ICAS Sustainability Panel

Carol Adams (Chair)

Carol is a member of ICAS, a Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School, a Non-Executive Director and an Advisor to global organisations. She is an internationally renowned author in integrated reporting, social and environmental accounting and sustainability reporting and has developed award winning reports.

Her consulting and applied research work is concerned with corporate reporting strategy and processes and integrating sustainability into corporate management and governance processes.

Rachel Jackson (Vice-Chair)

Rachel was formerly a sustainability technical expert at ACCA for over 15 years. Throughout this time, she was involved in promoting the importance of environmental and sustainability issues in business affairs and reporting and has been involved in the development of global reporting frameworks such as those from GRI, CDSB and IIRC.

Her role at ACCA focused on corporate accountability, reporting and disclosure (with specific reference to ESG issues) and directing the sustainability work of ACCA’s global ‘Research and Insights’ program and managing their Global Forum on Sustainability.

Ken Weldin

Ken is Joint Head of PKF’s Audit & Assurance services in Australia. He sits on PKF’s Global Risk Advisory Committee.

With nearly 30 years’ experience in the UK, US and Australia, Ken delivers both external and internal audit services and advises on governance, risk and control assignments. Ken has led and developed his firm’s offering in non-financial assurance and his interest in extended external reporting and sustainability matters is evidenced in his thought leadership articles and his contribution to a series of forums and leadership groups.

Ken is a non-executive director and committee chair with East Grampians Health Service and public housing provider Housing First.

Dave Marshall

Dave joined the ICAS Sustainability Committee in 2013 after winning the first ICAS Sustainability Competition. Dave has worked in business and in practice, and now primarily works with a small Member Firm in Herefordshire providing accounting and administration services to local charities.

He is an Associate of Herefordshire-based sustainable development charity, the Brightspace Foundation, where he leads work ranging from well-being projects and cultural value to evaluation of impact. He has a Doctorate in sustainability accounting. He is a trustee for several charities.

David Wilson

David is the Chief Financial Officer at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) and an ICAS member. David has been a civil servant since 2021 when he joined the Department for Transport (DfT) where he advised on the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonisation strategy including zero emission road vehicles, sustainable aviation fuels and air quality. David also held various audit and advisory roles with Grant Thornton over 22 years with the firm, including as Director of Global Strategic Programmes and Regional Leader, Middle East, where he co-developed their global sustainability strategy based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

David graduated from Abertay University with a BA (Hons) Accounting (1st class) and from the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He is a member of the ICAS Members Board, a member of the Alumni Advisory Council at Cambridge Judge Business School and co-chair of the Eco Church committee at St Lukes’, Battersea.

Fiona Donnelly

Fiona is a B to B veteran, starting with nine years with two of the Big 4 qualifying as a Chartered Accountant then moving into broader business roles including in other professional services. She has been based in Hong Kong since ’95 and her interest in sustainability started in 2007 when serving her third foreign direct investment agency – Scottish Development International – as cleantech and renewables were and remain a key selling point and opportunity for the country.  Since then she has worked with various clients in cleantech, recycling, carbon innovation, as well as on the business and client-delivery sides of various teams of sustainability consultants. Fiona’s value-add centres around having a multi-disciplinary and commercially-grounded perspective built on a solid understanding of governance and finance. She is committed to lifelong learning and most recently passed two of CFA Institute’s new exams: ESG Investing, and Climate and Investing.

Lloyd McAllister

Until recently, Lloyd was a Manager within the KPMG’s Sustainability Services team. His work involves helping companies to identify, manage and report on sustainability risks and opportunities. This work is conducted in an advisory, due diligence, internal audit or external assurance capacity. He also has worked with clients to develop sustainability-related decision making, reporting and assurance methodologies. Lloyd has now moved to a responsible investment role within an investment management company.

Lloyd graduated with a BSc from Loughborough University, an MSc from London School of Economics and Political Science and is an ICAS qualified chartered accountant. Lloyd also sits on the Technical Working Group of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and is the Treasurer of the charity Mitrofanoff Support.

Lynn Murray

Lynn is Interim Director of Finance and Resources, Scottish Social Services Council, the regulator for the social service workforce in Scotland. The work of this body means the people of Scotland can count on social services being provided by a trusted, skilled and confident workforce. Previously, Lynn was Head of Finance and Corporate Services with Zero Waste Scotland, an organisation established to support delivery of the Scottish Government’s circular economy strategy ‘Making Things Last’ and other resource efficiency policies.

Lynn graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BAcc and qualified as a Chartered Accountant, after training with Grant Thornton. She has worked in a variety of roles in the public, charitable and not-for-profit sectors.

Nick Fitzpatrick

Nick is an ICAS member and Head of Commercial Finance with SSE Renewables where he is responsible for the monthly financial reporting on the business. He is also a Director of 2 SSE Renewables joint ventures with Greencoat UK Wind plc. His previous roles within SSE have included Corporate Finance Manager and Head of External Financial Reporting. Prior to joining SSE, he was an audit manager with KPMG where underwent his CA training.

Nick recently completed his training with the A4S Academy which encouraged him to explore the extent to which accountants are trained and equipped to address sustainability related issues such as environmental and social risks and opportunities. He is also involved in the management of the SSE ICAS Graduate programme which involves student recruitment, placement and mentoring.

Victoria Skilbeck

Victoria is an ICAS member based in London, having been admitted in 2016.  She is currently a ESG Consultant at MSCI (formerly she held the position of Operational Due Diligence Analyst at UBS).

At MSCI she supports a range of clients to integrate ESG into their investment process, including values investing, impact and pure integration. Her clients span across Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Investment Consultants and Hedge Funds. As part of her role she is required to be up-to-date with and train clients on sustainability trends, regulations and best practices.