Ex-Virgin CEO goes walkabout
He used to reach for the sky as CEO of Virgin Australia, but now he’s more at home trekking the wilderness. Game-changer Brett Godfrey FCA has reinvented himself as passionate conservationist...
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From silver medal athlete to CFO
Former Olympics and Commonwealth Games athlete Umesh Parag is now winning in business – at software firm Flux Federation...
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Making it in New York City
Australian CA Ashleigh Miles challenged herself, took a chance on New York City and won a role in the biggest US real estate project ever – Hudson Yards...
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Leading the way for women
Jo Heighway CA, multi-award winning leader of the Deloitte SMSF Audit team, tells Acuity about her passion for super, founding her own business and innovating her way through finance...
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Charity on a grand scale
How do you invest three billion dollars for the greater good of society? That’s the challenge for Peter Evans, CA, trustee of the Paul Ramsay Foundation...
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Award-winning rural CAs make their mark
Launching their own family-friendly practice won Kylie Davidson CA and Emma Hammond CA official recognition as innovative and enterprising women...
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Finding the RightWay
Sally Newcombe CA, business partner with RightWay in New Zealand, says understanding people brings success as an accountant...
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Better to give than receive
Helping the community with pro bono work adds up to about 40,000 days of service a year for accountants, who love what they do, according to a report from CA ANZ...
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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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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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Leading PwC into the creative future
A product of Australia, India and New York, Sammy Kumar FCA was chosen to help guide the strategic evolution of PwC...
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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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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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Brewing up a great career in the family business
For Melanie Cooper AM CA it’s the CA, rather than the family name, that’s driven her success in the family brewing business...
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Meet the duo who marry home and work life
They are a team at home and at work, and they make the partnership a success. Eli Tagi CA and his wife, Wyndi, work side by side in their Auckland account firm, WE Accounting...