We created this podcast in order to celebrate the lives and work of people who have transformed communities, businesses, and the wider world, making a real difference in the lives of others. We call them "Difference Makers". Some overcame great personal adversity in their journey. They all showed the knowledge, perspective, skills and capabilities to lead, to achieve, and to make real change when it is needed most. Oh, and by the way... they are all Chartered Accountants! Find out more at ht ...
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Thousands of people from over a hundred countries have participated in the FinBiz2030 Building Resilience Webinar Series. We’ve taken some of the inspiring stories told by young leaders from around the world in these webinars, and created the Building Resilience Podcast. Each short episode, contains a single story from one of the webinar contributors. Join us to learn about how they are providing global leadership through taking local action. And find out how you can help create a sustainabl ...
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Welcome to "Go Figure: Key economic insights from our man in Washington", a brand new podcast from Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA. Each month, we'll take you through the US market trends from inflation and employment to forex and the stock exchanges, and what all that means for you and your business. We'll also be looking at the latest stories to emerge from the world of accounting with Antje Derks from Chartered Accountants Worldwide, and our man in Washington, David Freeman, D ...
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Young Difference Makers S2 E8 - Unlocking Global Opportunities in Chartered Accountancy: Insights with Peter Gillen
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Unlock the limitless possibilities of a career in Chartered Accountancy with insights from our Young Difference Maker, and Chartered Accountants Ireland member, Peter Gillen. Peter takes us on his journey from a high school math enthusiast to prestigious roles at PwC in Dublin and Boston, and later to transformative work in sustainability consultin…
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Difference Makers Discuss Live - Charting a Diverse Path: Kudzai Zendara's Journey in Finance and the Future of Accountancy
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Embark on a voyage of discovery with Kudzai Zendara, a beacon of wisdom from Chartered Accountant Scotland, who graciously shares the colorful tapestry of his life and career in our latest episode. From the rich cultural heritage of the UK and Zimbabwe to the bustling corporate corridors of PwC London and Standard Chartered Bank, Kudzai's narrative…
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Young Difference Makers S2 E7 - Climbing Beyond the Ladder: Mishka Hajee's Quest for Community Progress
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Have you ever met someone whose career trajectory embodies both resilience and a dedication to positive societal impact? Meet Mishka Hajee, a South African Chartered Accountant whose story isn't just about climbing the professional ladder; it's a narrative woven with integrity, strategic innovation, and a deep commitment to uplifting her community.…
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Difference Makers Discuss Live - Breaking Barriers in Finance: Asma Shahbaz’s Journey to Success as a Chartered Accountant
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Meet Asma Shahbaz, a Chartered Accountant from Pakistan who's breaking barriers and transforming the financial landscape. In a candid conversation, Asma shares her remarkable journey from a determined accounting student to a respected professional in process governance and business ops risk at Mashreq Bank. Discover the pivotal role that family sup…
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Young Difference Makers S2 E6 - From Medicine to Metrics: Mathabo's Ascent in Accountancy and Leadership
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Imagine the career you thought you wanted taking an unexpected turn, leading you to uncharted territories that not only redefine your future but also impact thousands of lives. That's the journey Mathabo took, trading potential scrubs for financial statements, and we get an insider's look at her ascent to a pivotal role in accountancy. From Soweto …
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Difference Makers Discuss Live - Scaling New Heights: Naomi Walsh on Breaking Barriers in Accounting and Championing Sustainability
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Embark on a journey with Naomi Walsh, the trailblazing Vice President of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, as she unveils her extraordinary ascent in the accounting world. Her story, a testament to tenacity and ambition, begins in regional Tasmania and ascends to international heights, with a career-defining role in the UK working on…
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Difference Makers Discuss Live - Charting Success and Sisterhood with Kovini Moodley
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From the comforting confines of Shelcross to the empowering platform of Boss Babes of South Africa, Kovini Moodley's journey is one rich with insights and heart. In a candid conversation, Kovini bares the soul of her transformative path, intertwining tales of mentorship's might and the vibrant prospects within the world of Chartered Accountancy. As…
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Young Difference Makers S2 E5 - Liam Guthrie: Breaking the Mold and Saying 'Yes' to Opportunity
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When Liam Guthrie stepped onto the university campus, he was stepping into uncharted territory for his family. His journey from a numbers enthusiast to a strategic thinker in the accountancy world is nothing short of inspiring. On our latest episode, Liam, who shattered the mold of a traditional accountant, shares how his role transcends mere numbe…
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Young Difference Makers S2 E4 - Jeremy Cheong From Engineering to Accountancy: A Chartered Accountant's Journey to Making a Social Impact
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A graduate in Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Jeremy defied norms by entering the accountancy profession. His unique journey breaks down barriers and aims to inspire aspiring professionals to pursue unconventional paths. Listen and gain insights into Jeremy’s firsthand experiences in external assurance services; explore the inter…
