Insights on Diversity & Inclusion
Creating Inclusive Workplaces: Why Disability Inclusion Matters
Every year on December 3rd, the world marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day to celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities, raise awareness, and promote inclusion across all areas of society.
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has released the results of its 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey, revealing both progress and persistent challenges across the profession..
Female chartered accountants face a number of challenges in the finance profession. We are committed to highlighting these issues and making the global business case for recruiting and retaining female financial talent.
Female chartered accountants face a number of challenges in the finance profession. We are committed to highlighting these issues and making the global business case for recruiting and retaining female financial talent.
Chartered Accountants - A Global Impact
Diversity in the profession
Did you know that Chartered Accountants play a critical global role, with nearly half of the profession based in Asia. This internationally recognized qualification ensures the seamless exchange of skills and expertise across borders, making Chartered Accountants pivotal in driving global economic growth. The profession attracts a youthful demographic, with over 50% of members aged 26-45, reflecting its dynamic and evolving nature. Find out more about who Chartered Accountants are around the world with figures compiled by Chartered Accountants Worldwide.
Online Events & Webinars
Online Events & Webinars
One clear way that Chartered Accountant Member Institutes are rising to this challenge is in the creation and hosting of online events and activities.
We are working with the Institutes to present the events that have a global perspective and are available to Chartered Accountants everywhere.
Webinars on demand
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.
As businesses confront climate risk, social inequality, resource constraints, and heightened stakeholder scrutiny, traditional financial reporting alone is no longer sufficient to explain how organizations create and preserve long-term value.
The Young Difference Makers Podcast
The Difference Makers Podcast honors those who’ve positively impacted communities worldwide. Our Young Difference Makers series spotlights young Chartered Accountants addressing critical issues in business, finance, and beyond. Age is no barrier; these individuals are both seasoned and young. Inspiring change and making a tangible impact on others’ lives.
Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and other podcast networks.
Ready to discover how a chartered accountant turns risk literacy into a founder’s edge? We sit down with Christiaan Coetzee—CEO and co‑founder of Audit Toolbar and SAICA Top 35 Under 35 overall winner—to unpack the mindset shifts and practical levers that help small firms run with the giants.
Start with a simple truth: problems rarely arrive alone. Sitali joins us to show how education, governance, and technology interlock—and how a single career pivot can spark a mission to rebuild trust from the inside out.
For Jaspreet Rayat curiosity lit the first spark: how do businesses actually work, and why does finance feel like the spine that keeps them upright? From that question grew a bold choice—skip the university track, embrace an apprenticeship, and earn a chartered accountancy qualification while gaining real experience.
Unlocking an Inclusive Workplace
In late 2022, Chartered Accountants Worldwide’s (CAW) 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 more senior positions.
You can read the full report here and watch the research webinar here.
We hope that this toolkit will help your organisation drive change and support your female talent to thrive by embedding good practice; addressing the workplace culture; developing confidence and training opportunities and to think about the right networks and opportunities required to support your female workforce.
