the profession more generally, which is why I wanted to be an Ambassador. I'm looking forward to building a group that can provide support and guidance to each other.
Helen Ghosh
Helen Ghosh
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.
Deb Halliday
Deb Halliday
I am thrilled to accept the invitation to become an ambassador for the IAB - Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers. With over 30+ years of experience in business I bring a broad range of skills and knowledge to the table.
Having qualified with IAB Diploma in 2008, and worked within Practice since then, I have always been passionate about promoting the importance of education and support for accounting and bookkeeping professionals. I am a member of The 6 Figure Bookkeepers and a Profit First Professional. My diverse background in Retail Management, Accounts, Sales, Marketing and Business Development Leadership has given me a unique perspective on the challenges that small businesses face.
As an ambassador for the IAB, I am committed to promoting the importance of the accounting and bookkeeping industry in supporting small businesses. I am also eager to share my expertise and insights with other professionals in the industry to help them better serve their clients.
Having founded The Accounts Ladies, a team of Business financial Coaches, Accountants and Bookkeepers. We have helped many small business owners achieve their financial and personal goals. I am excited to extend this impact by serving as an ambassador for the IAB, and I look forward to contributing to their mission to provide high-quality education and support to accounting and bookkeeping professionals.
Karen Balloch
Karen Balloch
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.
Sharon Carter
Sharon Carter
With the family dog Robbie snuggled up beside me, I run my small bookkeeping practice from a log cabin, in the garden of my home in rural Dorset.
At the end of 2020, my husband and I left the construction company that he had started back in 2003 and where, for those 17 years, I had been the ‘One Stop Shop’ for finance, admin, HR and Health and Safety. Prior to this I enjoyed a 14-year career with H.S.B.C, moving around branches in various roles including a 4-year stint in a Business Banking team. I also spent many years volunteering as a school governor and a Trustee for a local Multi Academy Trust, currently I am a volunteer for SHOUT, the UK’s 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis.
Gradually setting up and running the practice, has been challenging but building relationships with my clients, learning about their businesses, and helping to keep them on track with the finance side of things, is extremely rewarding.
Amanda Webb
Amanda Webb
I live in Crawley, West Sussex, with my husband, 2 grown up daughters and my dog, a fox red labrador called Harvey. I have had a few different careers, including a personal and commercial lines insurance underwriter, a childminder, a Children and Family Centre Manager and a Business Manager in a children's day nursery. It was during Covid that I realised that I wanted to learn some new skills and decided to do my Level 2 and 3 Bookkeeping with AAT.
In April 2022, Amanda Webb Accounts was started, alongside my full-time job at the nursery. I quickly started to get enquiries about my bookkeeping services and was so successful that I was able to leave the nursery in October 2022 and go full time on the business.
I am lucky to have a great mix of clients, some, I am onsite for, providing weekly services, others who require a monthly package and the rest who just need my pay as you go service.
My true passion lies with supporting micro businesses, I really enjoy helping people set up their business, most of whom it has been a hobby that they have developed into making them a living. I enjoy helping small business owners to be super organised when it comes to their finances. I encourage them all to use software and my preference is FreeAgent, although I have clients on Sage, Xero, QuickBooks and Landmark.
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