Paul Andrew Varnava

AIESEC INVOLVEMENT
:: Joined AIESEC City, UK in 1986
:: VPF of AIESEC City in 1987
:: NC of AIESEC UK in 1988
:: Two Traineeships in USA and Germany in 1986 and 1989

POST-AIESEC SUPPORT
Joined AIESEC UK Board of Directors 1995 - current date

Appointed AIESEC UK Company Secretary in 1999 - to current date

Appointed Director of International Congress 2000 in 1999 - current date

CONTRIBUTION
Paul is undoubtedly one of the most active alumni in the UK, having sustained this for over 7 years. He is as much part of the organisation as most members and regularly receives the thanks of his fellow directors for the work he puts in on top of the required amount. All his work is done voluntarily and he instills a large degree of confidence in the members, who know the Member Committee is being held accountable for their actions.

Paul is very well known amongst AIESEC UK current members. Due to his role as a director of AIESEC UK, Paul takes a very hands on approach, attending Conferences in the UK and attending any AIESEC organised event. He consistently makes himself available to the LC members, especially in respect to explaining the role and responsibilities of the Board of Directors. He has a very close bond with local committee VPF's as he is always willing to explain the workings of the financial structures of AIESEC to them, providing detailed and accurate training sessions in their tracks at conferences.

The majority of Paul's activity is on a National Level. Paul is one of the longest serving members of our Board of Directors since its inception in the early 80's. He tirelessly puts in hours of work for AIESEC UK, attending Board meetings (one per month) but also his work in ensuring the financial sustainability of the organisation. Paul works very closely with the AIESEC UK accountant to ensure the accounts are accurate and that all necessary paperwork is filed with companies house and the charities commission.

On top of this Paul also provides many hours of support in relation to looking after all the legalities of AIESEC, working with our solicitors to ensure all contracts we enter into are as we wish them to be.

More recently Paul also became a member of the board of directors for IC2000. This doubled his workload for AIESEC having at least one other meeting per month, plus again undertaking a great deal of extra work in terms of finance and legal admin. During the event he actually spent the complete duration of the conference at the event assisting the OC.

ORGANISATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
Joined Coopers & Lybrand and qualified as professional accountant in 1990

Left PwC in 1998 to work on own portfolio of projects such as assisting in the financing of London Opera House.

Formed own freelance consultancy practice assisting in a wide range of voluntary organisation within the Arts sector. Provides financial consultancy services.