BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chartered Accountants Worldwide - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Chartered Accountants Worldwide REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261001T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261001T183000 DTSTAMP:20260916T094430Z CREATED:20260915T100918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094430Z UID:436940-1790877600-1790879400@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com SUMMARY:Difference Makers Discuss - Kingsley Aikins - Why your next opportunity is hiding in your weakest connection DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ask most people to describe their network and they will describe their friends\, their family and a handful of close colleagues. Kingsley Aikins calls that the inner concentric ring\, and he argues it is the least useful part of your network. The opportunities sit further out\, among the loose associations and the people you have not spoken to in three years. \nIn this episode\, Kingsley joins host Sinead Donovan to continue their conversation on networking and to widen it out to something much bigger. There are now 305 million people living outside the country they were born in\, roughly double the figure in 1970. Kingsley has written diaspora strategies for national governments\, for regions and for cities\, and he explains why so many of them have come round to seeing the people who left as national assets rather than lost actors. \nAlong the way he makes the case that networking is neither an art nor a science\, but a process\, and one that can be learned. He sets out what companies quietly lost when their networks shrank during the pandemic\, why the technical skills that won you your first job matter less as you rise\, and the practical tricks that make walking into a room full of strangers survivable. \nWhat you will take away\n\nWhy weak ties and loose associations are where opportunity actually sits\, and how to rebuild an outer network that has quietly shrunk\nThe five challenges bringing companies to his door: less business development\, less learning on the job\, less serendipity\, thinner loyalty and weaker culture\nPractical techniques for working a room\, from why you should look for ones and twos rather than groups\, to the quiet usefulness of standing near the bar\nWhat the global diaspora phenomenon means for countries\, regions and cities\, and why around 120 countries are now building strategies around it\nThe four fundamentals of a network: personal\, strategic\, operational and online\nWhy the skills that earn you a job early in your career are not the ones that carry you later\n\nAbout Kingsley Aikins\nKingsley Aikins is founder of Diaspora Matters\, and an author and speaker on networking\, philanthropy and diaspora engagement. He has written diaspora strategies for national governments and for regions and cities including Copenhagen and Cornwall\, and works with corporates and chief executives on building networking capability across their organisations. \nHe spent much of his career in international philanthropy and fundraising\, building events and networks across the United States and Australia\, and he draws on that experience when he talks about the discipline of giving.[/vc_column_text]“Early in your career\, you get paid for what you do. Later in your career\, you get paid for who you are.” Kingsley Aikins\n[vc_column_text] \nReserve your spot – It’s free\n[/vc_column_text]\n\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n I am a*\n \n Chartered Accountant Member\n \n \n Chartered Accountant student/trainee\n \n \n OYW Ambassador\n \n \n None of the above\n Select Your Chartered Accountancy Institute*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)Chartered Institute of Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (CA Namibia)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)OtherOther - Please name your institute*Privacy Policy*\n \n I accept that the data I provide is used according to Chartered Accountants Worldwide Privacy Policy\n Newsletter\n \n I would like to receive the Chartered Accountants Worldwide email newsletter.\n \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n[/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/event/kingsley-aikins-why-your-next-opportunity-is-hiding-in-your-weakest-connection/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1920x1080-Kingsley-Date-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chartered Accountants Worldwide":MAILTO:info@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T183000 DTSTAMP:20260916T094416Z CREATED:20260915T100713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094416Z UID:436937-1792087200-1792089000@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com SUMMARY:Difference Makers Discuss - Aisling McCaffrey - The forks in the road that shaped her career DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aisling McCaffrey’s second choice on her college application form was Irish music and dance. Her first was actuarial studies\, and that is the one she got. It turned out to be the first of several forks in the road that have taken her from a lecture theatre in UCD to the Ethiopian border with the UN\, by way of Grant Thornton\, One Young World and an international tag rugby pitch. \nIn this episode of Difference Makers Discuss\, Aisling joins host Sinead Donovan to talk about the decisions