Belfast businesswoman elected inaugural chair of European board of accountants

Belfast's wife Sharon McCue became the first chairman of the new European Council of Accountants.

Mrs McCue, who works in Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust, was elected Inaugural President of the Association of Professional Accountants (AICPA) European International Council and was awarded the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) silver medal.

The award recognizes outstanding contributions to your professional body.

Sharon McCue began her career in the CIMA accountant practice program with Short Brothers and Harland Ltd, now Bombardier Aerospace. He then led a government-funded initiative to stimulate the emerging software industry before joining the public sector to integrate management accounting into local communities. He is currently the Executive Director of Finance and ICT for Northern Ireland Trust Ambulance Service.

The AICPA is the worldwide organization of newly created accounting professionals to represent the combined interests of CIMA and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. It has 650,000 members and students worldwide.