My name is Melissa Spork and I am 19 years old. I am a second-year bachelor student in Business Economics at Tilburg University. I wanted to do something extra besides my study, so since March 2013 I have become an active member at the study association Asset Accounting and Finance. My committee, the Editorial Board, is responsible for the issues, the interviewing of people and reviewing the articles of Faces. It is instructive,but also, and above all, fun to do! My first interview was with Jeroen Jansen, marketing director of ASN Bank, it is very interesting to listen to stories of such persons. I am proud that we’ve got an online environment for Faces as well now; I hope you all enjoy our articles!
In this interview Edwin Adams tells about crowdfunding. He started his own business in this industry. Crowdfunding is a new trend to finance small loans.
René Coenradie is partner at EY Transaction Advisory Services and is Leader of the EY IPO Center of Excellence in the Netherlands and Belgium. In this article René provides seven recommendations to achieve a successful IPO.
In this article Martijn Sprengers, information security advisor at KPMG IT Advisory, talks about the developments of cyber crime. He enlightens us with his view on the risk of cyber crime and furthermore he explains different cyber security methods.
In this article Inez Verwey talks about the differences between public auditors and forensic accountants in their ability to identify fraud risks and to plan effective procedures to mitigate fraud risks. According to her, especially in fraud detection an out of the box mentality is crucial as successful fraudsters are ‘top of the bill” in being creative thinking.
In this Face2Face the social security system in the Netherlands is discussed by Celina Mlodzick and Paul Ulenbelt. Is it a solution to problems or is it still squandering taxpayers’ money?
In this article Marco Rensma, director of MEYS Emerging Markets Research, enlightens us about emerging West Africa. According to Mr. Rensma the countries in West Africa are in a good position to continue their strong economic growth path.
