ICAP Alumni Success Stories
Lahore: April 5th, 2017 – The Institute of Chartered Accountants Pakistan (ICAP) recently held
an Alumni Success Stories Seminar 2017, at the ICAP Auditorium, Karachi. The
objective of this seminar was to provide guidance to the freshly
qualified CA’s and trainee’s, regarding career development, growth and
progress. It was aimed at bringing together outstanding Chartered Accountants
with the recently qualified and trainee students on one platform so they can
discuss, motivate, teach and guide the existing students and help them in their
future.
This seminar
was conducted by four learned speakers – members of the ICAP Alumni. These
sessions were followed by an address by the President of ICAP. The guest
speakers included; Rashid
Masood Alam - Financial Controller at Jorhum KSA, Ms. Sarah Kamal - Finance
Manager of Customer & Channel Development at Unilever Pakistan, Mr. Farhan
M. Haroon - Finance Director at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, and Mr.
Abdul Malik – Secretary at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
The speakers highlighted the importance
of role models and how they help and guide students in the right direction as
they make life decisions, they provide inspiration and support when needed, and
they provide examples of how to live a fulfilling, happy life. The speakers
emphasized that role models motivate, teach and guide people to
uncover their true potential and overcome barriers during professional and
personal life but then again the students should also have proactive approach
towards problem solving and career building. During the session the speakers shared
their professional experience, which was followed by
question and answer session. The banking sector, pharmaceutical industry,
multinational corporations were all represented by the speeches from diverse
backgrounds.
President of ICAP, Mr. Nadeem Yousuf
Adil, the chief guest on the occasion acknowledged the Alumni for taking time
out and for young chartered accountants. He added that young chartered
accountants should learn from the knowledge and experiences of their seniors. The
Institute will continue to arrange such programs for its students and will
provide guidance and support to its members and trainee students. The
participants applauded the efforts of the Institute towards professional
development of members and trainee students. At the end of the program
President ICAP distributed shields to the guest speakers.
EmoticonEmoticon