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CGA Barbados’ new president Hank Lucas on being a CGA in the Caribbean.
FROM:
MAY-JUN 2007 ISSUE
What is the most critical issue affecting CGAs in your region?
Ensuring full professional equity for CGAs in the region. CGA-Barbados will lead the drive to professional equity across the Caribbean. This will provide more job opportunities for CGAs and raise the visibility of the designation.
If you could change one thing about the profession, what would it be?
The accounting profession must recognize and expand its role, its responsibility, and its dedication to providing accurate and complete information to the public. Continued emphasis on ethical standards and independence is a must.
Where do you see your association in five years?
With the move toward forming a CGA-Caribbean association during 2007, in five years I see CGA-Caribbean as a vibrant association with double or triple the current number of students across the Caribbean islands, providing
value-added services to members and their communities.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I am currently the assistant vice-president at London Life International Reinsurance Corporation, where I have worked for eleven years. Prior to that I was employed as financial analyst at Grand Barbados Beach Resort. In five years, I see myself as the managing director of my own company in the automotive or financial services sectors.
What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?
It would have to be achieving the CGA designation in June 2006, as the designation is the foundation upon which my professional skills, career advancements, personal fulfillments, and monetary rewards are based.
What do you enjoy most about Barbados?
I like the tropical weather all year round, the beautiful beaches, the friendliness of the people, and the stability of the political system and the economy.
The Caribbean captured the world’s attention by hosting the Cricket World Cup this year. How were you involved?
I enjoyed the Cricket World Cup because I am a cricket fan and because it was a chance for Barbados and the other Caribbean islands to show the world we are capable of organizing and hosting a sporting event of this magnitude.
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