Beyond the numbers – accounting is still a great career for young talent
Last year, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted that the number of people pursuing accounting degrees has dropped by over 10...
Read moreDetailsMark Billington is the managing director ICAEW International based in Dubai having previously been the regional director Greater China & South-East Asia. He is responsible for leading ICAEW activities outside the UK to support members, grow student numbers, manage stakeholder engagement and develop ICAEW’s international capacity building.
After qualifying as an ICAEW chartered accountant in 1990, Billington worked in a variety of industry verticals in the Telecoms sector for multi-national, national and start-up companies. From 2003-2007 Billington was the CEO of O2 (Asia Pacific & Middle East) based in Singapore where he was responsible for the creation of a premium brand in Asia as well as dealing with the supply chain of O2 into Greater China valued at over US$500m.
Prior to this, Billington was the COO and SVP for O2 (Netherlands) and oversaw one of the largest outsourcing telecoms deals in Europe during that period valued at €1bn. Before joining O2 he held a variety of roles in British Telecom plc including responsibility for strategic investments in France valued at over £4bn.
Billington has over twenty-five years’ experience in evaluating and managing large, complex deals and organisations, and is a frequent speaker and commentator in the ASEAN region. He has sat on the Singapore Accountancy Commission’s Productivity Advisory Committee having previously sat on the Research Centre and Development Fund Committee.
Last year, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted that the number of people pursuing accounting degrees has dropped by over 10...
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