Table A2

List of the main events before, during and after the 2017 scandal

YearDate*Event
2006xxRichard Petty and Graeme Wade are appointed directors
2007xxAlex Malley is elected president of CPAA. Kerry Ryan is appointed director
200912 Oct 09Alex Malley is nominated CEO of CPAA
201003 Sep 10CPAA teams up with evoTV to launch a 12-episode TV program The Bottom Line. Malley is the host of the program
01 Oct 10James Dickson is appointed director
201101 Oct 11Tyrone Carlin is appointed director
20131 Oct 13Deborah Ong is appointed director
201401 Oct 14Richard Alston, David Spong and Michele Dolin are elected member directors
31 Oct 14The Naked CEO is published
201505 Jun 15Malley and ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft announce the establishment of CPAA Advice
01 Oct 15Sharon Portelli is appointed director
201603 Feb 16Criticism over CPAA's marketing expenditures to promote The Naked CEO
07 Feb 16First episode of In Conversation with Alex Malley airs on Nine Network
xx Mar 16Establishment of CPAA Advice. Little criticism of possible financial and reputational costs from the press
18 Apr 16CPAA Advice obtains the licence from ASIC
01 Oct 16Jennifer Lang and Martin Hourigan are appointed directors. Tyrone Carlin is elected President
2017xx Feb 17Member Brett Stevenson sends an email complaining about CPAA governance to other 1,000 members
23 Feb 17The CPAA website's ‘Find a CPA’ tool is disabled preventing members from finding one another (and organising)
05 Mar 17Malley and Wade interrupt a gathering of members to complain against the circulation of criticising emails
15 Mar 17CPAA announces its AGM in Singapore
16 Mar 17CPAA COO Jeff Hughes sends a letter to members responding to criticisms over several issues (e.g. AGM, governance, and sponsorship of NBL)
 23 Mar 17Brett Stevenson sends the 15th email to criticise CPAA governance
27 Apr 17The AGM is held in Singapore
28 Apr 17Brett Stevenson obtains from CPAA the list of CPAA members (without emails). The disclosure followed the appeal to a clause of the Corporations Act
02 May 17The first mention of a website created by Stevenson to reach other members: cpamembers.org
xx May 17ASIC investigates CPAA governance and duties of its officers
 30 May 17Tyrone Carlin resigns after his salary as CPAA president was made public
01 Jun 17CPAA discloses Malley's salary
07 Jun 17Independent directors Richard Alston and Kerry Ryan resign after the Board did not consider their proposal to call an independent review
09 Jun 17Director David Song resigns
15 Jun 17Directors Deborah Ong, Jennifer Lang, and Martin Hourigan resign
 15 Jun 17Senator Xenophon presents an amendment to force organisations to disclose members' email addresses to other members
16 Jun 17CPAA announces an IRP composed by Ian McPhee and Sir Angus Houston
16 Jun 17Tim Youngberry is appointed director to restore the Board's quorum
22 Jun 17The CPAA NSW Divisional Council sends a letter to CPA BoD asking for a complete renewal of the BoD and CEO
23 Jun 17CPA's BoD terminates Malley's contract, corresponding to an exit bonus of AUD 4.9 million for him
 26 Jun 17Sir Angus Houston resigns from the chairmanship of the IRP
27–29 Jun 2017The Professional Standards Council does not approve the renewal of scheme accreditation that ensures CPAA members the liability cap scheme
03 Jul 17CPAA releases the Terms of Reference for the IRP
25 Jul 17The IRP launches its website
02 Aug 17CPAA representatives appear in a public hearing of the Senate economic committee
04 Aug 17CPAA announces its remaining directors will quit by the year's end
14 Sep 17IRP preliminary report is released
28 Sep 17CPAA announces the new Board
30 Nov 17IRP releases its final report
15 Dec 17The new Board responds to the IRP report with the actions to be taken
201818 Feb 18The new Board issues a state-of-play report on the implementation of IRP's recommendations
22 May 18CPA AGM is held in Melbourne
13 Dec 18The new Board issues an update report on the implementation of IRP's recommendations
2019xx Oct 19The new Board issues an update report on the implementation of IRP's recommendations

Source(s): Author's own creation

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