What does it really mean to be an auditor? Ask Liswaniso Namatama and he’ll tell you it’s far more than ticking boxes or crunching numbers — it’s about understanding people, organisations, and the world around you.

What does it take to train for the Olympics while studying for your chartered accountancy exams, and then go on to break a world record? If you’re Catriona Jennings, the answer involves meticulous planning, hard-won resilience, and a willingness to take calculated risks, both on the track and in the boardroom.

What does it take to train for the Olympics while studying for your chartered accountancy exams, and then go on to break a world record? If you’re Catriona Jennings, the answer involves meticulous planning, hard-won resilience, and a willingness to take calculated risks, both on the track and in the boardroom.

In the latest episode of Difference Makers Discuss, host Sinead Donovan sat down with Nick, co-founder and CEO of Invigilator App, for a wide-ranging conversation that touched on educational equity, the ethics of AI, entrepreneurship, and why the Chartered Accountancy qualification might just be the best-kept secret in tech. It’s a conversation packed with insights that are as relevant to the boardroom as they are to the lecture hall.

In the final episode of Difference Makers Discuss Season 3, host Sinéad Donovan welcomed back two familiar voices—Brad Hook and Declan Scott, co-authors of the landmark Global Resilience and Well-being Report for Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW). Earlier in the year, their inaugural research sparked important conversations about how chartered accountants worldwide are coping with the new realities of work.

In the latest episode of Difference Makers Discuss, host Sinéad Donovan sits down with an extraordinary guest, Carla S. Vijian, a Principal with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), whose career spans continents, industries, and some of the most pressing ethical questions of our time.