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ACCA Study School – Nov 2015

Tutors’ Profiles

Mike Ashworth – Lead tutor F9 and P4

Mike has been a full time tutor with Becker Professional Education - ATC International since 1997, working

exclusively in Central and Eastern Europe. During that time he has been based in UK, Prague and Moscow

and is responsible for producing all related materials for F9 and P4. Mike lectures for the ACCA and CIMA

qualifications covering papers in financial accounting, management accounting and financial management. A

member of both the ICAEW and CFA Institute, Mike’s awards include first prize in his final ACA exams, and

PQ Magazine Overseas Lecturer of the Year 2010.

Nick Ryan –Lead tutor F2, F5, P3, and P5

Nick Ryan has worked as an ACCA tutor in Central and Eastern Europe for 14 years, including 10 years with

Becker Professional Education - ATC International, where he teaches and writes materials. Nick specialises in

performance management and business strategy. In addition to working as a tutor, Nick is a member of the

marking team for the ACCA Advanced Performance Management exam. He also regularly writes articles for

the ACCA student accountant magazine. Prior to working in training, Nick trained with KPMG in London,

where he qualified as a chartered accountant (ICAEW).

Phil Bradbury – Lead tutor F7 and P2, and DipIFRS

Phil is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). He qualified as a

Management Accountant in 1984 whilst working in the UK Public Sector. He began his career as an

accountancy and finance instructor in 1985, training civil servants for professional accountancy

qualifications. Phil has been a senior lecturer with Becker Professional Education - ATC International since

1998 and is subject specialist for papers F7 (Financial Reporting) and P2 (Corporate Reporting), and the

ACCA DipIFRS, and both lectures and authors our materials for all of these subjects.

Keith Rye – Lead tutor F8, P1, and P7

Keith trained and qualified with Price Waterhouse in the UK (1975-1982) and then became a training

manager overseas with Coopers & Lybrand. Keith has extensive practical experience in audit and quality

control reviews which is reflected in his presentation of the ACCA auditing papers (F8 and P7) and the

corporate governance, risk and ethics paper (P1). He also teaches the ACCA papers F1, F2 and F3 as well

as presenting courses on International Standards of Auditing (ISA). Keith has been with Becker Professional

Education – ATC International for fourteen years, initially based in Prague. For the last eight years Keith has

been based at our Kiev centre.

Darek Bargiel – ACCA papers F2, F3, F7, and P2

Darek worked in Deloitte & Touche, Poland as an auditor for 5 years where he also obtained ACCA. Over the

last 16 years he has been working for Becker Professional Education - ATC International as a professional

tutor specialising in Financial Reporting (IFRS) and Management Accounting. Darek regularly delivers ACCA

courses (paper F2, F3, F7 and P2), CIMA courses (C1, C2 and F1) and the Diploma in International Financial

Reporting (DipIFR).

Durgesh Desai – ACCA paper F6

Durgesh qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 1987 after completing a first degree in

Commerce. His work experience includes Deloitte, AAT and Chart Foulks-Lynch. Over his career, Durgesh

has lectured on Taxation and Financial Accounting in many countries including China, Azerbaijan, Russia,

Trinidad, Malaysia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan to name a few.

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ACCA Study School – Nov 2015

Tutors’ Profiles

Amanda Snoxell – ACCA paper P6

Amanda is a first class tax tutor with over 10 years teaching experience: first with BPP and now with First

Intuition. Amanda regularly helps First Intuition students achieve success in their ACCA exams. Prior to joining

the teaching profession Amanda worked in a small practice and prior to that in industry. Amanda is ACCA and

CTA qualified

Peter Hanslip – ACCA paper P6

Peter is an exceptional tutor who has taught tax, financial management and management accounting for First

Intuition for over two years. Students’ rate Peter’s teaching very highly and Peter is passionate about giving

students whatever help he can. Prior to teaching, Peter worked as an auditor at the National Audit Office and

before that as a product controller at UBS Investment Bank. Peter is ACA qualified