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Chartered Accountants Worldwide: Promoting International Excellence

Chartered Accountants have been setting global standards and leading development for the accountancy profession since the beginning. Through its member institutes, Chartered Accountants Worldwide supports, develops and promotes the role of accountants as business leaders, decision-makers and trusted advisers.

Chartered Accountants Worldwide brings together the members of leading institutes to create a community of hundreds of thousands of Chartered Accountants in more than 190 countries.

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Upcoming Events

Featured Event

Annual Tax Conference 2023 (ROI)

This event is in the planning stages. The course will be delivered online on Thursday, 30th of November 2023.

Global Professional Accountants Convention” (GloPAC) – Connecting the Globe, Creating Value

ICAI is organising its first ever “Global Professional Accountants Convention” (GloPAC), on the theme- “Connecting the Globe, Creating Value” on November 24-26, 2023 at Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

DGT056v : Facts and Fictions: Navigating the waves of AI (Live Webinar) – Oct 23

If you are interested in navigating the waves of AI, attend this course and be enlightened! You do not need to be technologically savvy to enjoy this programme. With an understanding of AI and its applications, you can confidently grow in your knowledge and journey to harness the opportunities of AI.

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Featured News & Insights

Global Study Identifies the Key to Fostering Female Ambition in the Profession

The Chartered Accountants Worldwide global ED&I task force partnered with Magenta – a specialist research agency - to conduct the first global study to map the career journeys of women in the profession and identify the barriers and opportunities for employers to open career pathways for women to progress into […]

Pride 2023 – How far have we come?

As Pride celebrations kick off all over the world this month, six members of BALANCE, the Institute’s LGBTQ+ Allies network group, tell us about their experiences and what employers can do to support true equality.

Highlights: Greenwashing: Avoid, Identify, Act.

Here you’ll find the highlights of a Chartered Accountants Worldwide and One Young World hosted webinar featuring a truly global panel of experts that guided the audience through the maze that is greenwashing.

Fireside Chat on Ethics Standard on Sustainability Assurance and Reporting

Ms Eng Chin Chin, ISCA Ethics Committee Chairperson, engaged Mr Mark Babington, IESBA Member and IESBA Sustainability Working Group Chair, in a fireside chat on the development of a set of ethics and independence standards for sustainability reporting and assurance.

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Webinars on Demand

Greenwashing – Avoid, Identify, Act!

Join The Financial Times Chief UK Business Correspondent, Daniel Thomas as he leads a truly global panel of experts to guide you on how can you ensure your organisation’s environmental statements are accurate and would not be susceptible to allegations of greenwashing.

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What’s Stopping YOU? Fostering Female Ambition

In this webinar we reveal and debate the survey findings and delve into the opportunities and challenges for women in the profession, their employers and the lessons we can learn.

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Performance with care webinar

In this session Declan Scott BSc (Mgmt), MA, FCA explored the definition of resilience followed by insights from the latest research. Resilience Institute tracked 23,990 professionals over two years to discover which skills and practices support the highest performers.

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Ukraine

Institutes response to the war in Ukraine

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The Difference Makers Podcast

We created this podcast in order to celebrate the lives and work of people who have transformed communities, businesses, and the wider world, making a real difference in the lives of others. We call them “Difference Makers”.

In each episode, our host, Indy Singh Hothi, meets a new Difference Maker. Listen to our first episode today – David Nussbaum, a prisoner of hope.

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In this episode we meet David Nussbaum, a true Difference Maker. Throughout his career he's fought corruption, battled climate change, and worked at the highest levels of industry and politics to make meaningful change in the world.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse, moved into venture capital with 3i, and then into manufacturing, becoming the Financial Director of Field Group plc

In 1997 David left the world of business and finance and joined Oxfam as FD and Deputy CEO and was later seconded to head up Oxfam’s operations in India. David went on to become Chair of Transparency International, the leading global anti-corruption organisation, CEO of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) UK, and now Chief Executive at The Elders. The Elders are an independent group of global leaders working together for peace, justice and human rights. They were founded by the late Nelson Mandela, and are currently chaired by Mary Robinson.

In each of these roles he used the knowledge, perspective, skills and capabilities that he gained from his background as a Chartered Accountant to make a difference. Whether that was through using his skills with numbers to improve logistics for aid operations, using numbers to help tell the story of corruption in countries around the world, using communication and interpersonal skills to help further the goal of persuading leaders to work with a greater sense of justice, ethics, and consideration for the good of all.