that shaped her career\, including the ones that looked like steps sideways at the time. She explains why she passed up an obvious promotion to build a sustainability practice that did not yet exist\, how the UN Sustainable Development Goals finally gave her the language to describe what she cared about\, and what a two hour conversation with a stranger in Australia did for a graduate who had no idea what came next. \nNow based in London with the Impact Investing Institute\, Aisling works on the unglamorous and essential question of why money is not reaching the places that need it most\, and what it would take to get it moving. This is a conversation about curiosity\, luck\, hard work\, and the quiet value of not having your whole career mapped out in advance. \nWhat you will take away\n\nHow to recognise a fork in the road\, and what to weigh up when the safe option and the interesting option point in different directions\nWhy a Chartered Accountancy qualification travels further than most people expect\, into sustainability\, impact investing and international development\nHow the UN Sustainable Development Goals can work as a practical framework for your own sense of purpose\, not only for your organisation’s reporting\nWhat it really takes to build a new service line inside an established firm\, and the backing you need in order to do it\nWhy building your skill set first is often better advice than following your passion straight away\nThe part that luck\, timing and other people play in a career\, and how to put yourself in the way of all three\n\nAbout Aisling McCaffrey\nAisling McCaffrey is a Chartered Accountant\, a One Young World ambassador and a member of the team at the Impact Investing Institute in London\, an independent nonprofit working to shift capital markets towards better environmental and social outcomes. Her work has taken her to the Melkadida region of Ethiopia with UNHCR and UNDP\, and to India\, where she has focused on investor action for a just transition in the textile and apparel sector. \nShe trained and spent a number of years with Grant Thornton in Ireland\, where she helped build the firm’s sustainability consulting offering from scratch and led sustainability strategy work with AIB\, alongside a leading role in the firm’s equity\, diversity and inclusion strategy. She has represented Ireland internationally in both tag and touch rugby\, and first volunteered abroad at 17\, travelling to China with Special Olympics Ireland.[/vc_column_text]“Every time you meet somebody\, a little bit of yourself gets reflected back.” Aisling McCaffrey\n[vc_column_text] \nReserve your spot – It’s free\n[/vc_column_text]\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n X/TwitterThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n I am a*\n \n Chartered Accountant Member\n \n \n Chartered Accountant student/trainee\n \n \n OYW Ambassador\n \n \n None of the above\n Select Your Chartered Accountancy Institute*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)Chartered Institute of Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (CA Namibia)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)OtherOther - Please name your institute*Privacy Policy*\n \n I accept that the data I provide is used according to Chartered Accountants Worldwide Privacy Policy\n Newsletter\n \n I would like to receive the Chartered Accountants Worldwide email newsletter.\n \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n[/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/event/aisling-mccaffrey-the-forks-in-the-road-that-shaped-her-career/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1920x1080-Aisling-Date-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chartered Accountants Worldwide":MAILTO:info@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T183000 DTSTAMP:20260916T094400Z CREATED:20260915T100645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094400Z UID:436934-1793296800-1793298600@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com SUMMARY:Difference Makers Discuss - Ramis Ansari - The accountant with a million followers DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2019\, Ramis Ansari’s boss sent him to a business conference in Sydney and asked him to bring back some notes for the firm. The keynote speaker spent forty minutes of his forty five minute slot talking about TikTok\, an app that at the time had a reputation for lip syncing and not much else. Ramis went home that night\, downloaded it\, and started taking the algorithm apart to work out what the fuss was about. \nSix years on he has close to a million followers across his platforms\, a fashion label\, an events and MC business\, and a full time career as a content creator. In this episode he joins host Sinead Donovan to explain how he found his audience among the South Asian diaspora\, why he left a secure job to cover the Cricket World Cup\, and what his director told him as a friend rather than as a boss. \nIt is also a conversation about the commercial side of creating\, which Ramis credits directly to his training. He pitches brands the way an accountant reads a set of financial statements\, by finding the problem and proposing the solution. He turns down anything that arrives with a script already attached. And he is clear that most creators fizzle out not because they run out of ideas\, but because they never learned to run a business. \nWhat you will take away\n\nHow to find a