Your gateway to a career in accountancy, business and finance.

Ready to kickstart your future with a qualification that sets your apart from day one?

Discover how the Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification equips you for long-term success in accountancy, business, and finance - no matter your starting point. Learn about global career opportunities, evolving industry demands, and the skills needed to stay ahead.

Gain insights from CAs and explore how the qualification can future-proof your career wherever it takes you.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand how the CA qualification opens doors across industries and borders.
• Learn which future-ready skills are most valued in finance and business.
• Hear directly from professionals about career growth, adaptability and resilience.

This webinar is part of Career Conversations series hosted by ICAS, a global professional body for Chartered Accountants who train and support leading finance professionals.  

• School leavers and graduates from all disciplines
• Current CA students
• University colleagues

• Joanne Miller CAIntegration Programme Lead, ICASJoanne Miller CA joined ICAS in 2009 and has been a tutor, examiner, and is currently Programme Lead for the Integration Level of the qualification. She completed her CA training in the Audit department of a mid-tier firm. After qualifying, she moved to a larger firm, where she spent time working in the Learning and Development team while also working as an audit manager.

• Gabrielle Connell CASenior Consultant, EYGabrielle Connell is a qualified Chartered Accountant with experience in financial audit and consulting for financial services clients. Her career journey has been intentionally non-linear, shaped by navigating competitive graduate environments and learning the unspoken rules of the workplace.Alongside her professional career, Gabrielle is a speaker and workshop facilitator who regularly contributes to conversations around resilience, impostor syndrome, self-advocacy and confidence in early careers. Her perspective is grounded in lived experience – bridging the gap between what students are taught and what the workplace actually expects.

• Lewis DrummondAudit Advisor, AABLewis Drummond started his CA journey in 2020 following the school leaver route and has been working in audit for more than five years. He began working with Deloitte and moved to PwC before spending his time most recently at AAB. He has experience in a range of industries having worked with various clients both large and small.