RHC Education, the representative of the Australian Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA Australia) in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, conducted its 2nd annual Global Accounting & Management Accounting Hall of Fame Gala Dinner on October 19, 2017 titled “A Night of Fellowship, Recognition, and Charity” presided over by Dr. Ruwan Hulugalle, Regional Director of RHC Education with VIP guests Professor Janek Ratnatunga, CEO of ICMA Australia and Professor Brendan O’Connell, Global President of ICMA Australia.
The evening recognized great achievements in the fields of accounting and management accounting and inducted Mr. Kak Key, Partner of Morrison Kak and Associates, Mr. Nge Huy, Partner of KPMG, and Mr. Philip Wong, CFO of Edotco, into the Global Accounting and Management Accounting Halls of Fame for their lifetime of achievement in the fields of accounting and management accounting.
The evening also recognized the new “Certified Management Accountant” (CMA) members of ICMA Australia.
A charity element was added to the Gala Dinner as the Regional Office is looking to raise funds for a rural school in Cambodia, which is a much-needed CSR activity for ICMA in Cambodia. The dinner raised nearly USD $1,200 for improvement of a rural school in Cambodia. Dr. Ana Sopanah, ICMA Regional Director of East Java also attended the Gala Dinner.
Cambodia is one of 50 countries which has members in ICMA Australia, Australia’s only post-graduate level management accounting professional association, and ICMA Australia has around 10,000 members globally.
During the period an official visit to the Kampuchea Institute of CPAs and auditors (KICPAA) was also organised, and fruitful discussions were held on possible avenues of co-operation between KICPAA and ICMA
The Inductees to the Global Accounting Hall of Fame were: (1) Mr. Key Kak who drafted the law called “Law on Corporate Accounts, their Audits and the Profession of Accountants” and its application Anukrets, which was the first foundation of current accounting and auditing profession in Cambodia; and (2) Mr. Nge Huy, the first Cambodian Audit Partner of KPMG, and currently the Head of Audit in KPMG Cambodia.
The Inductee to the Global Management Accounting Hall of Fame was Mr. Phillip Thai Foong Wong who is a Senior Finance professional with substantial Asia Pacific management experience in a Global MNC, and currently Country Managing Director of Edotco (Cambodia) Co., Ltd.
Ruwan Hulugalle & Company, the official representative of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Australia in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, was proud to be the official evaluator for Miss Global 2017 held in Phnom Penh on November 17, 2017.
The Miss Global Final Competition consisted of candidates from 60 countries, with Miss Brazil awarded the title of Miss Global 2017 at the end of the evening in front of a seated audience of nearly 3,000 people including Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An and Information Minister Khieu Khannarith and an audience of thousands watching live on television.
You can see a video of some of the event including the cut to the top 11 finalists here
For more, you can see a video including the cut to the top 5 and questions and answers here.
