The ACCA marked a ‘significant occasion’ recently as it celebrated 120 years since its creation!
Founded in London by a group of eight accountants on 30 November 1904 it has since grown to a global network of 252,500 members and 526,000 PQs across 180 countries.
ACCA’s newly elected president Ayla Majid said: “By staying true to our founding value of inclusion, ACCA has become a truly global organisation, working for the public good. When ACCA was founded in 1904, nobody could have predicted how much we’d achieve. Our story has been one of innovation and growth. But, above all, it’s a story of more people’s careers launched, lives transformed, and many dreams come true.”
The election of Majid to the office of president along with Melanie Proffitt as deputy present and Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan as vice president, makes this the first time in ACCA’s history that women have held all three officer posts at the same time. It’s another milestone for the professional accountancy body, which was the first to admit women to membership in 1909.
