Sixty Years of Service Recognised
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Athol Mann FCA whose 60 years of service to the accounting profession were recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) at a special dinner last week.
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Athol Mann FCA whose 60 years of service to the accounting profession were recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) at a special dinner last week.
Athol Mann was the Dean of our Commerce Faculty for ten years from 1987, and is now a distinguished emeritus professor in Wellington. His public service contributions include serving on the council of what was then called the New Zealand Society of Accountants and becoming its president in 1976. He was also the first New Zealander on the Council of the International Federation of Accountants, a member of the New Zealand Securities Commission for seven years, and a member of the Medical Research Council. In addition, Athol was inaugural chairman of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and an inaugural director of Te Papa.
As well as serving on numerous other corporate boards and the boards of the New Zealand Opera and Barnardos New Zealand, Athol has made a much-valued contribution to the Cathedral of St Paul close to our Pipitea Campus.
In 1986 he received a CMG for service to the accountancy profession, the arts and the community, but that only tells a fraction of the story of Athol. Whenever you mention his name, people use words such as ‘thoughtful’, ‘compassionate’, ‘enthusiastic’, ‘caring’, ‘a real gentleman’. He is widely known in many different Wellington circles, but to all who know him well he epitomises the injunction from Micah (6.8) which is to “act justly, love mercy; and walk humbly with his God”.
We wish Athol and his wife Ngaire many more good years of enjoying Wellington and all their interests.