Emile Woolf FCA, chartered accountant
http://www.emilewoolfwrites.co.uk
Although Emile’s early writings concentrated on the world of Accountancy and Auditing, his interest in the far wider world of economics came to the fore more recently - and this has been expressed in his regular essays in the “Economic Perspectives” blog forum, which appear on “Going Postal”, Substack and, of course his own website.
Of all the regular contributors to ”Accountancy” magazine, perhaps the most prolific was Emile Woolf, whose first article for the magazine was published in the August 1972 issue. Emile’s articles over many years covered a wide range of examination material for students, and he was appointed honorary Education Adviser to the Association of Chartered Accountants’ Student Societies.
Emile’s writings have been published in many countries. He served as the London Correspondent of “Chartered Accountant in Australia”. His articles have even been translated into Croatian and published in that country’s main accounting journal. Many of his articles have been published in “Accountancy Ireland”, “Building Societies Quarterly”, “Management Today”, “Arts Review”, “The Accountant”, “Young Accountant”, “LIBRA” and The Jewish Chronicle. His articles have been reproduced in professional journals in Europe, the Far East, Nigeria, the Caribbean and other countries.
Emile’s school, Emile Woolf & Associates, operated not only in London, but had successful branches in Trinidad, Ghana, Nigeria and associated colleges in Uganda, Singapore and Hong Kong. He was a regular contributor to the BBC radio programme “The World Tonight”, BBC Television’s “Money Programme” and “Nationwide”.
From 1984 to 2012 Emile was a partner in Kingston Smith, Chartered Accountants, where he ran its forensic accounting and litigation support department, appearing as expert witness in over 40 cases in the UK, Anguilla, Pakistan and South Africa. In 1998 he was appointed a non-executive director of Hyperion Insurance Group, where he served as Chairman of its Audit Committee. He remained with Hyperion (now Howden) until retirement in 2016, since when he has been concentrating on the regular Economic Perspectives essays for which he is best known today.
