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Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 31 July 2010; Last Updated: 14 January 2016

Shaun Tomson: Changing the world one code at a time!

By Yashivan Govender

In a time when the world needs to be inspired, informed, refreshed and pushed. It is very difficult to find people who can bring these characteristics to the fore. As we seek high and low for champions of the planet, we find individuals who represent business, sport, politics, communities and even the environment, all lobbying and rallying for our attention. However it’s the ones that silently stand above the rest that grab our interest without a blink. It’s the ones that seek a purpose in what they do that not only inspire, inform, refresh and push the world but change it as well.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 14 July 2010; Last Updated: 12 January 2016

Marianna Cidaris leading the field with ACCA

Anglo American EMEA Shared Services, Global Shared Services: Business Analyst, Marianna Cidaris, obtained the highest marks in South Africa for Paper P6: Advanced Taxation, when she wrote her exam earlier this year. Marianna hopes to write the final two papers for the ACCA Qualification in December.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 31 May 2010; Last Updated: 11 January 2016

LLoyd Gedye: Writing his career path through music and business!

Where on the planet are you currently located: Johannesburg

So what exactly is your job and how did you go about achieving this career path:
I have a couple of rolls at the Mail & Guardian. First and foremost I am a senior business journalist. Secondly I am a music journalist and I coordinate all the music coverage for our arts section Friday, whether that is interviews, CD reviews or gig reviews. I studied Journalism at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. I have always been drawn to writing and Journalism seemed like a viable way to make a living doing it. (FirstStep.me say’s: That’s super cool!)

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 14 July 2010; Last Updated: 13 January 2016

Willem Naude: Balances practical and theory with ACCA!

Inter-Waste Financial Manager Willem Naude hopes to complete the ACCA qualification by the end of the year. “I started the qualification at the beginning of the year. My goal is to complete the qualification by the end of this year. I wrote two subjects in June and will write the final three in December. I hope to pass them all,” Naude explains.

Details: Written by OriginalSteps; Category: Original Careers; Published: 28 May 2010; Last Updated: 08 January 2016

Ben Frey: Bringing creativity to the accounting profession!

By Yashivan Govender

“To compete you need to be able to reinvent and adapt yourself, have goals and never forget about your dreams”.

As I am being patched through to his office by his personal assistant, I skim through the CV of Ben Frey and without even thinking twice I start to prepare myself for an interview that possibly isn’t going to go further than the day in a life of a typical accountant, I line up my interview template and ready myself for what seems to being a pretty standard encounter.