CAW Network USA’s David Powell interviews Gordon Cowie, Founder and Chairman of Trustees – Friends of Sick Children in Malawi and founder member of ACAUS.
Gordon Cowie found himself in New York City in 1982, working with Roger Musson, the second president of ACAUS. While he dedicated much of his time and expertise to the organization, he simultaneously explored a variety of paths in his professional career.
Interview with Gordon Cowie MBE CA (1977-2007) – founder of the charity ‘ Friends of Sick Children in Malawi’ – who he is, how he was involved with ACAUS / CAW Network USA and what led to him running a charity for children in Malawi… you can listen to the interview and also lead our article ‘Gordon Cowie MBE: From Balance Sheets to Bedpans’
Volunteers would spend anywhere from two weeks to six months on the ground working with local finance teams.
But in the midst of a global pandemic, what happens when overseas travel is no longer an option?
In 1982 my professional (ICAS) practice career took me to The Big Apple a few months before the incorporation of ACAUS. I went to work with Roger Musson, the first ACAUS President following on from founder Angus McDowell. I lived and worked in the USA until 1985 having taken over from Roger as the Deloitte Haskins & Sells UK/US Liaison Partner in the USA.
I guess my most memorable claim to ACAUS fame, as Ian Wise reports in his book ‘ACAUS The First 40 Years’, was finding haggis for 150 diners at the very first formal ACAUS dinner in 1983 at Windows on the World atop the late Twin Towers… or, as Roger Musson used to refer to it from our offices on Floor 100, “the office canteen”!
