Vitalina Kobernik Audit Director - FS Insurance
Vitalina is a Director within the UK Financial Services practice with 13 years of experience in providing consulting and audit services to insurance companies across Europe and Asia. Having an extensive technical knowledge of IFRS 17, Vitalina joined Mazars as a member of the firm’s UK IFRS 17 (Insurance Contracts) advisory team. Vitalina was actively involved in the IFRS 17 standard setting process as a member of IASB technical staff. During this time, Vitalina published a number of technical papers, developed podcasts and created educational webinars to support IFRS 17 implementation.
Expertise in insurance was gained over 11 years at big four accounting firms with clients across the life and general insurance sectors. Prior to joining IASB, her main focus was on leading IFRS 17 implementation and providing IFRS 17 trainings at a multinational listed insurance company in Hong Kong. Other advisory projects with a focus on new regulatory requirements included Solvency II implementation projects for the UK insurance companies and first time adoption of IFRS standards for insurance companies in Russia.
Academic and professional qualifications
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Languages
- English
- Russian
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Pages associated to Vitalina Kobernik
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Industries
- Financial reporting advisory
- IFRS17 Insurance contracts
- IFRS17 to-do list for 2021
- IFRS 17 – what does the boardroom need to know?
- Implementation of IFRS 17 - non-executive directors’ focus
- Insurers’ adjusted operating profit
- Mazars’ KPI and IFRS 17 report
- IFRS 17 Consultancy of the Year award
- The anti-greenwashing rule: Impacts on the insurance industry