Anton Colella is a Scottish businessman. He has been the

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Moore Global Moore Global (officially Moore Global Network Limited) is a global accountancy, advisory and consulting network of independent firms with its headquarters in London. Moore Global is ranked by the International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) as the 12th ...

since 2018, and was previously the global chief executive of the

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) is the world's first professional body of Chartered Accountants (CAs). It is a regulator, educator, influencer and thought leader. ICAS act as a thought leader and voice of the professiona ...

. Colella is an advocate for

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-driven business practices and

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Early life and education

Anton Colella was raised in

Shettleston Shettleston ( sco, Shuttlestoun, gd, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Toponymy The origin of the name 'Shettleston' is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a mult ...

in a

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family. He graduated from the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built ...

Teaching career

Colella spent the first 18 years of his career as a Catholic theology teacher. He served as

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at St Margaret Mary's Secondary School from 2000 to 2003.

Business career

In 2003, Colella became the chief executive of the

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(SQA). In October 2006, he became the chief executive of the

(ICAS). This appointment was made despite the fact that Colella did not possess an

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, nor any obvious qualifications apart from his work in

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. Colella oversaw a globalization phase of ICAS, such that, by 2015, he claimed that their overseas membership had grown by 60 per cent in the previous decade. During this period, Colella also advocated for the simplification of the UK tax code, which he complained of being "12 times the length of the

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". Colella departed the ICAS in March 2018. At his resignation, the ICAS president

Brian Souter Sir Brian Souter (born 5 May 1954) is a Scottish businessman. With his sister, Ann Gloag, he founded the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator Megabus, the train operating company South West Tra ...

said, "Over the past decade, Anton has been the architect of a transformed ICAS". Colella became the CEO of

in March 2018. Colella oversaw the rebranding of the company from Moore Stephens to Moore Global. Colella defended the rebranding as meeting "a world defined by global decision-making, data-driven insight and the need for agility."

Affiliations

In 2011, Colella became a chair of the

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. Colella serves on the International Executive Council of the

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, an association of Christian communities belonging to the charismatic movement.

References

External links

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Anton Colella
at the

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Anton Colella
at the Scottish Catholic Education Service {{DEFAULTSORT:Colella, Anton Living people Businesspeople from Glasgow Alumni of the University of Stirling Scottish accountants Scottish Roman Catholics 21st-century Scottish businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people)