Cash flow forecasting: masterclass with Excel tips

Naziar Hashemi, Partner & National Head of Social Purpose & Non Profits Organisations, Crowe UK LLP
Naziar Hashemi joined Crowe in September 2008 from a Big Four Firm as a specialist non profits partner. In addition to providing assurance services Naziar also provides advisory services to a range of charities. These include assignments from risk and finance function reviews, systems, benchmarking and performance measurements and governance reviews. Naziar leads Crowe's work on Donor Audits and has knowledge of institutional funding requirements having produced reports for a variety of institutional and governmental donors. She also carries out training for charities and lectures and writes on a range of topics relevant to Trustees and management.

John Tennent, Regional Director Europe, Middle East and Africa, Corporate Edge
John provides a wide range of business courses though specialises in strategic financial planning, business modelling and investment appraisal. His background is in finance, starting his career as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte & Touche in 1983. He went onto become the Financial Controller of a US bank before joining a training consultancy as Client Director. He co-founded Corporate Edge in 1996. He is the author of the Economist Guide to Business Modelling, the Economist Guide to Financial Management and the Economist Guide to Cash Management. He is a member of the ICAEW’s Charity Committee and the Excel Advisory Committee, Honorary Treasurer of the Air Ambulance Service, The London Marathon Foundation and MedicAlert. Previously he was Honorary Treasurer at Samaritans and at Helen & Douglas House, and a member of RSPCA Finance, Audit and Risk Committee.

Chair: Kristina Kopic FCA DChA, Head of Charity and Voluntary Sector, ICAEW
Kristina is a chartered accountant who has worked in and for the Not-for-Profit sector for over 15 years. Kristina trained at charity specialists Sayer Vincent and subsequently worked in finance roles at the Royal College of Nursing, Imperial College London and the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Kristina holds charity-specific qualifications in accountancy, law and governance and a Master in Voluntary Sector Management from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass).