Harris Lipman News

Cardiff Accountancy Student Proves Herself a World Beater!

13/10/2009

An accountancy student based in Cardiff has won the ACCA prize as the highest scoring student in the world in the taxation paper at the fundamentals level of the ACCA qualification.

Rachel Passfield, who works Harris Lipman LLP in Cardiff Bay, beat 28,701 other students across the globe to the top spot in the June 2009 sittings for the qualification.

John Cullen, Partner at Harris Lipman and ACCA President for South Wales said “Rachel is very deserving of this award and her hard work is, I hope, an inspiration to the thousands of other students who are undertaking their ACCA qualification. At Harris Lipman, we consider ourselves very fortunate to have such talented individuals as Rachel and we look forward to continuing to support her in her future studies”

Speaking after hearing the news, Rachel stated “I am looking forward to completing my ACCA studies and gaining the qualification. I am very grateful to my employer for supporting me as that support is invaluable and can make all the difference”.

Ben Cottam, Head of ACCA Wales added “The sheer number of students who sat this examination gives a good indication as to just how impressive Rachel’s achievement is. ACCA Wales is proud that a student in Wales has received this award. These examinations are deliberately designed to be testing and to achieve such high marks is no mean feat. Rachel is to be congratulated for her hard work and determination”