Released on: June 9, 2008, 6:58 am

Press Release Author: Russell Bedford International

Industry: Accounting

Press Release Summary: Russell Bedford International, the global accounting, audit
and tax consulting group, has appointed Cameron & Prentice Chartered Accountants as
its first member firm in Cape Town.

Press Release Body: Cameron & Prentice - a South African firm of Chartered
Accountants - has joined Russell Bedford International as the network\'s first member
firm in Cape Town.

The firm was established as an audit practice in 1972 by Rod Cameron. Rod was
joined by Peter Prentice in 1981 and the firm adopted its present name shortly
afterwards. In March 2007 Cameron & Prentice merged with Warneke & Co., an audit and
tax practice that had been in operation for 13 years.

Cameron & Prentice now has almost 50 personnel, led by four partners: Peter
Prentice, Antonie van der Hoek, Chris Norris and David Warneke.

Peter Prentice qualified as a Chartered Accountant after completing his training
contract with a Johannesburg accounting firm. He joined one of the large accounting
firms, now one of the Big-4, as an accountant in 1976. Before joining Cameron &
Prentice, he took up the position of financial manager, later general manager, of a
Cape Town department store. Peter\'s specialist areas of expertise are general
business consulting and the administration of deceased estates.

Antonie van der Hoek qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993 after completing
his training at a Big-4 firm. Shortly after, he joined the South African Revenue
Service and worked in the income tax assessing division assessing partnerships and
farming operations. For the following five years Antonie worked as a financial
manager in the printing and plastics industries until 1998, when he was admitted as
a partner at Cameron & Prentice. Today his strength is in audit.

Chris Norris was admitted to the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in
1992 after completing his three training years at a Big-4 firm. He then spent three
years in the company assessing division of the South African Revenue Service as a
tax assessor. In 1995 he joined another Big-4 firm as a consultant in the taxation
department, specialising in corporate tax and VAT. Chris joined Cameron & Prentice
as a partner in 2003 and currently is involved in both audit and taxation.

David Warneke is a specialist in taxation, both corporate and individual. He
qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993. He also has a Masters degree in tax
law. When David\'s firm merged with Cameron & Prentice in 2007 he became a partner
in charge of the firm's tax department. David holds the position of senior lecturer
in taxation at the University of Cape Town, and he is co-author of a text on
taxation that is prescribed at most leading universities in South Africa.

Cameron & Prentice is a full-service firm offering auditing and due diligence,
corporate and personal taxation services, management consulting, accounting, payroll
processing, company secretarial services, wills and trusts.

From manufacturing to communications, IT to farming, film to building construction,
Cameron & Prentice operates in a diverse range of industries.

Commenting on his firm\'s decision to join the network, Chris Norris explained:
\"Cameron & Prentice is a progressive firm and we view our link into the Russell
Bedford network as a vital part of our expansion programme.\"

For further information, contact Antonie van der Hoek on +27 21 530 8444.
Alternatively, visit the websites at www.campren.co.za and www.russellbedford.com .

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Note to Editors

Russell Bedford International was established in 1983 by a group of medium-sized
independent accounting practices aiming to counter the market dominance of the major
multi-national accounting firms.

Russell Bedford is now a closely-connected global network of independent accounting
and business consultancy firms in key locations around the world, and is represented
by some 200 offices in more than 70 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle
East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

All Russell Bedford affiliates are well-established firms offering international
business advice and services to local and multinational clients. Most provide a
full range of services comprising accounting, auditing, tax advice, general business
guidance and financial consulting. In addition, many have special expertise in
particular fields, such as international taxation or information technology.

In January 2008 Russell Bedford International was been named one of the first 17
full members of the IFAC Forum of Firms after reporting it has implemented a
globally coordinated quality assurance programme, committed to the use of
International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), and met other specific ethics
requirements.





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