OREANDA-NEWS. On October 03, 2008 Head of BDO Unicon Group Andrey Dubinsky became a member of the Council of Regions and was appointed Senior Partner for Europe-A Region of the global audit and consulting network BDO International, which ranks fifth worldwide in terms of total revenues, reported the press-centre of BDO Unicon.

Based on the voting results, the Policy Board of BDO International appointed 9 Senior Partners for the Council of Regions, representing the network’s key international operating regions in Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the Americas. A senior partner for the region supervises the activities of BDO International coordinators and is in charge of risk management and quality assurance monitoring in respect of the services offered by member firms.

Frans Samyn, CEO of BDO International, comments on the new appointments:

‘In this heterogeneous world, which has both the developed and actively developing markets, the needs of the BDO network participants differ as well. The members of BDO International Council of Regions should participate actively in the Council’s activities and coordinate them in line with the development of the firms comprised by the network, their needs and the economic environment in individual regions.’

The appointment of Mr. Dubinsky as Senior Partner to BDO International Council of Regions is to major extent the reflection of the progress and success demonstrated by BDO Unicon Group; it evidences the acknowledgement of the growing importance of the Russian BDO offices in the global network’s development and strategic management.

Additional information:
Mr. Andrey Y. Dubinsky, Head of BDO Unicon Group.

Mr. Dubinsky was born on July 27, 1960. He graduated from the Economy School of the Moscow State University named after Lomonosov in 1982 and completed his post-graduate course with the Centralized Training Institute of the USSR Gossnab (State Procurements Committee) in 1989.

In 1989 Mr. Dubinsky established UNICON/MS Consulting Group, which has grown to the current BDO Unicon Group. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Council of BDO International audit and consulting network where BDO Unicon is a member firm.

Mr. Dubinsky is a member of the workgroup set up by the Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Council within the Russian Government to suggest improvements to the Russian tax law. He was rated by the Association of the Russian Managers and ‘Kommersant’ Publishing House among Top-1000 of Russia’s most professional managers.