09 April 2008
Three students are honoured in the CIMA NHS Student Excellence Awards for their exceptional performances in the November 2007 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) examinations.
Jennifer Kirkham, from Gloucester, a financial management trainee on the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme at Gloucester Primary Care Trust, achieved the highest aggregate mark in the world for the Strategic level papers, and joint first globally on the Risk and Control Strategy paper. John Sparrowhawk, from New Hinksey, Oxford, a financial management trainee on the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme at East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust, achieved the joint highest ranking paper out of all NHS candidates at Managerial level based on the Management Accounting Performance Evaluation paper. And Deborah Nightingale, from Bedford, a financial governance administrator at Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust, achieved the joint highest ranking paper out of all NHS candidates at Managerial level based on the Financial Accounting and Tax Principles paper.
Both Jennifer and John will be presented with their awards at a celebration lunch on 10 April at One Whitehall Place, London, by Charles Tilley, Chief Executive of CIMA, and Jenni Hutchinson, Business Development Director, CIMA. Deborah will be presented with her award at a later date. Each winner receives £150 of John Lewis vouchers and a certificate.
Jenni Hutchinson, commenting on the winners, said:
“Jennifer, John and Deborah have all shown great commitment to their studies and to their careers by achieving such outstanding exam results. I wish them all every success in their future careers. These awards acknowledge the importance the NHS places on training CIMA students and employing fully qualified chartered management accountants to take on NHS management roles.”
CIMA is the world’s largest professional management accountancy body 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.
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For further information and photographs of the celebration lunch Award winners, please contact:
Claire Grewer
Press Officer, CIMA
+44 (0) 20 8849 2300
claire.grewer@cimaglobal.com
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. It is the voice of 164,000 students and members in 161 countries. CIMA 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/.
CIMA is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit organisations 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 evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business. CIMA has been awarded superbrand status in the UK for a second year in a row this year and for the first time in Sri Lanka. According to independent research conducted by the University of Bath School of Management, CIMA’s syllabus and examination structure are the most relevant to the needs of business of all the accountancy bodies assessed. See the CIMA Difference report for further information at www.cimaglobal.com/thecimadifference.
