Icas celebrates efforts of Scotland’s top 100 young chartered accountants
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (Icas) has announced its top 100 young chartered accountants as part of a global competition.
The Icas Top Young CAS is the professional body’s annual showcase of the “best and brightest” chartered accountants in the world of accounting, finance and business. An overall winner – the One Young CA 2020 – will be chosen from the list in October.
Icas chief executive Bruce Cart wright said :“I would like to congratulate all of the exceptional CAS who made it on to this year’s Top 100 Young CAS list.
“It is a great achievement to make it onto the list and it presents a wonderful chance for these talented young CAS to be recognised by their peers.
“This year’ s awards take place against a backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. The world will need accountants, of all ages, experience and diversity of background, as we navigate the challenging economic and personal impact of this crisis.”
He added: “The attributes we highlight in our categories – talent, trust and technolo - gy, will help us get there. We applaud the qualities exhibited by these Top 100 CAS aged 35 and under, selected by our panel of exp er t judges, and indeed many more beyond this group.”
For the 2020 programme, nominations were invited from the CAS themselves and from their peers. The three categories of technology, trust and talent represent the areas of focus for the CA Agenda, Icas’ thought leadership initiative launched last year.
There were 67 CAS successfully nominated in the talent category ,19 in trust and 14 in technology. Icas said talent is a theme that runs through all the other issues the profession is facing.
The body has more than 22,000 members across the UK and globally.