Niall Lothian BA CA FRSA, will speak at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda luncheon later this month at the Princess Hotel.

The Edinburgh native has held the Chair of Accounting since 1988 at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

Professor Lothian, who conducts executive seminars and managerial briefings in many parts of the world for companies and other business schools, will speak at the Institute's September 28 luncheon, He has a visiting appointment at INSEAD, Foutainbleau, and is a member of the International Executive Advisory Committee of the College of Finance in Budapest.

His research interests include the role of accountants in non-financial performance measurement. He is working on a project at present with Quality Scotland, looking at the costs of quality.

He is one of the authors of the distance learning MBA course at Heriot-Watt University -- the largest in the world -- which was awarded a Queen's Award for Export in 1994.

Professor Lothian was appointed Junior vice president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland in 1993 and senior vice president in 1994.