Mary Read She accepted the King's pardon c. 1718–1719, then took a commission to privateer, but joined the crew in mutiny. In 1720 she joined pirate John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his companion, Anne Bonny, who both believed her to be a man. On 22 August 1720, the three stole an armed sloop named "William" from port in Nassau. Scholars are uncertain how female pirates like Read and Bonny concealed their sex in a male-dominated environment. Some scholars, however, have theorized that the wearing of breeches by female pirates may have been either a method of hiding their identity or simply as
Alex Malley Alex Malley Alex Malley FCPA, is the former chief executive of CPA Australia. He was removed by the CPA board of directors in late June 2017 after months of controversy started by his salary and the use of more than $60m of CPA funds for self-promotion on his book and tv program. Malley began his career working at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He quit the job and began working at the University of Western Sydney. He began as an accounting academic at Macquarie University in 1993. In 2007 he was elected president of the professional accounting body in 2007.