About David Parmenter

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David Parmenter is an international presenter who is known for his thought provoking and lively sessions, which have led to substantial change in many organisations. David is a leading expert in: the development of winning KPIs, replacing the annual planning process with quarterly rolling planning, and converting reporting to a decision based tool. He has delivered workshops to over 5,000 accountants around the world.

His stated vision is to “change how leading organisations, around the world, measure and manage performance – by 2030″. John Wiley &sons Inc. have published his first two books, “Key Performance Indicators – developing, implementing and using winning KPIs” in January 2007 and “Pareto’s 80/20 Rule for Corporate Accountants” in April 2007.

His work on KPIs has received international recognition. One of his KPI articles has been short-listed for an international award.

He has speaking engagements in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Iran, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand.

To listen to David’s webcasts visit www.bettermanagement.com.

David has also worked for Ernst & Young, BP Oil Ltd, Arthur Andersen, and Price Waterhouse. David is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.He has written over 30 articles for the accounting and management Journals in Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Ireland, England and New Zealand. His articles published include: “quarterly rolling planning – removing the barriers to success”, “Throw away the annual budget”, “Beware corporate mergers”, “Implementing a Balanced Scorecard in 16 weeks”, “Convert your monthly reporting to a management tool”, “Smash through the performance barrier”, “Are you getting enough bang for your training dollar?”, “Better practice studies”, “Implementing 360 degree feedback”, “Is your board reporting process out of control?” “Key Performance Indicators”, “Month end Reporting”, “the accounting team workload – is the balance right?”., “Maybe its time to look at your KPIs”, “seven time wasters”, and “quick month end reporting”.