Lucy Cohen, the award-winning entrepreneur (she has a PQ magazine award among those), and co-founder of Mazuma, has been appointed AAT President.
Cohen, the youngest ever AAT to hold the position of President, takes on the role with a commitment to championing diversity and inclusion as well as support for small businesses – areas she says are vital to shaping the future of the accountancy profession
From delivering sessions at industry events to chairing roundtables on gender parity, she has established herself as innovative disruptor in this sector. Her Presidency marks a full circle moment, having begun her journey through an apprenticeship with AAT, before launching her now multi-million-pound business at the tender age of 23.
Cohen said: “My two priorities are simple. I know what it’s like to start out without connections or a head start. The AAT apprenticeship gave me the foundation for everything that followed. It taught me that talent exists everywhere – it just needs the right chance to grow. Every step of the way, AAT has been there, having my back when it counted. Now I want to give back to the professional community that gave me my start.”
Craig Dyer has been appointed Vice President.
