Chartered Accountants Global Update

This episode features Dr Raghu Kiran Appasani. Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist, Mental Health Advocate.  In this podcast Dr Appasani speaks about how we can build resilience through the power of community. Uncertainty, anxiety, crisis, confusion: these are words many of us have been wrestling with in our daily lives as the pandemic has played out. The “Getting Your Mind Right” webinar, from which thi...

In this podcast Farwiza Farhan, a conservation activist and campaigner working in Sumatra, described her personal journey which grew from a love of nature but then developed into anger at how people and businesses were damaging the environment in the name of profit. However this subsequently evolved as she understood the importance of acknowledging other people’s points of view. “Throughout the ye...

Marc Alain Boucicault is founder of Banj, the first and biggest entrepreneurship hub of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In this podcast you'll hear Marc Alain outline the ingredients needed for resilient, sustainable and innovative ecosystems. Marc Alain shared 3 things he wished he knew sooner on his entrepreneurial journey: Start building networks early. Find a great idea and build it sustainably by...

In this episode, Ravi Abeywardana, Technical Director, Climate Disclosure Standards Board speaks about how to ensure climate sustainability commitments are embedded within an organisation and not simply ‘corporate green-washing’. It’s easy to see that accountants have all the skills to support climate action within the companies we operate in; doing what we do best, challenging and testing positio...

In this podcast Caroline McGroary explains how you have the power to start an initiative and to make a real difference in your community, for example by helping to boost the financial literacy. Caroline tells us about the time she spent in Saudi Arabia working to improve the financial literacy of women. Staggeringly, over 60% of Saudi women don’t have bank accounts. This contributes towards issues...

Jonny Jacobs CA, Financial Director EMEA at Starbucks, is a passionate advocate for positive mental health.  In this podcast he speaks openly about his own struggles with mental health in his teens and talked about the importance of acknowledging challenges people may be experiencing in their lives.  Mental health is not necessarily a subject that finance people often talk about, but after being a...

Gareth Parkin, CFO and Senior Vice President at Messer Americas, explains the business case for doing good. Gareth began by examining the fundamental role of deploying capital and the need to move on and think about organisational portfolios and how to increase spend on sustainable objectives. Gareth described his own experience and how ESG is now an embedded part of his organisation’s credit rati...

Angelique Pouponneau talks about the threat of climate change to the oceans and the economies of small island communities.  She explains the importance of public finance, private finance and people power, in creating partnerships to save the oceans. The audio in this episode is a little bit glitchy due to technical difficulties at the time of recording.  However, the message is well worth listenin...

Dr. Mosima Mabunda faced multiple challenges in one at the start of her career. Newly relocated to London with her husband, she needed to find the capital to fund her study for an MBA at Oxford University, while seven months pregnant with her first child. Even after giving birth, she combined her studies with working as a locum in a hospital ward which meant long hours away from her young son. Des...

Kalm Paul-Christian grew up in a deprived neighbourhood in London.  He talks about how he overcame the challenges he faced at school, university and in his career and personal life, and shares his life lessons with us in this podcast. Kalm Paul-Christian FRSA, Investment Banker, One Young Word Ambassador, is working in FIG M&A at one of the UK’s preeminent banking institutions. He began his ca...

Nathaniel Japhta talks about the challenges of growing up in the Cape Flats, one of the most violent neighbourhoods in South Africa, and the importance of being a role model and a mentor for young people trying to escape difficult backgrounds.  Nathaniel Japhta is a Chartered Accountant and Entrepreneur that is passionate about people and changing lives. There have been a number of experiences tha...