May 15: Accounting Student Awarded First Place in UWAC Conference

Josh Leyte-Jammu, CME B.Comm. Accounting student, competed in the seventh annual University of Waterloo Accounting Conference (UWAC) this past weekend with first year Waterloo Accounting students, Rida Raza and Carrie Law, and fourth year Concordia student, Ben Leung.   

This year's conference saw 142 delegates compete in 33 randomly organized teams consisting of 4 students each.  The teams were asked to implement a strategy that would enhance customer service quality at Tim Horton's while keeping costs down during the company's next five year growth phase.

Judges of the case were representatives from KPMG, E&Y, PwC and Deloitte, as well as representatives from Tim Horton's and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO). Ultimately, Josh's team won first place and was awarded a $1500 cash prize.  

Congratulations Josh!