A busy week
for a volunteer
Nicola Ralston FSIP is a governor of CFA Institute and chair of CFA UK’s
Fellowship Committee as well holding down a full-time job at PiRho,
an independent investment consultancy fi rm, which she co-founded.
She has held positions on a number of committees and was
chair of UKSIP, which later became CFA UK, from 2001 to 2003.
For one busy week in March 2009 she kept a diary
posted to America. I took his executive of the Financial
place and I have been an Reporting Council. Boyle
active volunteer ever since. addresses the importance of
My experiences of fair value accounting and
volunteering for the society auditing. He uses an
and CFA Institute have been extraordinary image
varied. On Monday, March likening the snapshot of an
30, I am at St. Pancras accounting date to taking a
station, meeting Nitin Mehta, picture of your children or
the managing director for parents. If someone doesn’t
Europe, the Middle East and know the individual then
Africa at CFA Institute in looking at the snapshot tells
London. We’re going to them a great deal, but there
Brussels to celebrate the is still a lot that it won’t and
opening of CFA Institute’s can’t tell them. It’s a
offi ce in the city. There’s an powerful illustration.
extremely positive atmosphere Following the speeches, I
at the party held in the speak to some Brussels-
I
t’s Sunday, March 29, and volunteer. My husband and European Parliament, with based journalists before
I’m completing my even previous employers have politicians and regulators catching up with
Intention Form for the next wondered why I put so much supportive that the CFA professionals and friends
CFA Institute board effort into industry-related Institute will be permanently who have come from all
meeting. This year’s activities outside work. I don’t represented in Brussels. over Europe. These include
meeting and annual fi nd it easy to explain. Alida Carcano, CFA, who
conference will be held at My volunteer involvement Professional relationships recently fi nished her term as
the Disney Contemporary started on the education Unfortunately the food is a governor of CFA Institute,
Resort in Florida and I committee of the Society of dire, but we are treated to Barbara Valbuzzi, CFA,
tease my children that I am Investment Analysts, the good speeches from Pierre president of the Italian
going to Disney World. For original predecessor to CFA Cardon, CFA, a fellow society, and the president of
once, they are not saying: UK. It was 1984 and my governor at CFA Institute the Irish society, Joe
“Why do you need to go, manager at Schroders and head of external fund Kavanagh, CFA.
mummy?” persuaded me to take over his management at the Bank for Relationships with other
My children are not the responsibilities on the International Settlements, professionals are a key
only ones to question why I committee when he was and Paul Boyle, chief driver for volunteering.
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