Carmarthenshire ACCA Trainee Achieves Highest Mark In the World

Huw Jones ACCA Accountancy Trainee of Llewellyn Davies Chartered Accountants, Whitland has been presented with a global award for achieving the highest pass mark in the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Auditing exam topping over 7,800 students who sat the paper worldwide.

Colin John, Partner at Llewellyn Davies said:

“We are extremely proud of Huw’s achievement in being a global prize winner, and it proves that all his hard work has been extremely worthwhile and duly recognised”

Jones, 23 and from Llanarthney near Carmarthen has been studying for his ACCA exams at Kaplan whilst working for Llewellyn Davies for the last five years. He said:

“I am delighted and honoured to have received this prestigious Global Award and am grateful for all the support received from Llewelyn Davies Chartered Accountants and for the opportunities I have been afforded.”

Lloyd Powell, Head of ACCA Cymru Wales presented the award at the ACCA Cymru Wales Swansea Dinner where Huw received rapturous applause from the three hundred strong crowd including Welsh Rugby Internationals Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb and world record breaking referee Nigel Owens.

On the night Powell said:

“We are delighted to be able to congratulate Huw in person at our flagship event in Swansea. It is an amazing achievement to score the highest mark in the world in an ACCA examination. The commitment by our students to study whilst working at the same time continues to impress us year on year. For Huw to achieve the highest mark worldwide takes considerable natural ability and talent but also a huge amount of hard work and commitment and we’re very proud as an organisation of his success”

Pic: L-R : Lloyd Powell, Head of ACCA Cymru Wales, Tim John, ACCA Mentor, Llewellyn Davies, Huw Jones, ACCA Trainee, Llewellyn Davies, Colin John, Partner, Llewellyn Davies