11 June 2007
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has elected its new President, Deputy President and Vice President at its Annual General Meeting, held at the Café Royal, London, on 9 June 2007.
Scotsman Gordon Grant, FCMA, was elected President. At the age of 44 he holds the record as the youngest ever elected Council member and has now become the youngest President of the Institute for over 50 years.
Gordon is currently the Finance Director of DEM Solutions Ltd, a rapidly growing software company based in Edinburgh, who are the global leaders in discrete element modelling solutions. Prior to this, Gordon was the Principal of NXFD from 2004-2006, which specialised in company growth and relationship management, as well as executive mentoring and exit implementation and planning. From 1992 to 2004, he worked for Edinburgh Petroleum Services Ltd and was Finance Director for the group as well as serving as a Director in the USA, Mexico and Venezuela. He was also President of its manpower leasing company in Mexico. Before this, he was with Unisys Corporation where he held a variety of financial analysis roles, covering product assurance, engineering development and manufacturing. He also gained a combination of industrial accounting experience with the printers, Tullis Neill Ltd and auditing experience with Arthur Young McLelland Moore, now part of Ernst & Young.
Gordon has served on many of the Institute's Policy Committees since 1996 and has been a Member of Council for 11 years. His involvement began at Branch level in 1986 as a student and he became President of the Edinburgh and District Branch in 1993.
On becoming CIMA President, Gordon Grant said:
'CIMA is a successful, vibrant and growing institute. I am passionately committed to building on the tremendous legacy of my predecessors to further grow our membership and reputation throughout the world. As the only international chartered accountancy body with a sole focus on business, I am keen to harness the energy and dynamism of our membership and staff to maintain our leading position in an increasingly competitive global environment.'
The other Honorary Officers elected at the CIMA AGM were Glynn Lowth, FCMA, who was elected Deputy President. Glynn is an IT Manager for BASF IT Services Ltd, and Aubrey Joachim, FCMA, who has been elected Vice President. Aubrey is a Management Coach, Mentor and Management Training provider working across Australasia.
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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 158,000 members and students in 161 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 www.cimaglobal.com
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