He ends by quoting Arch-bishop Desmond Tutu, who when asked why he was such an eternal optimist, replied: "I'm not an optimist, I am a prisoner of hope".

David Nussbaum - A prisoner of hope

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David Nussbaum - A prisoner of hope

In this episode Indy meets Zahid Fakey, the CEO of weFEEDsa, an organisation conceived during the lockdown of COVID-19 with the principle purpose of feeding the less fortunate in a dignified manner.

In 2018, he'd left his role Price Waterhouse Coopers as regional head of risk assurance for cases in South Africa and Swaziland to fulfil "his greater purpose".

He has since devoted his time to improving society through such endeavours as his consulting company "Unplugged", his many board positions. During lockdown, his organisation We Feed SA, provided 12,000 meals a day to those in need in KwaZulu Natal as well as the project "The House of Opportunity", which helps the homeless obtain skills and jobs.

Zahid holds multiple board positions. He is a non-executive director of National Bioproducts Institute and the Chairman of their Audit and Risk Committee. He also serves as a trustee on the board of the organisation’s Provident Fund. He holds a non-executive director position with Albaraka Bank Limited where he serves as a member of the main board, the Chairman of capital, risk management and compliance committee and as a member of the social and ethics committee.

He has been appointed as the independent Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Dube Tradeport Corporation as of September 2018.

Zahid Fakey - Fulfilling his greater purpose

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Zahid Fakey - Fulfilling his greater purpose

In this episode Indy meets Mufseen Miah. He talks about how growing up he was scared to come out as gay, fearing that if he was open about his sexuality his education, career, and social life might suffer. Mufseen studied economics and later accountancy. Once he started his career he became aware of the importance of supporting ED&I initiatives at work.

Mufseen talks about how he became involved in Pride London, becoming director of finance. Pride is important because it creates a safe space where people can express their sexuality without being judged. It is a celebration of love and diversity, he says.

Mufseen is a co-host on Queer Talk, an exciting new LGBTQ+ podcast which he founded. It is a passion project and explores the many real intersectional issues faced by LGBTQ+ people. In addition to this Mufseen is creative in many areas including design, photography and writing and regularly brings these together in consulting or collaborating with charities on awareness campaigns.

Mufseen is a member of ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland) and has several years experience in auditing and assurance services, financial forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning.

Mufseen is an experienced financial accountant working in digital media specialising in FP&A and financial reporting for Little Dot Studios.

Mufseen Miah - Pride is a Beacon of Hope

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Mufseen Miah - Pride is a Beacon of Hope

In this episode Indy meets Jonny Jacobs CA, is the Finance Director EMEA at Starbucks, he is also a passionate advocate for positive mental health.

Jonny speaks openly about his own struggles with mental health in his teens and talks about the importance of acknowledging challenges people may be experiencing in their lives.

Helping and supporting others is not just a moral and social responsibility in leadership but also has a business case. A healthy economy is about our environment, our communities, our employees – and the health of employees. In the UK alone, mental health-related issues carry a £40 billion cost to business and a further £80 billion in social cost, he explains.

Jonny is a trustee of the Mental Health Foundation, the UK is leading mental health charity, a non Executive Director of Mental Health at Work, a One Young World ambassador and a goalkeeper of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

He also plays a key role in supporting ICAS. In 2017, he was recognised as a young chartered accountant of the year and is co-leading the mental fitness in business strategy to drive change on the subject amongst the finance and accounting profession. We hope you find Johnny's story inspiring.

Jonny Jacobs - Ending the stigma around mental health

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Jonny Jacobs - Ending the stigma around mental health

In this episode Indy meets Amir Dossal CA, Founder and President of the Global Partnerships Forum – a not-for-profit knowledge platform to provide changemakers with tools to build innovative partnerships for the SDG.

Amir describes his varied career with emphasis on his journey to, and work within the United Nations. Reflecting on his humanitarian work in various developing countries, Amir describes it as a privilege to be involved in the problem solving required to meet the different challenges. “It was a system based approach…you capture data on epidemiology…and the moment you do health, you’re doing education.”

Amir is a 25-year veteran of the United Nations, and was the UN’s Chief Liaison for Partnerships. As Executive Director of the UN Office for Partnerships, he managed the $1 billion gift by media mogul Ted Turner.

Amir is currently President, Global Partnerships Forum; Champion, UN Safe Ground Campaign; Vice Chair, Blockchain Commission; Distinguished Fellow of Healthcare, World Economic Forum.

We hope you find Amir’s story inspiring.

Amir Dossal - Hope for Humanity

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Amir Dossal - Hope for Humanity

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