Season 2 Episode 3: From Zimbabwe to Perth: Tinashe’s trailblazing career in Chartered Accounting
Explore the fascinating journey of Tinashe Kamangira, a trailblazer in the accountancy world, who takes us from his roots in Zimbabwe to a thriving career in Perth, Australia. As the President of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and a Director at Deloitte, Tinashe offers a unique perspective on leadership and the cultural transitions that shaped his path.
In this webinar Tinashe will share the challenges and triumphs of his leadership journey, where resilience and encouragement became his guiding forces. His experience as the youngest chair of the Western Australian Council sheds light on the fresh insights young leaders bring to pressing issues like cost of living and housing.
We will also delve into the evolving landscape of the accounting profession, discussing initiatives aimed at increasing diversity and the introduction of non-degree routes into Chartered Accountancy, which aim to broaden access and attract talent from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.
Tinashe has a passion for philanthropy, and he will discuss his volunteering adventures with organisations like St Vincent de Paul and speak about the vital role accountancy skills play in supporting meaningful change and governance.
This episode is a testament to the power of empathy, strategic thinking, and the profound impact of giving back to the community.
Watch Past Episodes On Demand
Aisling McCaffrey is clear that the seventeen year old choosing a university course could not have described where she is now. She works at the Impact Investing Institute in London on the question of why capital does not flow to the places that need it. Recent months have taken her to the Ethiopian border with Somalia alongside UNHCR and UNDP, and to India to look at the textile and apparel sector.
Difference Makers Discuss, season 5, episode 1. Sinead Donovan talks to Kingsley Aikins, founder of Diaspora Matters. This is the second of a two part conversation, the first of which closed season 4.
Season 4 of Difference Makers Discuss covered a lot of ground. Six guests, six very different lives, and on the face of it not much in common beyond a professional qualification and a willingness to talk honestly. Watch them back to back, and something else emerges. Every one of these stories turns on the same thing: the decision to connect with another human being when it would have been easier not to.
Explore our Knowledge Hubs
If you’ve heard something interesting today on this webinar, why not explore our knowledge hubs and find out more.
Meet the Speakers
About Tinashe Kamangira FCA
Tinashe is a Director at Deloitte Australia. He has more than a 16 years of accounting, taxation and business advisory experience, serving private businesses and their owners.
He was previously in the Private Advisory Practice of Grant Thornton in Perth and also worked for Grant Thornton Sweden as part of the talent mobility program.
Tinashe is a member of the WA Regional Council and was chair in 2019 in addition his role as a CA Program Facilitator and exam marker. He also sits on various boards, finance, audit and risk committees for local and international organisations.
Tinashe has a Bachelor of Commerce, and majored in Accounting and Finance at Curtin University of Technology, Perth. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Information Systems and Information Technology.
Our Host: Sinead Donovan, Chairperson of Grant Thornton and President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Sinead is the Chairperson of Grant Thornton and in the Immediate Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Sinead joined Grant Thornton in 2002 and was admitted to the partnership in 2005, becoming the first female partner. She specialising in providing services to multinational companies and is partner in an international team which services the global needs of these mature and large companies, with particular regard to central reporting on multiple jurisdictions in Irish headquarters and/or Shared Service Centres. She was instrumental in founding the Irish/US Group, which is a permanent department, consisting of an Irish directors based in the US. This link ensures a seamless service offering between the Irish and US firms to relevant clients.
Sinead has been on the Council of the institute of Chartered Accountants for some 10 years and is an advocate for the accountancy profession. She is passionate about the need to ensure the profession utilises technology and AI smartly and effectively and is also a firm believer in the global qualification of Chartered Accountancy as the world becomes more connected.
Sinead is a strong believer in the importance of Inclusion; Diversity and Equity to ensure a motivated, effective and thriving work place. She is an advocate for mental wellbeing initiatives and a former chairperson of CA SUPPORT which is the body tasked with providing support to all Chartered members and students in Ireland.
