Chartered accountants were the first accountants to form a professional accounting body,initially established in Scotland in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants (1854),the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries (1854) and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants (1867) were each granted a royal charter almost from their inception. The title is an internationally recognised professional designation;the certified public accountant designation is generally equivalent to it. Women were able to become chartered accountants only following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 after which,in 1920,Mary Harris Smith was recognised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and became the first woman chartered accountant in the world.
Michael Abraham Levy,Baron Levy,is a Labour Party peer. He is a former chartered accountant and was chairman and CEO of a large independent group of music companies. He now acts as a consultant for a number of companies and is also chairman of a finance company.
Founded in 1904,the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants(ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA). It has 240,952 members and 541,930 future members worldwide. ACCA's headquarters are in London with principal administrative office in Glasgow. ACCA works through a network of over 110 offices and centres in 51 countries - with 346 Approved Learning Partners (ALP) and more than 7,600 Approved Employers worldwide,who provide employee development.
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA),South Africa’s pre-eminent accountancy body,is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading accounting institutes. The institute provides a wide range of support services to more than 48,000 members and associates who are chartered accountants (CAs(SA)),as well as associate general accountants (AGAs(SA)) and accounting technicians (ATs(SA)).
The IIE MSA,formerly known as Monash South Africa,is a university located in Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa. The Managing Director at IIE MSA is currently Louise Wiseman.
Geoffrey Alan Hosking is a British historian of Russia and the Soviet Union and formerly Leverhulme Research Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at University College,London. He also co-founded Nightline.
Eric John Hosking OBE was an English photographer noted for his bird photography.
Margaret Theresa Prosser,Baroness Prosser,is a Labour life peer and former trade unionist.
Kevin David McGrath is a British businessman,philanthropist. and Executive Producer of an Oscar and BAFTA Winning Film [3]
Marvin Cheung Kin-tung,GBS OBE JP was a Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He also held the position of Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong and was a Council Member of the Open University of Hong Kong.
WAVE Trust was formed in 1996 and registered as an international educational charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under Number 1080189 in 1999. The charity is dedicated to reducing the key root causes of interpersonal violence:child neglect and maltreatment. The method used is a business strategy approach to identify and then tackle these problems at root cause level.
Sultan Ahmed Choudhury OBE is an English banker,chartered accountant and was the chief executive officer of Al Rayan Bank.
The 2014 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 2014 in the United Kingdom,on 9 June 2014 in Australia,on 2 June 2014 in New Zealand,on 14 June 2014 in Grenada,Papua New Guinea,Solomon Islands,Tuvalu,Saint Lucia and Belize.
June Andrews,,is a Scottish nurse who is an expert in dementia studies and aged care. She was the professor of dementia studies at the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling. She is now Professor Emeritus. She has written many publications on the topics of dementia,care homes and geriatric care.
Hemaka Amarasuriya is a Sri Lankan corporate leader and executive,who holds and has held many corporate positions in Sri Lanka and the region. He was the former chairman and CEO of Singer Sri Lanka. He is also the chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance,Nations Trust Bank and NDB Group.
Kristu Jayanti College,founded in the year 1999,managed by "Bodhi Niketan Trust",formed by the members of St. Joseph Province of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). The college is affiliated to Bengaluru North University. The college is recognized by UGC under the category 2(f) &12(B). The college was accorded autonomous status in 2013 by the University Grants Commission,Government of Karnataka &the Bengaluru North University. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) with A++ grade.The college has been rated with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.78 out of 4 in the third cycle of accreditation. it is the second institution in the country and the first in Karnataka to achieve the highest CGPA.
Paul Chandrasekharan Sabapathy is a retired British accountant and business manager,of Indian origin,and was Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands of England,from 2007 until his resignation in September 2015. He was the first non-white Lord Lieutenant in the United Kingdom.
Ian Robert Burton Hudson is a British physician and former government official who served as the chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) from 2013 to 2019. He later became Senior Advisor,Integrated Development,Global Health for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He was appointed an OBE for services to healthcare in the 2020 New Year Honours.
The Nursing &Health Care School,University of Glasgow,is a speciality area within the School of Medicine,Dentistry and Nursing in Glasgow,Scotland. The School has offered a degree course in Nursing since 1977,introduced under the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the time,Professor Edward McGirr.
