Meet the CA: Portia Smith CA
Velocite’s Portia Smith CA is a disruptor and lifelong learner who believes CAs are ideal candidates for careers in tech...
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Meet the CA: Timothy Jacob CA
Timothy Jacob CA heads finance at Who Gives a Crap, which sells eco-friendly loo paper and tissues to help build toilets...
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Are you a future leader?
Calling on young CAs to participate in our Future Leaders edition - sharing their exceptional leadership, innovation and commitment to community...
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Meet the CA helping taxis fly: Lauren Zwierlein CA
Flying taxi, anyone? Lauren Zwierlein CA, head of finance at Lilium, says it will be a reality in just five years...
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Meet the CA supporting teens’ mental health
This Albury-based CA wanted to be a plumber at high school in the 1970s, but now his finance skills assist Teen Clinic...
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Meet the audit expert who hated auditing: Fiona Campbell FCA
Here’s how IAASB deputy chair Fiona Campbell FCA turned her loathing into love and a high-flying audit career...
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CAs in public sector roles: Margaret Pyrchla FCA
Margaret Pyrchla FCA has a vital role in ensuring electricity gets to homes and businesses across an area bigger than the UK...
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Making a difference on the trot
Luke Kemeys CA, the 2019 Young CA Regional Advocate, Auckland, built a website to help parents claim back school donations...
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How Pam Bains CA keeps Aurizon on the right track
Pam Bains CA has seized the opportunity to combine finance and strategy at Aurizon, Australia’s rail freight titan...
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Putting a global shine on the Perth Mint
Caroline Preuss FCA is in an enviable position: her employer, the Perth Mint, literally prints its own money. But with global markets to compete in, it’s not all plain sailing...
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Talent has no gender
Working flat out for her tiny North Island community, Dame Alison Paterson FCA was one of the first generation of women to reach the top of the corporate ladder in New Zealand...
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Sydneys virtual CFO sets a trend
David Thomas CA left a corporate career in the city for the surf, to turn around charities and credit unions, and is now striking out on his own as an outsourced CFO...
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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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Global future disruption and big ideas win NZ CA a top award
New Zealand’s Deloitte Young Executive of the Year has made a career out of business future-proofing with Fonterra’s Ventures program...
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CA knows the power of a good brand story
Karina McLauchlan, an Australian CA based in the US, talks about her role as vice-president of finance for famed shoe firm Shoes of Prey and why she thrives on the power of a good brand story...