Two CIMA members celebrate Election success

06 May 2005

Two members of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) are today celebrating as they are returned as members of parliament.

Sarah Mc-Carthy Fry has been elected Labour Party MP for Portsmouth North where she worked as financial controller for a multi-national engineering company operating in the aerospace and defence sector. This is particularly relevant to Portsmouth, where the local economy is still heavily dependent on defence. Sarah currently works in the local area, but has spent time working in the United States and Germany.

Michael Foster has been elected Labour Party MP for Worcester for a third term. A lifelong supporter of Birmingham City FC, Michael is best known for introducing the Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill 1997 but has also made major contributions as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lifelong Learning and Higher Education Minister.

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Notes to editors

1. CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is a leading professional body that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focussing on accounting in business. It is the fastest growing UK based membership body, in terms of members, in both the UK and worldwide and is the voice of over 85,000 students and 65,000 members in 156 countries. CIMA 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 reflecting 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.