The pandemic has shaken the world as we know it both professionally and personally. Many of us have had time to reflect or rethink our careers. aspirations and indeed futures.  Our roles and that of accountants, in particular, have become wider and more important than ever before and we’ve seen first-hand how this profession offers a secure and flexible career whatever your age.  However, many of us know that climbing the corporate ladder to senior leadership is often and long hard road, given that just 8% of chief executives globally are women according to the latest Forbes report. And just 3% of the CEOs in financial services are female.

ACCA Middle Easts, Women in finance program is designed to help you navigate your way up the corporate ladder by talking about the issues that really matter.

Over the course of the year and beyond, we’ll be teaming up with successful business leaders from across the region, industries and job functions to bring you a wealth of information, knowledge and learning opportunities. 

According to 2020 figures by the World Bank, female workforce participation in economically stable countries is unsurprisingly much higher than in those experiencing political instability; UAE and Kuwait is on a par with the rest of the world at 46%