PQ Awards 2018
OH WHAT A NIGHT! FORGET THE OSCARS AND THE BAFTAS – A PQ IS THE ONE TO WIN
The Café de Paris was once again the wonderful backdrop to the only accountancy awards worth winning! Yes, all the PQ magazine 2018 award winners now have one of our coveted PQs in their grasp. Before editor Graham Hambly took to the stage to announce the winners the packed-out venue was first entertained by Britain’s Got Talent star Daliso Chaponda. The top prize of the night, PQ of the Year, went to FairFX’s ACCA trainee Tyson Nsimbe. Although it hasn’t all been plain sailing for Nsimbe, he never gave up on his dream of becoming a qualified accountant. Distance Learning Student of the Year was CIMA PQ Toby Austin. It was fellow online studier Lucy Wheatley who nominated him, despite the fact that he beat her in every single exam. The NQ of the Year trophy went to ICAS-qualified Michael Scott. He was shortlisted last year for PQ of the Year but came back for more, and was delighted to pick up his prize. The one blot on his evening was the fact that his wife Roanna had to stay at home. She couldn’t leave the farm as the cows were calving! That was a new excuse for us at PQ. The ACCA picked up two awards on the night. It won Accountancy Body of the Year and also the award for innovation for its Ethics and Professional Skills module. Meanwhile, AAT College, The Training Place of Excellence, beat off the big boys to win the Private Sector College of the Year, and London South Bank University won the Public Sector prize for a second year in a row. CIPFA’s CEO Rob Whiteman also picked up an Editor’s award, as did Fiona Williams from Sutton Coldfield College.
Form an orderly queue... crowds gather in anticipation
THE INDEPENDENT JUDGING PANEL Rachel Kellett Head of Product Development, AAT Shaun Robertson ICAEW Director of Qualifications Julie Corkish Head of ACCA qualification – content and development Peter Stewart VP Progression at Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
TOP MAN: PQ of the Year Tyson Nsimbe, FairFX plc 16
Cheers! It’s time to get this party started
Looking good: the wonderful Café de Paris PQ Magazine April 2018