Sri Lankan Joachim elected CIMA Global President
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has elected
its first Asian-born President. Aubrey Joachim, FCMA, was elected
President at the 90th CIMA AGM at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference
Centre, London, recently.

Aubrey Joachim |
Aubrey Joachim was born in Sri Lanka and is now an Australian
citizen. Having commenced his working career at Unilever Sri Lanka in
1973, Joachim has enjoyed a successful international career in finance
and accounting with leading employers across a range of sectors. In 2005
Joachim founded his own boutique consultancy running strategic financial
and management accounting workshops, courses and conferences across the
world.
He is now a management coach, mentor and management training
provider, contracted to leading global conference, seminar companies and
professional bodies, to provide training programs across Australia, New
Zealand, South East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Southern
Africa.
He has been a prolific presenter and conference speaker for over 14
years and regularly authors articles on management topics for
professional journals.
Joachim was educated at two of the leading Catholic boys’ colleges in
Colombo - St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College. He was a top
performing student and regular prize winner.
He, attained CIMA Fellowship status in 1988 and has been an active
member since 1994, when he became a committee member of the New South
Wales Branch in Australia and then served as Branch Secretary and Branch
President.
From 1998, he has been on the CIMA Australia National Council. He was
elected to Council in 2001 to represent Australasia and been on
International Committee and the Chairman of the Members’ Services
Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee.
On becoming CIMA President, Aubrey Joachim said; “Now, more than
ever, the overriding challenge for a global professional organisation
such as CIMA is to remain relevant. As the only international
professional accountancy body with a sole focus on business we have a
unique relevance.
We must also ensure we take steps to build on our relevance to all
our current and future stakeholders - members, employers, students,
potential students and all those with whom the institute hopes to
interact in the future, both in established and new markets.
Relevance in this context is being operationally efficient and
effective and having a sleek governance framework that delivers results
quickly.
I look forward to working with our dynamic and visionary Council and
management team to build on our success and lead our continuous program
of change and improvement, for the benefit of our stakeholders
globally.” |