Claudia Philipsz-Jones (pictured) has rejoined HR Associates, a division of Expertise Limited, as a management consultant.

HR Associates offers a wide range of human resource management services available to both international and local businesses.

As part of the team, Ms Philipsz-Jones will be involved in all services relating to human resource management, on a project and outsourced basis. She will also provide facilitation through Expertise?s development division, Prot?g?.

?We are excited to have Claudia back. She has tremendous enthusiasm and energy and is very passionate about her work,? Belinda Chiaramonte, a partner in Expertise and the practice leader for the HR Associates division, said.

?Claudia is an accomplished HR professional with an extensive background in performance management and employee relations.?

?She is also a very adept facilitator and trainer. Having Claudia join our team of now eight consultants will allow us to meet the increasing requests from existing and new clients.?

?Claudia will also manage HR Associates? growing Assessment Services, particularly in the area of employee opinion surveys.?

Ms Philipsz-Jones has a degree in psychology from the University of Western Ontario and holds a graduate degree in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Warwick in England.

She is currently pursuing her CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) designation. Ms Philipsz-Jones first joined HR Associates in 2001 before being seconded to Ernst & Young in 2003 for six months and then joining them permanently as HR Generalist.

CA students pass exam

The Institute of Chartered Accountants has announced that four CA students from Bermuda have passed their Uniform Evaluation Examination (UEE).

LaRondie Harrell (KPMG), Jennifer Murley (Arthur Morris, Christensen), Reneka Smith (Ernst & Young) and Scott Wheeler (PricewaterhouseCoopers) are all university graduates who completed the CFE while articling in a public practice firm.

?The exam is known as one of the most challenging professional entrance examinations in the world,? Tracey Pitt, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda, said.

?These young people have proven they have what it takes to become Bermuda?s business leaders of tomorrow and they know how to turn obstacles into opportunities.?

Each year many of Bermuda?s and Canada?s best and brightest university graduates qualify as Chartered Accountants.

?Completion of the unique and demanding examination requirements of the graduate-level CA programme signifies their unrivalled competence in one of the most exacting professional disciplines. Chartered Accountants bring the highest level of professionalism to positions of leadership in public practice, industry, government and education.?

?With their unmatched expertise and high professional standards, CAs are relied upon and trusted throughout Bermuda, Canada and the world. We welcome these students into the Chartered Accountants profession.?