real niche and build an audience around it\, rather than chasing whatever happens to be trending\nWhy a Chartered Accountancy background is a genuine asset in the creator economy\, from reviewing contracts to pitching brands directly instead of through an agency\nHow to approach a brand with a solution rather than a follower count\, and why authenticity is a commercial decision as much as an ethical one\nA working view on AI in content creation\, where it genuinely helps and where the line gets murky\nWhat Ramis would do with a Chartered Accountancy brand on social media\, and why informative content builds more trust than chasing views\nHow to handle creative block\, and the three per cent rule for making an existing idea your own\n\nAbout Ramis Ansari\nRamis Ansari is a Chartered Accountant\, content creator and founder based in Sydney\, and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He has close to a million followers across his social platforms\, built around content for the South Asian diaspora in Australia\, the United States\, the United Kingdom and Canada. \nHe studied at Macquarie University and worked in business advisory before moving into content creation full time in 2024. He is the founder of Alag by Ansari\, a traditional South Asian clothing label aimed at young people living abroad\, which is now largely run by his family in Pakistan\, and he also runs an events and MC business.[/vc_column_text]“I have never taken a brand deal that comes with a script already written.” Ramis Ansari\n[vc_column_text] \nReserve your spot – It’s free\n[/vc_column_text]\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n I am a*\n \n Chartered Accountant Member\n \n \n Chartered Accountant student/trainee\n \n \n OYW Ambassador\n \n \n None of the above\n Select Your Chartered Accountancy Institute*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)Chartered Institute of Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (CA Namibia)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)OtherOther - Please name your institute*Privacy Policy*\n \n I accept that the data I provide is used according to Chartered Accountants Worldwide Privacy Policy\n Newsletter\n \n I would like to receive the Chartered Accountants Worldwide email newsletter.\n \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n[/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/event/ramis-ansari-the-accountant-with-a-million-followers/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1920x1080-Ramis-Date-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chartered Accountants Worldwide":MAILTO:info@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261112T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261112T183000 DTSTAMP:20260916T094339Z CREATED:20260915T100412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094339Z UID:436931-1794506400-1794508200@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com SUMMARY:Difference Makers Discuss - Dorica Chanda - Radiating light on young people's dreams DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dorica Chanda travelled to the One Young World summit in Manchester in 2022 as an ambassador nominated by the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants. She came home with something she had not gone looking for. Not a plan\, but the confidence to act on one she had been carrying for years. \nYoung Dream Radiators takes its name from the idea of radiating light onto young people’s dreams. In this episode Dorica joins host Sinead Donovan to talk about what that looks like in practice: outreach in schools\, universities and orphanages across Zambia\, a team of eleven volunteers\, and a programme she funds from her own salary as an accountant. She talks about the young people who have dropped out of school\, the ones dealing with bullying and discrimination\, and the ones who simply have nobody in their corner. \nFinancial literacy sits at the centre of the work\, and that is where her profession comes in. Dorica argues that everybody needs the basic language of money\, from a university student to a market trader\, and that over-borrowing is one of the biggest obstacles she sees. She is candid about the constraint on all of it\, which is funding\, and about what she is asking the global Chartered Accountancy community to do. \nWhat you will take away\n\nHow a professional qualification can open doors well beyond the day job\, and what One Young World offers the people it selects\nWhat it actually takes to start a foundation from nothing\, including how to get through the door of schools and communities that have never heard of you\nWhy financial literacy is a social intervention as much as a technical skill\, and what over-borrowing does to young people\nA frank assessment of social media’s effect on the next generation\, and why face to face mentoring still matters\nWhat mentors and the wider profession can offer someone building something on their own\nHow to keep a volunteer team motivated when there is no funding behind it\n\nAbout Dorica Chanda\nDorica Chanda is a Chartered Accountant\, a member of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants and a One Young World ambassador who attended the 2022 summit in Manchester. She is the founder of Young Dream Radiators\, a foundation she established in Zambia to mentor and support young people through school dropout\, bullying\, discrimination and mental health pressures. \nShe works with a team of eleven volunteers\, running outreach in schools\, universities and orphanages\, with financial literacy as a central strand. The foundation is opening a centre at Mulungushi University\, where she took her degree\, and she has had interest from young people in Zimbabwe\, Congo and Angola.