It wouldn’t be a proper start of the new year without scanning the horizon for potential threats, opportunities and trends. Our look ahead for 2024 identifies reasons to be optimistic among the alarming events playing out in global geopolitics. Read about positive developments in the technology space and in sustainability endeavours, among warnings around the global economy.
The new year is also a time to reflect on our own futures. How do we feel about our careers and ambitions? Are we living our best lives? Is it time to work on ourselves? This month we have guidance on how to work with a coach and how to make a good impression at interview. We also report on salary expectations for accounting professionals in the Middle East, where booming economies, particularly in the Gulf, have been keeping salaries buoyant.
One member enjoying a new dimension to his career is this month’s interviewee, Jehan Perinpanayagam FCCA, who was recently appointed chair of Sri Lanka’s chamber for the knowledge and innovation industry, Slasscom. An accounting and C-suite veteran, he is promoting Sri Lanka’s qualities as an ‘island of ingenuity’ alongside his role as CEO of John Keells business process management subsidiary Infomate. Find out more.
We also meet two entrepreneurial ACCA members from India, Avantika Rathi and Nikhil Narang. Having set up their practice Peakvisory in Punjab in 2020, the dynamic duo have been busy expanding the business into Sharjah, Dubai and London, where it is now headquartered. Read their story.
Finally, if your resolution is to be better informed, not only is AB here to help, but our weekly bulletin AB Direct provides headlines from media stories of relevance to finance professionals around the world, as well as highlights of recently published AB features. Find out more.
