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Dealing with uncertainty, and mental health

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We’re all navigating uncertainty right now. How can accountants manage it professionally and personally? Riaz Shah OBE, former EY Partner and Professor of Practice at Hult International Business School, breaks down the biggest factors affecting the profession at the moment, and how it might shape the role and future of accountants.

Then Paul Guess, Case Management Officer for accountants’ support charity CABA, talks about the mental toll that the current environment is taking on professionals, and the kind of support that they can expect to receive.

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Host

  • Philippa Lamb

Guests

  • Riaz Shah OBE, Professor of Practice, Hult International Business School
  • Paul Guess, Case Management Officer, CABA

Producer

  • Natalie Chisholm

Episode first published: 8 October 2025

Podcast recorded: 25 September 2025

All views expressed on this podcast are those of the contributors and don’t necessarily reflect those of ICAEW or its members.

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