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International Women's Day 2023

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Professional skills

Equality call grows louder

Hong Kong still has work to do in improving the representation and pay of women across the workforce

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Ethics

Slow road to gender equality

Attitudes towards women in the workplace are changing – but not fast enough

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Professional skills

Three Cs for success

Astor Law FCCA, HSBC's head of global internal audit for Asia Pacific, on why curiosity, courage and commitment are key to her professional growth

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Professional skills

Leading by example

Azeeza Aziz Khan ACCA, director at Bangladesh infrastructure giant Summit Group, on why female empowerment matters

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Professional skills

Having it all

Lam Thi Ngoc Hao FCCA, head of markets at KPMG Vietnam, on getting the right balance for career and family

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Professional skills

The changemaker

As global director of inclusion, diversity and belonging, Roianne Nedd FCCA is using her position at Oliver Wyman to influence the top echelons of business

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Work and wellbeing

The female-focused firm

West & Berry founder Michelle Westbury FCCA believes that the accountancy practice's woman-friendly focus has been key to its success

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Professional skills

Insolvency pioneer

Ireland’s first female examiner, Sarah-Jane O’Keeffe FCCA, on tackling restructuring challenges

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Work and wellbeing

Milestone for EU gender diversity

A new directive is set to improve the balance of directors of listed companies

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Work and wellbeing

Reporting on reality

Leaders can understand and address equality issues by using more sophisticated methods of data collection

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Professional skills

Board diversity gathers momentum

Women's participation on boards reaches all-time high as corporations in Singapore make diversity a priority

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Financial management and forecasting

Prize asset

When it comes to fiscal matters of state, Fatma Al-Maawali FCCA has the ear of the Omani government

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Financial management and forecasting

Switched on

As Nigeria prepared for the recent election, TVC Communications’ deputy CFO Victoria Ajayi FCCA was in the thick of planning the station’s coverage

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Professional skills

The view from Diyana Aqilah ACCA

Finance executive, Bank Rakyat, Malaysia

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Digital and technology

The view from Shanejeet Kaur Rajput ACCA

Senior associate, cyber and forensic, PwC South East Asia Consulting in Malaysia

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Financial management and forecasting

The view from Claire Huang ACCA

Financial management associate, Bank of China International, Hong Kong

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