Accountant scoops award

News Article - 20 February 2007
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A UK-based chartered accountant has become the first female accountant in history to win the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Outstanding Achievement award, in recognition of ongoing efforts in the accountancy sector.

Teresa Graham OBE is currently a business accountant, having qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1980. Since becoming a partner at Baker Tilly in 1989, Ms Graham now works as an independent consultant.

With a long and lustrous history of accountancy Ms Graham has emerged as the winner in this year's ICAEW Outstanding Achievement award, celebrating her work with small and medium-sized businesses.

"I am deeply honoured to have been presented with this award for outstanding achievement," commented Ms Graham.

"It is particularly special to me as it is given by my peers within the accountancy profession, so many of whom l have known and admired for so long."

First introduced in 1980 the ICAEW Outstanding Achievement award will be presented on March 6th.

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