[/vc_column_text]“Everyone has that ability to make a difference.” Dorica Chanda\n[vc_column_text] \nReserve your spot – It’s free\n[/vc_column_text]\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n I am a*\n \n Chartered Accountant Member\n \n \n Chartered Accountant student/trainee\n \n \n OYW Ambassador\n \n \n None of the above\n Select Your Chartered Accountancy Institute*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)Chartered Institute of Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (CA Namibia)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)OtherOther - Please name your institute*Privacy Policy*\n \n I accept that the data I provide is used according to Chartered Accountants Worldwide Privacy Policy\n Newsletter\n \n I would like to receive the Chartered Accountants Worldwide email newsletter.\n \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n[/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/event/dorica-chanda-radiating-light-on-young-peoples-dreams/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1920x1080-Dorica-Date-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chartered Accountants Worldwide":MAILTO:info@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261126T183000 DTSTAMP:20260916T094325Z CREATED:20260915T100257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094325Z UID:436927-1795716000-1795717800@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com SUMMARY:Difference Makers Discuss - Katherine Ritchie - Saying "yes"\, and the future of Formula One DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Katherine Ritchie has never been able to hold to a five year plan\, and she is fairly relaxed about that. What she has done instead is say yes\, repeatedly\, to things that were not on any plan at all. A six month placement before university. An internship she asked to move from Manchester to London\, and from tax to transactions. A deferral so she could travel and volunteer at London 2012. \nToday she is Head of Future Race Operations at Formula 1\, a newly created role leading a multi-year transformation programme behind one of the most logistically demanding sports in the world. In this episode she joins host Sinead Donovan to explain what it takes to move a race around twenty three or twenty four locations a year\, why the sport is shifting from air freight to sea freight as part of its 2030 net zero commitment\, and what changes when your equipment suddenly needs months of lead time rather than hours. \nGetting there took her through operational transaction services at EY\, six and a half years at Novartis building a strategy and transformation function around oncology products with a shelf life measured in hours\, and four years living in New York. The thread through all of it is not the industry. It is a qualification that taught her how a business actually works\, and a willingness to ask for things she had no particular right to expect. \nWhat you will take away\n\nWhy being open and saying yes has outperformed a five year plan\, and what that looks like as an actual career strategy\nHow a Chartered Accountancy qualification gives you credibility in rooms full of pharmacists\, engineers and specialists who are wondering what you are doing there\nWhat the Formula 1 sustainability commitment means operationally\, and the knock-on effects of moving from air to sea freight\nPractical stakeholder management across departments that think very differently\, including the social styles framework she still uses\nWhy asking for what you want\, whether that is a transfer\, a deferral or a stretch opportunity\, costs far less than people assume\nHow to reset when you do not know what comes next\, and what she worked out during her time out\n\nAbout Katherine Ritchie\nKatherine Ritchie is Head of Future Race Operations at Formula 1 and a member of ICAS. She joined the sport in early 2026 to lead a newly created transformation programme covering logistics\, operating model\, systems and capabilities\, with the sport’s 2030 net zero commitment as a central driver. \nShe qualified with EY\, where she spent six and a half years in operational transaction services across due diligence\, integrations\, separations and value creation\, including a secondment to Dubai. She then spent six and a half years at Novartis\, establishing a strategy and transformation function supporting radioligand therapy\, cell therapy and gene therapy products\, and was based in New York for four of those years. She is a committed sports volunteer\, with London 2012 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow among the events she has worked at.[/vc_column_text]“Failure\, for me\, is the first attempt in learning.” Katherine Ritchie\n[vc_column_text] \nReserve your spot – It’s free\n[/vc_column_text]\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n CompanyThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n I am a*\n \n Chartered Accountant Member\n \n \n Chartered Accountant student/trainee\n \n \n OYW Ambassador\n \n \n None of the above\n Select Your Chartered Accountancy Institute*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)Chartered Institute of Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (CA Namibia)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)OtherOther - Please name your institute*Privacy Policy*\n \n I accept that the data I provide is used according to Chartered Accountants Worldwide Privacy Policy\n Newsletter\n \n I would like to receive the Chartered Accountants Worldwide email newsletter.