Eddy has been on the Isle of Man for more than 20 years, returning to his family’s roots after graduating with an Accounting & Finance degree. After qualifying as a Certified Accountant, he specialised in the trust and company arena before joining BPP in 2000.
Eddy became the youngest President of the ACCA District Society and keeps a keen interest in the local and international organisations, having represented the UK on the ACCA’s International Assembly.
Having several years’ industry experience allows Eddy to address real business problems in the classroom. His philosophy is that every delegate should gain knowledge that can be applied in the work place on a regular basis.
Eddy’s driving motivation is to ensure the Isle of Man maintains its premier division status and to help drive the Island forward with a well trained and motivated work force.
Alan is a lecturer and consultant specialising in compliance, anti-money laundering and corporate governance. With over 20 years teaching experience, his client list includes specialist training organisations such as BPP and Kaplan, as well as the training department of accountancy practices including a big 4 firm.
He provides other training services including an Internet based business simulation and bespoke system development.
Alan lives in Leicester, but is a keen supporter of business services provided on the Island.
Peter joined the MPES staff in 2004.
His professional tuition focuses on the ACCA's audit based papers and ICSA's corporate governance papers.
A former student representative on the island's ACCA committee, he has a wide accounting experience of retail and financial services. His experience includes exposure to, and involvement with, plc and FTSE100 companies in the UK, as well as large multinational organisations outside the UK.
He continues to carry out an accounting function in the real world as a consultant for the Isle of Man Insurance and Pensions Authority
Peter feels that his working knowledge makes a big difference when teaching these subjects, as it provides students with a practical insight to the subjects - a sentiment which is borne out by his students’ success rates.
Ken qualified as a Certified Accountant and Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation some 30 years ago (with outstanding results).
Ken has a vast depth of work experience in both industry and lecturing and has held several key lecturer positions with Sandwell College, Reed Business School, and FTC, before branching out into freelance teaching.
Ken’s main subjects are F9 (Financial Management), P4 (Advanced Financial Management) and F7 (Financial Reporting-UK variant). He also teaches subjects for The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
When he’s not teaching, Ken is kept busy presenting technical updates for various professional firms and district societies.
Steve Lawrence has been a lecturer for over 20 years during which time he has lectured to students and professional audiences in several parts of the world, including London, Moscow, Zagreb, Dubai, Jeddah, Beijing, Mauritius, Rome, Madrid and Kuala Lumpur.
Before becoming a professional lecturer, he worked for 10 years in various accounting positions in commercial and industrial organisations.
Steve has a Masters degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
He has published numerous articles, including many in the ACCA student journal, and is the author of textbooks on International Accounting and Advanced Financial Accounting
Colin, a graduate in economics and a chartered accountant who, after qualifying with Deloittes, London (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers) built a career in the private sector of accountancy training.
Between 1974 – 1987, he worked for ATC London (now part of FTC). During this time he was head of the national tax team responsible for all tax study materials used by ATC and lectured on ICAEW professional examination courses in taxation, economics and financial accounting.
After leaving ATC he was a freelance teacher for ten years, initially on ICAEW courses, but after 1991 mainly ACCA and CIMA.
In 1997, Colin re-joined ATC working for their overseas division, ATC International, teaching ACCA and CIMA courses in most countries of the former Soviet Union.
In 2002, he joined the Emile Woolf training company in London, but left, following the take-over by FTC in late 2003, to resume his career as a freelance teacher and author in the UK and abroad.
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