Outside the career box
Jon Kenfield CA advises accountants to do some independent thinking and create their own conventions. It’s helped him to build successful companies...
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CA brothers score runs in cricket and business
For New Zealanders Ross and Donald Jackson, playing cricket has been a family obsession through the generations which has opened doors to grow their NZ firm...
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CA dancer ends Games with style
Dancing has always been part of her life, so Kristine Vergara CA, who works for One Big Switch, was thrilled to perform as a dancer in the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony...
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Perth partners share a passion for giving
With a surname so appropriate for his profession, Ross Ledger FCA has pursued accounting for more than six decades. He is the perfect foil for business partner Vivian Wang CA...
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Rising stars: the managers
In the second of Acuity’s three-part series on rising stars in the world of accounting, we ask managers who have achieved success relatively early in their careers how they did it...
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Regional cities need to shout about their opportunities
Rockhampton CA Sarah Becker says regional areas must promote the amazing opportunities available...
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Age is just a number
Centenarian, World War II veteran and chartered accountant Neil Harton reflects on his long and eventful career spanning from London to Auckland...
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Rethinking the future of audit
The relevance of audit may shrink unless auditors learn to look ahead, instead of in the rear-view mirror, warns US audit guru Alan Anderson...
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A view from the Shetland Islands
Martin Tregonning has brought his business experience to one of the world’s remotest outposts...
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The Journey after One Young World
Over a year on from One Young World 2016, Acuity catches up with Charles Zhang, co-founder of Journey Crowdfunding...
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Stars align in a global career
A-STARS Advisors co-founder Robert Quinlivan FCA reflects on the 28-year career that has taken him from Perth to New York, London, Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong...
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Leading the way
Acuity speaks to Kashish Gupta, 2018 winner of Emerging Leaders of New Zealand in the field of accounting, about his desire to be a leader of tomorrow...
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Meet the winners of the Craig Norgate Scholarships
The winners of the 2018 Craig Norgate Scholarships tell Acuity why they took the plunge and how it will affect their future...
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New Deputy PM to revive regions
Former media man and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has a primary goal – to grow Australia’s regions with the help of big-ticket train transport...
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Helping family business clients spot the potholes
Accountants advising family firms need more than technical accounting expertise to get it right. Robert Powell FCA, the 2018 Family Business Australia Accredited Adviser of the Year, shares his tips...