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Young Difference Makers S2 E3 - Liswaniso Namatama: Charting the Course Through Accounting Triumphs and Educational Pursuits
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In this episode, we have the pleasure of hearing from Liswaniso Namatama, a remarkable individual who not only excels in his professional life but also has a deep passion for empowering others through education. Liswaniso utilizes his strong ethical values and leadership skills to lead audit projects in his workplace. His dedication to his work is …
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Difference Makers Discuss Live - Accountants for Sustainability: An Insightful Discussion with Maria Teo
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Ever wondered why accountants are at the forefront of sustainability measures? This enlightening conversation with Maria Teo, a respected member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, will give you all the knowledge you need. Maria shares her personal journey, starting from her foundational auditing background through to her exciting …
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Young Difference Makers S2 E2 - Veronica Beilby: Breaking Stereotypes: The Unexpected Impact of Chartered Accountants
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Ever thought of accountants as life-savers? You will be surprised by today's guest, Veronica Beilby, a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, who strongly believes that accountants too can make a significant difference in society. Veronica invites us into her unusual journey of becoming a Chartered Accountant, and how she’s been…
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Young Difference Makers S2 E1 - Abigail Foster: Financial Resilience and Entrepreneurship, an Accounting Story
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Ever wonder what truly makes an accountant tick? In our latest episode, we sit down with the formidable Abigail Foster, an ACA Chartered Accountant who has used her credentials to explore a dynamic and fulfilling career in the accounting field. Abigail's journey from a math-focused student to a successful entrepreneur with a mission to redefine acc…
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Difference Makers Discuss Live - Crisis Leadership and Gender Equality with CFO Caroline Sherry
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Ever wondered what it's like to step into a new role just before a global crisis strikes? Tune in as we chat with Caroline Sherry, the CFO of Hostelworld PLC, who did just that. Embarking on her role as CFO just before the pandemic hit, Caroline navigates us through her intriguing journey, revealing how she tackled the unique challenges this situat…
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Ep 5 - Our Man in Washington - October Update
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During this episode, we’ll be taking you through the latest US market trends – from inflation and the latest labour market trends to the all-important debt ceiling as well as an in-depth look at the latest banking failure to hit state-side.By David Freeman, Antje Derks
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Go Figure - Episode 4 - Our Man in Washington
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During this episode, we’ll be taking you through the latest US market trends – from inflation and the latest labour market trends to the all-important debt ceiling as well as an in-depth look at the latest banking failure to hit state-side.By David Freeman, Antje Derks
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Greenwashing is the practice by companies of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about products or activities in order to appear more environmentally friendly than they really are. Greenwashing is reputationally dangerous and is unethical. It also presents multiple long-term risks to businesses and society. It weakens the efforts of those b…
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Greenwashing is the practice by companies of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about products or activities in order to appear more environmentally friendly than they really are. Greenwashing is reputationally dangerous and is unethical. It also presents multiple long-term risks to businesses and society. It weakens the efforts of those b…
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Greenwashing is the practice by companies of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about products or activities in order to appear more environmentally friendly than they really are. Greenwashing is reputationally dangerous and is unethical. It also presents multiple long-term risks to businesses and society. It weakens the efforts of those b…
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Greenwashing is the practice by companies of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about products or activities in order to appear more environmentally friendly than they really are. Greenwashing is reputationally dangerous and is unethical. It also presents multiple long-term risks to businesses and society. It weakens the efforts of those b…
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Greenwashing is the practice by companies of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about products or activities in order to appear more environmentally friendly than they really are. Greenwashing is reputationally dangerous and is unethical. It also presents multiple long-term risks to businesses and society. It weakens the efforts of those b…
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Greenwashing 1 - Introduction by Daniel Thomas feat Michael Izza & Kate Robertson
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Greenwashing is the practice by companies of making misleading or unsubstantiated claims about products or activities in order to appear more environmentally friendly than they really are. Greenwashing is reputationally dangerous and is unethical. It also presents multiple long-term risks to businesses and society. It weakens the efforts of those b…
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Difference Makers Discuss - Fostering Female Ambition - Ep06 - Round Table Discussion
