*** Confirmed: Apprentice's Edward Hunter is an ICAEW member ***
Posted by Christie Malry on May 11, 2011 at 8:52 am
After last night's catastrophic performance from accountant Edward Hunter, I rang ICAEW first thing this morning to check which body he belongs to.
Yep, he's one of ours. This is a bit of a setback in my crusade to portray chartered accountants as hip, modern and relevant. But, as they say, you've got to roll with the punches.
I thought it was quite funny, I don't think it was a bad thing because everyone's talking about him, accountants and accountancy.
At least you haven't tried to distance yourself from him. Many have.
Amusing that you make this about the qualification - I don't think this is the case at all because he failed on his basic skills - common sense, how to talk to peers, how to handle difficult situations - they don't teach those in ACA, ACCA or ACMA. He would have been an embarrassment to any profession. Then being rejected by the man from innocent... I was cringing for him...
We have honoured Ed's #rollwiththepunches catchphrase with a special Apprentice t-shirt: http://bit.ly/mEw2iS