Raquel Edward (née Santos) qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in South Africa. Raquel has extensive experience in corporate finance, initially at PwC in financial due diligence and transaction services, both in Johannesburg and in London, and more recently at London Business School as a career coach to experienced professionals during their Masters in Finance programme. During her time at PwC, she also helped overhaul a firmwide learning curriculum on professional skills and she supported the development of a new Global Deals graduate programme, taking responsibility for various workstreams including communication and expectation management. At the ICAEW, she draws on her diverse technical, learning and communication experience to lead on member communications and services.
Katerina is Manager, Capital Markets Policy. She is responsible for thought leadership in corporate finance technical and regulatory issues, engaging with and understanding the needs of corporate finance practitioners and producing best-practice guidance for faculty members. Katerina leads on ICAEW’s responses to corporate finance-related consultations and on the development of ICAEW guidance for market transactions. She is secretary to the faculty’s Technical Committee which comprises expert corporate finance practitioners. Katerina is a chartered accountant and has also worked in banking and as a freelance business writer.