CIMA announces prizewinners for recent exams
29 July 2006
A day after the announcement by CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) of its May 2006 examination results it also recognises the high achievers who blitzed their papers to become World Prizewinners and Highest Placed Candidates.
A handful of people from all corners of the globe are on top of the world having beaten other CIMA students across the world.
Prizewinners and commendations in individual papers go to students from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Poland, Hong Kong and the USA, working for companies as diverse as Shell, BP, Abbey, Deloitte, Jardines, Fujitsu, Reuters, Cadbury and the UK Severn Trent Water plc. These students come from diverse entry routes into studying for their exams, showing that the CIMA qualification is achievable for those who are dedicated and committed in their studies.
The elite students are as follows:
Managerial level
- Paper P1: Emma Hawthornthwaite - Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Paper P2: Sarah Valentine - Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Paper P4: Jo-Daniel Pidgeon - Bletchley, United Kingdom
- Paper P5: Joint winners -
- Fiona Lamont - Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Jacqueline Parr - Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Paper P7: Bert-Japp Dijkstra - Kuala Belait, Brunei
- Paper P8: Susan Granshaw - Southampton, United Kingdom
Strategic level
- Paper P3: Alan Burke - Galway, Republic of Ireland
- Paper P6: Joint winners -
- Richard Halstead - London, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Lilker - London, United Kingdom
- Paper P9: Richard Halstead - London, United Kingdom
Test of Professional Competence in Management Accounting (TOPCIMA)
- Paper 10: Francis Hanlon - Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Strategic level Prizes*
(*Aggregate prize - the marks for Papers P3, P6 and P9 taken together)
- First: Richard Halstead - London, United Kingdom
- Joint Second winners -
- Simon Cross-Fancy - Bracknell, United Kingdom
- Jacueline Mantle - Hong Kong
Other Highest Placed (Aggregate) Candidates at Strategic level
- Fourth: Chloe Gartery - Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Fifth: Trevor Richards - Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Joint Sixth winners -
- Jane Fletcher - London, United Kingdom
- Shivani Shah - London, United Kingdom
- Nicola Simpson - Bracknell, United Kingdom
- Joint Ninth winners -
- Madelaine Burnham - New York, United States of America
- David Gold - London, United Kingdom
- Matthew Peck - London, United Kingdom
Robert Jelly, Director of Education, CIMA, said:
“We congratulate these students on their exemplary performances. They are among an elite group of prizewinners who together have managed to increase the overall performances on last year.
"It is quite an achievement and they can look forward to successful and fulfilling careers as CIMA accountants.”
CIMA is the only international accountancy body focusing solely on the training of accountants in business with over 155,000 members and students in 158 countries.
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Notes to editors
- CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is the only international accountancy body with a sole focus on business. It is a world leading professional institute that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focusing on accounting in business, in both the private and public sectors. CIMA is the voice of over 85,000 students and 65,000 members in 158 countries and is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body. CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business. It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. For more information about CIMA, please visit http://www.cimaglobal.com/
29 July 2006
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