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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. From silver medal athlete to CFO

    Former Olympics and Commonwealth Games athlete Umesh Parag is now winning in business – at software firm Flux Federation...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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?...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...