ICAEW spread some early Christmas cheer with top marks in the latest series of advanced level ACA exams, which was the biggest ever session at this level with the highest number of students and exams taken, including over 3,000 people taking the case study exam
For the second year running, the strategic business management exam came out on top of the three modules taken with a pass rate of 85.4%, followed closely by corporate reporting (83.2%) and the case study (75.3%).
Mihir Patel from PwC took first place and the Whinney prize in the case study results, and also came first and was awarded the Quilter prize in the corporate reporting module.
For the strategic business management paper first place and the Walton prize went to Damian Taylor, who is with Grant Thornton UK.
To complete a hat trick, Patel was also awarded first place and the Peat prize in the advanced level annual international order of merit rankings.
Second place in the international order of merit and the Deloitte prize went to James Green (PwC); third place and the Fletcher prize to Katherine Fulton, (PwC), and fourth place and the Strachan prize to Dominika Szucsova, (Deloitte).
Joint fifth place and the William G Frazer prize was given to Scott Jones, (Buzzacott) and Sarah Maidment, (PwC).
The others in the top 15 of the merit list were: Thomas Rogers, (Deloitte); Ross Robertson, (Ernst & Young); Charles Gratton, (Deloitte); Benjamin Razis, (PwC); Jessica Thornton, (PwC); Francesca Hunter; Sam Cawood, (Deloitte); Ewan Mackenzie Smith, (Ernst & Young); Louiza Christou, (Deloitte) and Jordan Haworth, (PwC).
Mark Protherough, ICAEW executive director of learning & professional development, said: ‘I would like to offer my congratulations to all students who once again have achieved an incredible set of results, and wish them all the best for their future studies. These results signify the excellence we can expect from our future ICAEW chartered accountants.
‘I would especially like to congratulate Mihir Patel, who not only won two subject prizes, but also topped the order of merit, a remarkable achievement.
Report by Pat Sweet
