Successfully adopting DEI practices in your firm can be challenging and slow moving to implement. Rest assured, wherever you are on your journey, you are not alone!
Where do Firms begin in developing and implementing a DEI program?
Are Firms doing enough to improve their diversity, equity and inclusion?
How are Firms navigating questions from potential candidates and prospective clients on DEI?
Join us for an in-depth exploration of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)!
Learn what DEI means in different parts of the world.
Hear the different views and perspectives from members across the MGI Network.
See what other member Firms are doing to instil a more intentional DEI culture.
Hear fellow members tips and insights regarding what you can do in your Firm.
Please come to this call with questions about DEI programs or feel free to send them in advance.
Our member panel
This session is brought to you by MGI’s Women Who Lead Group
Open to Everyone!
Chief Executive Officer, SAICA
Partner – CEO, Leadership and Performance Coach
MGI RAS, South Africa
Patricia is the co-founder and CEO of MGI RAS which is a member firm of MGI Worldwide. She is a strategic entrepreneurial accountant with commitment to people and organisations transformation. She is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and a Chartered Director (South Africa) with diverse experience in talent management, ESG (with specialisation in governance) Audit, IFRS and Quality assurance technical expertise. Patricia has discharged various senior and executive management roles. She has diverse exposure to both the private and public sectors and audit of United Nations’ organisations during her tenure at the AGSA. She further served as the Head of Transformation in her previous tenure as a partner of one of the global Firms. She is a vector performance and leadership coach, in line with her passion for helping organisations and people to grow responsibly in realising their potential in a sustainable manner. Her life motto is “Grow as I Grow”.
Accru Melbourne
Director - People & Culture
Accru Melbourne
As Director of People and Culture at Accru Melbourne, her role as part of the leadership team is to support and enhance the continued growth of the firm, build a contemporary people strategy and positive employee experience.
Kate is a commercially astute yet pragmatic business leader with deep interest and experience in strategic and generalist HR, organisational development, and organisational coaching. She has a breadth of experience across several industries on a local, national and global scale from a career in management consulting and business. She is a passionate champion of people and enjoys working as a trusted advisor alongside the business, solving problems and delivering HR solutions that meet the business needs and achieve their longer term and sustainable goals.
Best describes Kate: “A love to learn inspired by what could be, she approaches life with contagious enthusiasm, flexibility and satisfaction in working hard, productively turning thoughts into action to achieve goals and outcomes”
MGI Adelaide
Director - Business Services
MGI Adelaide
Angela commenced her career in public practice accounting in 1997 and joined MGI Adelaide in 2002 as a manager in our Taxation and Business Services division and is now a Director of our firm.
Angela holds a Public Practice Certificate from CPA Australia, and has been awarded Accredited Family Business Advisor status from Family Business Australia.
Angela deals with a large variety of the firm’s private and family owned business clients spanning many industries, in particular those in Manufacturing and Engineering, Real Estate and Property Services, Personal Investors and Professional Services.
Working closely with the firm’s entrepreneurial clients Angela has an excellent knowledge of the government concessions offered to companies in relation to Innovation, Research and Development and consults with clients in this area.
Aiming to offer practical advice and solutions for clients, Angela works closely with our clients in relation to all of their compliance, accounting and advisory needs.
Accru Melbourne
Director
Accru Melbourne
Jessica joined Accru Melbourne in January 2007 as an undergraduate student and has since developed her skills, knowledge and client relationships as a key member of the Business Advisory Services team. Jessica became a Director in 2019.
Working in the Business Advisory Services division, Jessica is dedicated to providing high quality advice to her trusted business clients. She built our Advisory service offering with her key strengths in problem solving, client relationships and providing expert financial and business advice.
Jessica has a drive for success and strives for success for her client’s businesses. Jessica’s guidance and training has also helped many of our staff develop a strong, in-depth relationship with their business clients.