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The Chartered Accountants Worldwide ED&I Taskforce collaborated with research agency, Magenta, to understand and map the career journey of women in the Chartered Accountancy profession. The global qualitative and quantitative research study of over 3500 members across 8 countries identifies the barriers ambitious women are facing which prevent them…
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Difference Makers Discuss - Fostering Female Ambition - Ep05 - Sinead Donovan
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The Chartered Accountants Worldwide ED&I Taskforce collaborated with research agency, Magenta, to understand and map the career journey of women in the Chartered Accountancy profession. The global qualitative and quantitative research study of over 3500 members across 8 countries identifies the barriers ambitious women are facing which prevent them…
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Difference Makers Discuss - Fostering Female Ambition - Ep04 - Zimkita Mabindla
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The Chartered Accountants Worldwide ED&I Taskforce collaborated with research agency, Magenta, to understand and map the career journey of women in the Chartered Accountancy profession. The global qualitative and quantitative research study of over 3500 members across 8 countries identifies the barriers ambitious women are facing which prevent them…
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Difference Makers Discuss - Fostering Female Ambition - Ep03 - Joe Consedine
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The Chartered Accountants Worldwide ED&I Taskforce collaborated with research agency, Magenta, to understand and map the career journey of women in the Chartered Accountancy profession. The global qualitative and quantitative research study of over 3500 members across 8 countries identifies the barriers ambitious women are facing which prevent them…
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Difference Makers Discuss - Fostering Female Ambition - Ep02 - Ainslee van Onselen
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The Chartered Accountants Worldwide ED&I Taskforce collaborated with research agency, Magenta, to understand and map the career journey of women in the Chartered Accountancy profession. The global qualitative and quantitative research study of over 3500 members across 8 countries identifies the barriers ambitious women are facing which prevent them…
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Difference Makers Discuss - Fostering Female Ambition - Ep01 - Sarah Jenkins
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The Chartered Accountants Worldwide ED&I Taskforce collaborated with research agency, Magenta, to understand and map the career journey of women in the Chartered Accountancy profession. The global qualitative and quantitative research study of over 3500 members across 8 countries identifies the barriers ambitious women are facing which prevent them…
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Difference Makers - The President's Podcast featuring Julia Penny
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The Presidents’ Podcast is the latest in the Difference Makers series from Chartered Accountants Worldwide. In each episode Antje Derks talks to the President of one of Chartered Accountants Worldwide’s member institution and asks for their insight into the future of the profession and issues such as sustainable economies. In this episode Antje spe…
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Difference Makers - The Presidents' Podcast featuring Pat O'Neill
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The Presidents’ Podcast is the latest in the Difference Makers series from Chartered Accountants Worldwide. In each episode Antje Derks talks to the President of one of Chartered Accountants Worldwide’s member institution and asks for their insight into the future of the profession and issues such as sustainable economies. In this episode Antje spe…
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Difference Makers -The Presidents' Podcast featuring Debashis Mitra
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The Presidents’ Podcast is the latest in the Difference Makers series from Chartered Accountants Worldwide. In each episode Antje Derks talks to the President of one of Chartered Accountants Worldwide’s member institution and asks for their insight into the future of the profession and issues such as sustainable economies. In this episode Antje spe…
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Difference Makers - The Presidents' Podcast featuring Indy Hothi
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The Presidents’ Podcast is the latest in the Difference Makers series from Chartered Accountants Worldwide. In each episode Antje Derks talks to the President of one of Chartered Accountants Worldwide’s member institution and asks for their insight into the future of the profession and issues such as sustainable economies. In this episode Antje spe…
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Difference Makers - The Presidents' Podcast featuring Kate Boorer
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The Presidents’ Podcast is the latest in the Difference Makers series from Chartered Accountants Worldwide. In each episode Antje Derks talks to the President of one of Chartered Accountants Worldwide’s member institution and asks for their insight into the future of the profession and issues such as sustainable economies. In this episode Antje spe…
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Go Figure - Episode 3 - Our Man in Washington
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In addition to the latest update on the US economy, in this episode of Our Man in Washington, David Freeman, discusses the background to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the US regulatory environment for banking that allowed it to happen.By David Freeman, Antje Derks
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Hear the latest about developments in the US economy, from interest rate rises, employment figures and layoffs to the latest news about the IRS and the state of the property market for offices.By David Freeman, Antje Derks
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Young Difference Makers Ep6 Aisling McCaffrey
