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ACCA President Talks on Future Career Planning

Time:March 19, 2013  Author:  Editor:  Source:   Photo:

Barry J. Cooper, President of ACCA Global Council participated in a face-to-face talk with students from School of Finance in GDUFS south campus’s lecture hall on March 11th. Along with Mr. Cooper were Liang Shupin, Affairs Director of ACCA China, Yuan Zhe, Chief of ACCA in Guangzhou and Chen Tian, Marketing Manager of ACCA. Also, President of School of Finance Mr.Yang Youxiao, Vice President Shao Peide attended the talk.

Photo of Delegates from ACCA and School of Finance

 

Themed on ‘Change of Global Economy and Future of Accounting’, Mr. Cooper’s speech shared the latest report of global economy and mentioned that eco-economy would be a trend under such global economy situation which remained unstable in recent years.

When turned to ACCA career future development, ‘as the global economy keeps changing, leaders in accounting are facing unprecedented challenges and senior accountants are playing essential roles in public services, who being good advocates in commercial practice, supporters in sustainable development and judges to motivation of high effectiveness values. So as specialists, senior accountants should cultivate their all-round abilities and broaden global horizon in order to fit oneself in this global economy’, Mr. Cooper said.

 

 

Speech Scene of Mr. Cooper

 

In the Q&A part, Mr. Cooper was impressed by students` enthusiasm towards knowledge, which he joked as ‘questions are everywhere’, as they questioned Mr. Cooper about ACCA tests, accounting impacts on government and some other facets. Mr. Cooper gave each question a satisfied answer.

During the talk, he continually mentioned the importance of long-term acquisition of knowledge and the serious attitude towards knowledge. After the talk, lecturees all said that they benefited a lot while Mr. Cooper was impressed by GDUFSers enthusiasm and keen attitude.

 

 

Scene of conscientious lecturees

 

Mr. Shao, Vice President of School of Finance, mentioned that GDUFS ACCA Project has always received great concerns and expectations. He wished that ACCA Project could go further and encouraged students to seize their opportunities in order to requite their society.

 

 

*ACCA: the abbreviation for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, ACCA was founded in 1904, being the global body for professional accountants offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA or FCCA). As of May 2012, ACCA was one of the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy bodies with 157,000 members and 432,000 students in 170 countries. ACCA has received wide scale of acknowledgement, especially from Great Britain and EU region. Till now, more than 40 Chinese colleges have applied partnership with ACCA and set up ACCA Projects.

 

*Barry J. Cooper: President of ACCA Global Council, entitled with Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Master’s Degree and Doctor’s Degree in Education.

Former President of Institute of Accounting in Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1993-1997)General Inspector of Department of Member Services of CPA Australia (1998-2000)

He was back to Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000 and was accepted by Deakin University in Australia as President of Institute of Economics, Finance and Accountingwhere he is engaged in courses and subjects related.