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Barry Lewis celebrates 40 years at Harris Lipman

05/09/2007

On 5 September 2007 Barry Lewis celebrated the 40th anniversary of his joining Harris Lipman, with a surprise party thrown by the Harris Lipman team.

Ashok Shah, the second longest-serving partner, spoke about Barry’s drive and energy, which had been instrumental in the firm’s success, and on the enormous changes the firm and the profession as a whole had experienced over that 40 year period.

Barry commented on how quickly the 40 years had passed, and how grateful he was for the support of the team, on which the firm’s continuing success depended.

Those of you who are familiar with the concept of “light years”, and who know what time Barry arrives at the office each morning, will understand that “40 Barry years” are equal to 60 or more “ordinary years”, but we wish him many more happy and successful years - of both types!

Postscript:

Barry's anniversary made the pages of Accountancy Age, which broke its usual rule of not featuring such anniversaries, because in this case it passed their 'interestingness and excitability test'! They commented: "An 'early riser', Barry often gets to his desk by 4am, and works through to 6 or 7pm. We hope they give Barry a break and buy him a computer and calculator, as a lack of those fundamental devices must be the only reason why he has to come in so early!"

 

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