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senior financial consultant, Caribbean Consulting Group, St. Kitts and Nevis

After completing her ACCA professional qualification in 1983, Dr Robertine Chaderton, who has a background in the natural sciences, pursued an academic career with the University of the West Indies (UWI) where she taught financial accounting, auditing and taxation to students from all over the Eastern Caribbean. Her doctorate, obtained from the University of Manchester in the UK, is in accounting and her work experience also includes stints with the financial institutions in the Caribbean region.

In 1999 Robertine started her own business, Caribbean Consulting Group. Based in St. Kitts, the organisation has gained ACCA registered status for the tuition offered to ACCA and CAT students from St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua, Dominica and British Virgin Isles. She had previously owned a business, P & R Chad Limited in Barbados, which provided similar services.

Robertine has also developed a successful career in TV presenting. Following the successful completion of her doctoral studies in accounting, she hosted the TV series 'Managing Your Money', which was aired in several Caribbean countries and was published as a book in 2000. She has also published several articles, monographs and books on accounting and related topics. She currently lectures part-time in management accounting for the Centre for Management Development (UWI)'s Executive MBA.

She gives credit to ACCA for the diverse opportunities opened up to her: 'The qualification has enabled me to work almost anywhere in the world, and to achieve my ultimate goal of self-employment. The knowledge I gained has been invaluable, allowing me to make a significant contribution to both the academic and business communities in the Caribbean.'