\n \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n [/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/event/katherine-ritchie-saying-yes-and-the-future-of-formula-one/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1920x1080-Katherine-Date-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chartered Accountants Worldwide":MAILTO:info@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261210T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261210T183000 DTSTAMP:20260916T094711Z CREATED:20260915T101035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094711Z UID:436924-1796925600-1796927400@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com SUMMARY:Difference Makers Discuss - Steve Hasker - AI in the service of professionals DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The question everybody asks about AI and the profession is whether it will take the jobs. Steve Hasker’s answer is short. No. His reasoning is more interesting than the answer. The number of tax returns keeps growing\, and so does their complexity. The same is true of audits. Meanwhile the number of fully qualified Chartered Accountants is falling. Those two lines do not meet on their own. \nIn this episode\, the President and Chief Executive of Thomson Reuters joins host Sinead Donovan to talk about what he calls machines in service of the professionals. He is unequivocal that an AI agent cannot and should not assume the rights and responsibilities of a Chartered Accountant\, because somebody has to apply judgment\, curiosity and accountability. He also brings an uncomfortable observation from inside his own organisation. The best people get dramatically better with these tools. The mediocre barely move. \nThe conversation does not avoid the risks. Steve is direct about whether there are enough ethical guardrails in place today\, about the gap between adopting AI tools and seeing any return on them\, and about the quieter danger of firms training somebody else’s model on their own intellectual property. He also talks about his route from a commerce degree in Melbourne to a boardroom in New York\, and the single question he has used to make every career decision since. \nWhat you will take away\n\nWhy the entry level talent shortage\, rather than the technology itself\, is the real driver of AI adoption in tax\, accounting and audit\nWhat machines in service of professionals means in practice\, and exactly where the line of professional accountability sits\nWhy the strongest performers gain most from AI tools\, and what that implies for how the profession trains people\nThe two risks that concern him most: cyber exposure\, and firms losing control of their own intellectual property to the models they use\nAn honest assessment of where the return on AI investment actually stands for professional services firms right now\nThe single question Steve has used to make every major career decision\, and why he has never chased a title\n\nAbout Steve Hasker\nSteve Hasker is President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters\, and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Thomson Reuters employs around 26\,000 people across 75 countries. It is the largest provider of tax calculation engines to Chartered Accountants worldwide\, a major provider of legal content and technology\, and the home of Reuters News. \nHe grew up in Melbourne and took a commerce degree at the University of Melbourne before qualifying with Pricewaterhouse\, now PwC. He went on to graduate school in the United States\, completing an MBA and a master’s in international affairs\, spent eleven years at McKinsey\, and has held three senior industry roles including his current one.[/vc_column_text]“An AI agent should not assume the responsibilities of a Chartered Accountant.” Steve Hasker\n[vc_column_text] \nReserve your spot – It’s free\n[/vc_column_text]\n \n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n I am a*\n \n Chartered Accountant Member\n \n \n Chartered Accountant student/trainee\n \n \n OYW Ambassador\n \n \n None of the above\n Select Your Chartered Accountancy Institute*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)Chartered Institute of Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (CA Namibia)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)OtherOther - Please name your institute*Privacy Policy*\n \n I accept that the data I provide is used according to Chartered Accountants Worldwide Privacy Policy\n Newsletter\n \n I would like to receive the Chartered Accountants Worldwide email newsletter.\n \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n[/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/event/steve-hasker-ai-in-the-service-of-professionals/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charteredaccountantsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1920x1080-Steve-Date-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Chartered Accountants Worldwide":MAILTO:info@charteredaccountantsworldwide.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR