Nevvar Hickmet: The First Cypriot to Qualify as a Chartered Accountant: A Biographical Note

Year 2013, Volume: 17 Issue: 40, 15 - 34, 01.06.2013

Peter Clarke

Abstract

Nevvar Hickmet also Hikmet was born in Cyprus in 1912 as the son of a schoolteacher. After receiving secondary schooling at the Turkish Lyceum in Nicosia, he studied accountancy in London. When he passed his Final Examina‑tion in November, 1936, he became the first Cypriot to qualify as a member of the prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ICAEW . Not only did this chartered accountancy qualification confer benefits which he subsequently applied during an extensive commercial career, he also became an important role model and example for other Cypriots, especially those who aspired to pursue professional qualification in London. After qualifica‑tion, he managed an impressive collection of restaurants in Soho London and, thereafter, established, what would now be referred to as a national hotel chain in the UK. He died in 1999 and his family currently resides in England and these include both prominent children and grandchildren

Keywords

Cyprus, Accounting History, Nevvar Hickmet

Bir Biyografi: Nevvar Hickmet, Mali Müşavirliğe Yükselen İlk Kıbrıslı

Abstract

Nevvar Hickmet Hikmet , öğretmen bir babanın oğlu olarak 1912 yılında Kıbrıs’ta doğmuştur. Orta eğitimini Lefkoşa’daki Türk Lisesi’nde tamamladıktan sonra, Londra’da muhasebe eğitimi alır. Nevvar Hickmet, 1936 yılının kasım ayında final sınavlarını başarı ile tamamladığında, İngiltere ve Galler’deki yeminli mali müşavirlerin kayıtlı olduğu kuruma ICAEW üye olarak kabul edilmeye yeterli ve değer bulunan ilk Kıbrıslı olur. Nevvar Hickmet sadece, kapsamlı ticari meslek hayatı boyunca uygulamış olduğu bu mali müşavirlik başarısı ile değil, ayni zamanda, özellikle mesleki başarıyı Londra’da hedeflemiş olan diğer Kıbrıslılara da ilham veren önemli ve örnek bir kişilik olmuştur. Almış olduğu yeterlilikten sonra, Londra’nın Soho Bölgesi’nde etkileyici bir restoran dizisini idare etmiş ve sonrasında bugün, Birleşik Krallık ’ta ulusal hotel zinciri olarak sözü edilebilecek olan kuruluşu kurmuştur. 1999 yılında ölen Nevvar Hickmet’in çocukları ve torunlarından oluşan ailesi, bugün, toplumun önde gelen seçkin bireyleri olarak İngiltere’de yaşamaya devam etmektedir

Keywords

Kıbrıs, Muhasebe tarihi, Nevvar Hickmet

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