ACCA "ME" Talks

Episodes

1. 7

   Episode 7: Meeting the Expectations of Future employers

   In many ways, the demands of employers have changed in the context of skills that they seek from their employees. Join Taher Kapasi, Asad Ali Shariff, Chief Financial Officer, Standard Chartered Bank UAE, and Amar Mehra Senior Finance Trainer, Kaplan Professional Middle East as they openly chat...

   May 30, 2022

   40m
2. 5

   Episode 5: Student Focus: Dealing with Exam Failure

   Failure can feel even more painful in the spotlight of another’s perfection. But nobody’s lives are perfect. Everyone messes up. Everyone fails. Everyone has bad things happen to them at some point. Listen to industry-leading tutors alongside a real-life example of an ACCA student journey and his...

   Feb 9, 2022

   32m
3. 3

   Episode 3: An insight in to the study habits of 3 ACCA Exam prizewinners.

   Join Taher Kapasi, Regional Education Manager for ACCA Middle East as he chats with 3 ACCA Prizewinners and gives you insight into their "secret to success". Listen as they talk about their habits and how their lifestyle/study habits help them outperform thousands of other students.

   Nov 10, 2021

   24m
4. 10

   Episode 10: Understanding AI whilst connecting the dots between AI and ESG| Part Two

   Join Fazeela Gopalani and Narayanan Vaidyanathan, Portfolio Head - Business Futures here at ACCA for this two-part podcast, as they aim to help you understand AI and connect the dots between AI and ESG whereby they take an in-depth look at ACCA and CA ANZ Professional Insights Paper; Ethics for...

   Nov 4, 2021

   28m
5. 8

   Episode 8: Understanding AI whilst connecting the dots between AI and ESG | Part One

   Join Fazeela Gopalani and Narayanan Vaidyanathan, Portfolio Head - Business Futures here at ACCA for this two-part podcast, as they aim to help you understand AI and connect the dots between AI and ESG whereby they take an in-depth look at ACCA and CA ANZ Professional Insights Paper; Ethics for...

   Nov 3, 2021

   26m
6. 2

   Episode 2: Student Focus - Building an effective learning strategy | What is learning strategy and why use one!

   In today’s session, we’re focusing on how students can further develop their learning strategies to enhance the way they consume knowledge on the path to achieving their career and development goals. Join Taher Kapasi, Regional Education Manager, ACCA Middle East, Nicky Parkes – Regional Head of...

   Jul 19, 2021

   37m
7. 7

   Episode 7: Groundbreakers, generation Z and the future of accountancy and how employers can harness the potential of Gen Z.

   Join Fazeela as she chats with Conor McHugh, Co-founder of Alchemy Selection Consultancy Ltd, as they take an in-depth look at the Top Ten Employer tips to harness the potential of Gen Z, which have been gathered as part of ACCA and IFAC's joint professional Insights report (available here):...

   Jul 5, 2021

   25m
8. 6

   Episode 6: Value Added Tax - Middle East Lessons Learnt

   Welcome to this edition of ACCA Me Talks, with Shiraz Khan, Head of Tax and Partner at Al Tamimi & Company, Nauman Mian, CFO of Bayt.com and Mustafa Malik, CFO of Philips KSA where we'll discuss our recently launched report “Value Added Tax - Middle East Lessons Learnt".

   May 25, 2021

   49m
9. 1

   Episode 1: Student Focus - Learning in the Digital Sphere – embracing the shift to virtual classrooms

   Welcome to our very first ACCA "ME"Talks – Student Focus, in other words, ACCA Middle East talks all things, Students, with Taher Kapasi, Education Manager at ACCA Middle East. In this Episode, Taher takes taking an in-depth look into the Learning in the Digital Sphere and embracing the shift to...

   May 23, 2021

   27m
10. 5

    Episode 5: ACCA 'Me'Talks' Focuses on Well-being

    Join us on this extended ACCA Me Talks, with Dr Victoria Mountford, Clinical Psychologist from Maudsley Health located in Abu Dhabi, Dr Saliha Afridi, Clinical Psychologist and Managing Director of Lighthouse Arabia located in Dubai and ACCA Advocate of the Year Martin Byrne as we shine a light…

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    Apr 21, 2021

    47m
11. 4

    Episode 4: All things Islamic Finance with AAOIFI and PWC

    Join Fazeela Gopalani and a powerhouse team of females: Farida Cassim, Manager - Professional Standards Development, Zahra Jassim, Senior Manager - Professional Standards Development at AAOIFI and Shereen Osman, Senior Manager at PwC who are paving the wave in Islamic finance standards and...

    Mar 23, 2021

    29m
12. 3

    Episode 3: Accounting in the Digital World

    Join Fazeela Gopalani, head of ACCA Middle East and Nauman Mian, CFO of Bayt.com as they talk all things "Accounting in the Digital World " based on ACCA’s 2 professional insight papers: • Digital leadership: Leading finance digital transformation which we developed jointly with Alibaba Cloud and...

    Feb 17, 2021

    21m
13. 2

    SMP's the unsung hero's

    Join Fazeela and 2 regional SMP powerhouses, Gerard Rahman, CEO of BDO UAE and Tammam Al-Mughairi, CEO of Abu Tammam Grant Thornton Oman, alongside ACCAs own SMP expert; Aleksandra Zaronina-Kirillova, Head of SME Professional Insights as they talk through two recent ACCA Professional Insight...

    Nov 18, 2020

    36m
14. 1

    ACCA Talks All Things Post Covid

    Join Fazeela Gopalani, Head of ACCA Middle East and Saad Maniar, Chair of ACCA UAE Members advisory committee and Partner at Crowe as they give a regional viewpoint on ACCAs recently produced Professional Insights reports: Covid-19 Global survey and Covid-19 "road to recovery" that looked at how...

    Sep 30, 2020

    22m