AAA x CPA Australia: Alumni Journey

AUT Accounting Association x CPA Australia Presents: Alumni Journey

Enjoy the night with hearing from AUT Accounting Alumni. Ask your burning questions and gain knowledge of their experiences within the accounting & finance industry, and what they did to stand out from the crowd of graduates. Also, an opportunity to mix and mingle with your accounting peers over free food (It's on us!) and prizes. Spaces are limited, so get your early free tickets!

Guest Speakers:

Jenny Xuan, CPA
Jenny has over 12 years practical experience in finance and accounting. She worked in PwC Beijing office for 3 years as auditor before joined GE Healthcare. She took 3 different roles in GE Healthcare and gained a wealth of experience in internal audit, accounting and controllership. Jenny graduated from MPA program in AUT in 2018 and began to work as the accounting leader in China Forestry Group New Zealand Company before being promoted to CFO.

Chao Lin, ASA
Chao studied at AUT in 2008 to 2011, Bachelor of Business majoring in finance and international business. After graduated, Chao worked at ANZ bank for over 5 years as a Personal Banker. Later left ANZ in early 2017 as he wanted to do something different. Chao was fortunate to find a role at Grant Thornton New Zealand as an Accounts Assistant. He was in this role for over 2 years. Chao then went to work at Colliers in a short term contract role as an Assistant Accountant before working at Green Cross Health for almost a year. Sadly, Chao was made redundant when COVID-19 hit but immediately found another role with GHD Limited as an Assistant Accountant as a fixed term contract for 9 months.

Shivani Chandra, ASA
Shivani is a finance professional with experience in financial and management accounting having worked in a variety of organisations in various sectors such as fleet management, insurance, FMCG and telecommunications. She's passionate about coaching and supporting young professionals/graduates transitioning into the finance field and enjoy being involved in events and initiatives supporting this.