How Can Accountancy Adapt to Trends, Change and New Demands? New IFAC & PAFA Webinar

Sarah Gagnon, Technical Manager, IFAC Quality & Development & Catherine Roe, Associate, IFAC Quality & Development | November 26, 2019 |

Professional accountancy organizations are witnessing several trends placing new demands on professional accountants’ skillset and roles. The accountancy profession will need to adapt in a meaningful way to tackle the future needs of the profession but how? Where do professional accountancy organizations fit in?

On November 5, 2019, IFAC and the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) hosted an interactive webinar for our member organizations and stakeholders in the African region on the importance of preparing a future-ready profession to help answer these questions. The webinar also featured key IFAC initiatives and outputs designed to support professional accountants in business and small- and medium-sized practices, which are available on IFAC’s website to support PAOs as they become future-ready.

Webinar speakers included:

• Priya Iyer, Member, IFAC PAO Development Committee;
• Sarah Gagnon, Technical Manager, Quality & Development, IFAC;
• Laura Leka, Technical Manager, PAIB and Integrated Reporting, IFAC; and
• Christopher Arnold, Head of SME/SMP and Research, IFAC.