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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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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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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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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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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Secrets of a top CFO
New Zealand’s CFO of the year, Jennifer Whooley, has built her career in commercial property...
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Fighting for a power vision
AGL interim CEO and former CFO Brett Redman FCA has stayed firm in the face of political pressure for his company to back down from its renewable energy plan...
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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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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...
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Strategic mentoring pays off
A mutual passion for all things finance and a quirky shared sense of humour have forged a strong, lasting connection in Wellington between Kiwi Wealth analyst Timothy Young and his mentor Joy Tracey...
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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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Big picture mentoring
Sharing wine and audit war stories with his globally experienced Adelaide mentor have led to career advancement for one Adelaide CA...
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Culture shock for Moscow man
David Harper CA, Fidelity International’s head of enterprise risk, describes the culture shock of moving from New Zealand to Russia and Bermuda...
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Connections for life
The Chartered Accountants ANZ 2018 president Jane Stanton FCA talks to Acuity about her plans for her term, why the CA designation is the passport for building a career abroad and her struggles with...
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From ledgers to leadership
Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai FCA was awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year’s Honours List – and it all began with her decision to choose accounting as a career...