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A Woman in Finance Aisling McCaffrey - Throughout her childhood, Aisling was never sure what she wanted to be. She had many aspirations but nothing that stood out as a ‘calling’. As a result, she went on to study Actuarial and Financial Studies at University College Dublin. Aisling discusses the challenges she faced on the course, even questioning …
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Opening Doors Patrick Doan – In this episode of Young Difference Makers Discuss, Patrick talks about growing up the child of a Vietnamese refugee in Australia, which taught him from an early age that you had to work hard to succeed. Patrick shares memories from his childhood; going to private school in Melbourne, learning about how his Vietnamese h…
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The Invigilator Nic Riemer - Co-Founder & CEO of The Invigilator - In this episode of Young Difference Makers Discuss, Nic talks about growing up in South Africa and how he has been able to combine his two passions in life: business and sport. Nic discusses working on academic articles while studying at the University of Johannesburg, even working …
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Young Difference Makers Ep3 Manuel Rodrigues
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Plan A-C Striving to Make a Difference Manuel Rodrigues - CEO Trans African Oil – Discusses growing up with dreams of becoming an actor, priest or lawyer, Manuel was surprised to find he was better suited to business after being given the recommendation to study for a BCom Law. In this episode of Young Difference Makers Discuss, Manuel explains how…
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Young Difference Makers Ep2 Mpho Mookapele
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An Executive Serving her Community. Mpho Mookapele - In this episode of Young Difference Makers, Mpho reveals her difficulties growing up in a town not speaking English and feeling she didn’t really belong alongside her fellow students, despite being a high achiever. Mpho had big dreams of becoming an engineer or an architect but needed funding fro…
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Working to Drive Change. Fiona Smiddy – Unsure of which path to take at school, Fiona explains what it was like growing up in Cork and how she came to choose commerce and French on her CAO form. During the ‘Milk Round’ at college, Fiona applied to work for KPMG and was successful in getting on to its graduate programme, specialising in Risk Consult…
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Go Figure - Episode 1 – November 2022 update
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This episode contains an update on the US economy through November and includes discussion about how a FTX type scandal can occur in the United States and some background about the PCAOBBy Breiffni O'Domhnaill
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Difference Makers Ep 6: Ronan Dunne: It's not What You Do, It's What You Make Happen
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In this episode we hear from Ronan Dunne, chair of Six Nations Rugby. Ronan was formerly the executive vice president and CEO of Verizon Consumer Group, where he helped define a new era of possibilities with the introduction of 5G. He was responsible for providing wireline voice, data and TV products and services and wireless connected experiences …
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Recover Refocus Rebuild - Bimo Agung Listyanu
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This podcast is taken from the FinBiz2030 Recover Refocus Rebuild webinar hosted by Badai Yuda Pratama. The guest speaker is Bimo Agung Listyanu. Bimo is a corporate activist, splitting his time between his corporate job at Danone and building a social enterprise called CarbonEthics. Passionate in his beliefs around carbon ethics, Bimo has a backgr…
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This podcast is taken from the FinBiz2030 Recover Refocus Rebuild webinar hosted by Badai Yuda Pratama. The guest speaker is Mutiara Hapsari, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, Head of Business Planning & Acct. Receivable Modern Trade, One Young World Ambassador A finance professional with over 7 years of experience working in FMCG. Throughout the yea…
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Recover Refocus Rebuild - Q & A Hosted by Bimo Agung Listyanu
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This podcast is taken from the FinBiz2030 Recover Refocus Rebuild webinar hosted by Badai Yuda Pratama. For nearly 2 years, lives all over the world have been ruled by the pandemic. It has challenged and changed the way we operate in business, restricted how we travel on a daily basis and ultimately impacted every inch of our personal lives. Where …
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This podcast is taken from the FinBiz2030 Recover Refocus Rebuild webinar hosted by Badai Yuda Pratama. The guest speaker is Prakash Koirala, Founder, FINLIT Nepal, One Young World Ambassador In 2017 Koirala set up Finlit Nepal to teach basic personal finance to low-income and vulnerable communities, helping to reduce poverty. Finlit Nepal works wi…
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Rebuilding Trust - Ronan Dunne and Michael Izza
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Rebuilding Trust - Freeman Nomvalo and Carolyn Colley
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As the world emerges from the pandemic, who will be trusted to support business recovery and to build the sustainable, resilient economies we need? Chartered Accountants Worldwide partnered with Edelman research to understand the views of over 1,000 international business leaders and the role that they expect the finance and business profession to …
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Rebuilding Trust - Intro from Dan Thomas and Edelman Report from Penelope Mantzaris
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As the world emerges from the pandemic, who will be trusted to support business recovery and to build the sustainable, resilient economies we need? Chartered Accountants Worldwide partnered with Edelman research to understand the views of over 1,000 international business leaders and the role that they expect the finance and business profession to …
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