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 East, 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.

ARTICLES

Topic	Date
Mending the Gap (click to read)	March
How to be the person successful companies fight to keep	April
Sharpen up your LinkedIn Profile	TBC
Leadership post COVID	TBC
How Personalities Impact Progress	TBC
Conscious Leadership & Conscious Business	TBC
Getting Things Done	TBC
Success Habits	TBC
The Power of Dreams, Goals & Vision Boards	TBC
How to Stay Relevant	TBC
The Power of Networking	TBC
Curious about Culture	TBC
Zap the Saboteurs in your Head	TBC
Radical Conversations & Progress	TBC
WIF how has the Pandemic changed your way of working? Report	TBC

Engagements

Topic	Date
Be Successful on Purpose (click to watch)	24 March
Lessons from business legends (Register here)	16 June
Be seen as a positive Disruptor not causing a Disruption	TBC
No need to “Man Up”	TBC
Notes from the CEO	TBC
How to Stand out – Personal Branding	TBC
Teach & Learn – How to Network, Adapting to change & key basic skills	TBC
WIF Leading the Next Gen	TBC
Women in Finance and Purchase – how the lines are merging	TBC
Recruiting the Next Gen Female Financial Experts	TBC
Evaluating the Gap – future female finance leaders	TBC
Performance with purpose – align what you’re doing with SDG’s to drive Business Performance	TBC

Just 8% of chief executives globally are women according to the latest Forbes report

Just 3% of the CEOs in financial services globally are female according to the latest Forbes report

Isn’t it about time, we closed the gap? Globally, women make up around half the workforce, but in the Middle East, this figure is amongst the lowest, with just under 25% of those in employment being female.

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%

Saudi Arabia with its ambitious 2030 Vision has seen a sharp uptake in women in the workforce: 32% of Saudi women are now in the workforce and the figure continues to rise.

Post-Covid 19 and the ‘great resignation’ more employers are waking up to the fact that retention makes sound business sense. From improvements in flexibility to mental health policies and of course remuneration, is it time to focus more attention on reminding your current employer, instead of your next one, that you’re the best hire they could hope to find – and keep?

Listen as ACCA joins Tricia Evans, Business Coach in a Thought-Provoking Session; on how to BE SUCCESSFUL ON PURPOSE and how to stay relevant in a changing world:

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Launch Event:
Lessons from Business Legends

ACCA Middle East is delighted to invite you to the official launch of its Women in Finance program. Join us as we listen to business leaders talk through their path to success and provide you with some key takeaways to help you climb the corporate ladder. Find out more and register here