Dreaming big leads CA to act globally
Adelaide CA Jodie Summer was on a quest to find a career that aligned with her personal values and successfully found new purpose and passion in the overseas aid not-for profit sector...
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What Brett Mitchell CA learned from 15 acquisitions
Brett Mitchell’s mergers and acquisition savvy has helped make Intrepid Group the world’s biggest adventure travel company. Its next goal is to hit A$1 billion in annual revenue by 2025...
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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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From public practice to pearls
After fate dealt him a blow, Peter Hansen FCA knew it was time for a change. But he had no idea how far it would take him...
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From Mumbai with love
Three CAs from Auckland devote their Saturday afternoons to keeping the Konkani language alive with a show on community radio...
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True warrior
Australian Ninja Warrior competitor Christopher Chan CA is on a mission to help children get fitter and stronger...
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The London mentor connection
With a shared Antipodean background, London-based chartered accountants Wendy Peoples and Michelle Mak formed an immediate bond when they started their mentoring relationship...
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Blending business with passion
London-based investment banker Tracy Benge suddenly realised she should follow her passion for wine...
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Turning the world Crimson
Janine Manning CA gets a buzz out of investing in and working for New Zealand’s hottest young talent in the education world, Jamie Beaton...
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Scholarships put Māori accounting students on target for CA status
Aaron McGregor and Fiona Pahl talk to Acuity about how winning the 2018 scholarships will support them to become chartered accountants...
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Meet a CA: 2018 President’s Prize winner Meagan Hamblin CA
Wesfarmers’ Meagan Hamblin CA has been awarded the 2018 President’s Prize for her innovative ideas to help young chartered accountants, and her work with the broader community...
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Listen: KPMG chair walks a tightrope
KPMG Australia’s new chairman Alison Kitchen, whose audit career spans more than 30 years, wants her firm to open up to the public. Can that plan survive in a sceptical era?...
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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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Rising stars: the partners
In the first of Acuity’s four-part series on rising stars in the world of accounting, we ask partners who have achieved success relatively early in their careers how they did it...
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The money man: Chris Bowen
He wants to become a great Labor treasurer in the mould of his hero, Paul Keating. And Bowen has enlisted the man himself to help...