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INSTITUTE NEWSRECIPIENT OF ANUGERAH PRESIDEN 2007YM Raja DatukArshad Raja Tun UdaYM Raja Datuk Arshad Raja Tun Uda was bornon December 2, 1946. He is married to YMTengku Datin Yusni Tengku Mohd Yusof (thegirl next door during his Penang days) andthey are blessed with 4 children. He is a member of theSelangor Royal Family and in 2005 he was made a palaceofficial with the title “Engku Setia Lela Bestari”.His success in life can perhaps be attributed to thediscipline and wisdom imparted to him by his father, whowas a strict disciplinarian. His father had wanted a doctorin the family but Raja Datuk Arshad was attracted toaccountancy by the sight of articled students smartlydressed in three piece suits. He then worked on convincinghis father that perhaps accountancy and not medicine wasthe choice of a profession for him.He has had no regrets about his change of mind andhas built a distinguished career spanning a period of 30years, both in the United Kingdom and in Malaysia. Hehas accumulated extensive and broad experience inauditing, taxation, corporate finance and other relatedwork covering a range of clients in the manufacturing,financial services, utilities and government sectors.Raja Datuk Arshad qualified as a CharteredAccountant in 1971 and joined Price Waterhouse in 1972.In 1974, he was asked to manage the Melaka office of PriceWaterhouse and returned to Kuala Lumpur in 1976. Hewas admitted as a partner of the firm in 1978, where heheld various positions, including being partner in chargeof an audit group and staff partner of the firm. InSeptember 1985, Raja Datuk Arshad attended theAdvanced Management Program at the Harvard BusinessSchool in Boston and became Senior Partner on his returnto Malaysia in January 1986. In a re-organisation of thefirm in January 1990, he was elected Executive Chairmanand held the position until his retirement in June 2005.Raja Datuk Arshad was admitted as a member ofMICPA in 1972. He was elected to the MICPA Council in1980 and served for 24 years until his retirement from theCouncil in 2004. During this time he served as a memberof the Examination, Membership Affairs, Investigation andExecutive Committees of the Institute and as Chairman ofthe Government Affairs Committee. He was elected the20th President of the Institute for three terms, from 1992 to1994 and during his tenure as President, the Instituteachieved several milestones. In November 1992, the first26 | The Malaysian Accountant | June/August 2007 www.micpa.com.my