Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

30 November 2005

At the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants’ (CIMA), NHS Student Excellence Awards ceremony today (30 November) Jonathan Dove from Canterbury was announced the winner at Managerial Level and Gavin D’Northwood from County Durham the winner at Strategic Level.
 
The awards, sponsored by The Financial Training Company, were presented to Jonathan Dove from Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority, for achieving the highest mark in the Financial Accounting and Tax Principles paper and to Gavin D’Northwood, placed with City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, for gaining the highest mark in the Management Accounting Risk and Control Strategy paper of the CIMA Professional Chartered Management Accounting qualification.

Both winners were presented with a certificate and an iPod by Charles Tilley, Chief Executive of CIMA.

Charles Tilley said:

“The NHS is now the largest single employer of Chartered Management Accountants in the UK.  There is an impressive level of commitment demonstrated by the NHS in training CIMA students and employing fully qualified Chartered Management Accountants to take on management roles.”

He added:

'I would like to congratulate Gavin and Jonathan on their achievement and we would like to wish them both every success in their future careers.'

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For further information and photographs, please contact:

Claire Grewer
Press Officer, CIMA
020 8849 2300
Claire.grewer@cimaglobal.com

Notes to editors

1. 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/
2. Jonothan Dove and Gavin D’Northwood are both trainees on the NHS Financial Management Training Scheme, part of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. The National Health Service is the largest single employer of Chartered Management Accountants in the United Kingdom.

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