- The Star Malaysia
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THE Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) celebrated their candidates and graduates at the recent Excellence Awards 2025 event held on July 5.
These dynamic individuals deserved the recognition and honour given for obtaining top scores in various subjects, and for successfully completing the MICPA x CA ANZ Qualifying Programme.
This joint professional accountancy programme provides its graduates with a dual qualification from two highly prestigious bodies from Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, as well as access to the Global Accounting Alliance (GAA) – a passport which will come in very handy for a global career in accountancy.
The programme was revamped in 2022 to evolve with industry needs which place an emphasis on ethics, technology, data analytics and sustainability.
Assessments are not purely exam-based, but rather include a mixture of coursework and workshops to provide an interesting, interactive and collaborative learning experience which develops analytical thinking and application skills to prepare aspiring professionals for the workplace.
This year, the Risk and Technology subject was updated to Risk, Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure candidates gain knowledge of this emerging trend.
The Business Performance subject was also revised to Strategy and Business Performance to equip candidates with skills needed to guide an organisation’s strategic decisions.
Proud family members, employers, funders and friends were amongst those present to show their support for all 202 individuals who were recognised for their achievements that day.
MICPA president Soo Hoo Khoon Yean and CA ANZ Malaysia regional council chair Lee Chin Hon, presented the coveted gold medals and awards to prize winners.
The MICPA x CA ANZ Qualifying Programme also celebrated 112 graduates who completed the programme in Terms 1 to 4 in 2024 and were presented with their completion certificates.
A total of 14 gold medals were presented to candidates who had obtained the top scores in the 2024 examinations.
The gold medals were sponsored by approved training employers who provide the necessary mentored practical experience to MICPA x CA ANZ candidates before they fully qualify as certified public accountants and chartered accountants.
Representatives from BDO, Deloitte, EY, Folks DFK, KHR, KPMG and PwC were also present to give out the coveted awards.
The highlight of the day was the “Most Outstanding MICPA Student Award”. This accolade is awarded to the top three candidates who recently completed the MICPA x CA ANZ professional examinations.
Nigel Ames Walker – a Bachelor of Business and Commerce graduate from Monash University Malaysia – emerged as the Gold winner of this prestigious honour.
Walker, who is now attached to BDO, started his MICPA x CA ANZ journey as a MICPA Educational Trust Fund Scholar, and received the Gold Medal for Data Analytics and Insights last year.
The silver award went to Muhammad Naif Mat Zain, who began his MICPA x CA ANZ journey under the sponsorship of Yayasan Peneraju after completing a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is currently attached to PETRONAS.
Bronze winner Emily Hu Yi Hui, a Monash University Business and Commerce graduate, began her career at EY while pursuing the MICPA x CA ANZ Qualifying Programme.
Hu, currently attached to a well-established government linked company in Sarawak, also took home two Gold medals and four certificates of merit for various subjects over the course of her study.
The ceremony this year also saw three deserving graduates win the MICPA Educational Trust Fund Scholarship awards – Ng Ying Shuen (Monash University Malaysia), Eason Yip Chun Fai (TAR UMT) and Nur Izzah Inshirah Azmi Nassaruddin (UiTM Puncak Alam).
All three of them are now pursuing the programme on a full-time basis. Nur Izzah was awarded best accounting graduate from University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) under the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) National Accounting Student Excellence Award 2024.
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