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CA magazine: September 2022

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By Sarah Speirs, ICAS Executive Director of Member Engagement and Communication

31 August 2022

Main points:

  • In this issue, former UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Kim Darroch discusses his thoughts on trust, Trump and the economy, and Bruce Daisley, author and podcaster, shares why it’s time we rethought the concept of resilience.
  • We hear from ICAS President, Indy Singh Hothi CA, on the future of accounting, and ICAS CEO, Bruce Cartwright CA, explains the benefits of getting involved with ICAS’ boards and committees.
  • Planet Nourish founder, Angela Malik-Agarwal CA, shares her vision to provide equitable healthcare, and we discover how Michael Stausholm, founder of Sprout World, turned the humble pencil into a symbol of sustainability.
  • Three CA COOs reflect on taking the step up to the C-suite and we reveal the speakers featured at CA Summit 2022, ICAS’ annual digital conference, .
  • Gillian Caughey CA, founder of Fearless Financials, talks about the services her company provides to creative businesses, we meet three CAs who have made Ireland’s capital their home, and find out more about two projects that are putting mental health at the centre of everyday conversation.
  • Finally, ICAS partner, BPP, highlights how its new courses can help CAs keep up to date with their changing role.

A strong corporate and financial strategy is crucial to help businesses navigate the choppy waters ahead. In alignment with the beginning of strategy season, this month’s edition of CA magazine assesses the strategic influences, factors and trends that will come to the fore in 2023, with perspective and insight from political figures, entrepreneurs and thought leaders.

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This month we welcome our new intake of graduates at ICAS. This is always an exciting time as we see 800 or so young adults start their training and begin their professional journey towards becoming a qualified CA. We are seeing greater diversity with each new cohort, and ICAS is firmly committed to bringing in trainees from diverse social and economic backgrounds.

There has been a succession of recent reports on social mobility in the UK, all reaching the same conclusion – that Britain needs to do better. Sadly, this has been the story for many years.

Increasingly, however, more companies and organisations are getting involved in social mobility programmes. It is important these are not mere exercises in ticking the CSR box, but genuinely help to make a difference.

ICAS recently joined Rise, an initiative to help young people from underprivileged backgrounds achieve their aspirations. Our partners in this initiative include ICAEW, EY, KPMG and PwC. Over the course of this academic year, Rise will deliver 50 workshops to 3,000 pupils at schools across the UK. The programme complements our existing work on social mobility with the ICAS Foundation.

ICAS’ 2022 cohort will go on to bigger and brighter things. This issue we hear from a few CAs who have progressed all the way to the C-suite . Although there is a lot of talk about creating diverse boardrooms, that isn’t always being converted into action. As a recent study of 1,675 companies worldwide showed, only 10% of executive directors are female. There is clearly still much work to be done.

Last, but far from least, this month sees ICAS Vice-President Alison Cornwell CA embark on her charity bike ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise £25,000 for the ICAS Foundation. We wish Alison good luck. You can find out more and make a donation here. I hope you enjoy the issue.

Find out more about ICAS' involvement with Rise

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CA magazine: July/August 2022

By Sarah Speirs, ICAS Executive Director of Member Engagement and Communication

6 July 2022

ICAS joins social mobility initiative Rise

By ICAS

28 June 2022

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