The benefits of your ICAS and Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network memberships
Through ICAS you’re part of the 750,000-member Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network. By displaying the member-exclusive logo in conjunction with your CA designation you’ll benefit from added international prestige.
ICAS and CAW – internationally connected
We are committed to connecting our members, to the resources required to succeed and to the wider professional community.
Those connections may be local (through an Area Network), they may be virtual and with over 24,000 ICAS members across the globe, those connections are often international.
Thanks to ICAS’ involvement with the Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network, the scope of those global interconnections is additionally emphasised.
What is the Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network?
Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW) brings together 14 of the world’s leading institutes of Chartered Accountants, including ICAS, to form a global network with a combined total of 750,000 members across 190 countries.
The accountancy institutes that are members of CAW are:
- ICAS
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
- South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
- Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)
- Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ)
- Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ)
- Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia (ICAN)
What is CAW’s role?
The network plays an important role in protecting, promoting and developing the Chartered Accountancy brand and profession. The main aims of CAW are to:
- Promote commitment to the highest standards of professional and ethical practice.
- Create greater opportunities globally for Chartered Accountants.
- Share expertise and innovation to maintain chartered accountancy’s position as the preeminent qualification for those in accountancy, finance and business.
Chartered Accountant Worldwide Network USA
CAW Network USA provides support to and connects Chartered Accountants who are living and working in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. They offer professional support and represents the interests of Chartered Accountants who are Members of ICAS, CA ANZ, Chartered Accountants Ireland, SAICA and ICAEW.
Visit the Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA website here.
The CAW Network Member logo
Your CA designation is an internationally recognised symbol of professional excellence, and we encourage all ICAS members to display the two, all-important letters after their name.
The CAW Network Member logo is exclusive to members. When it’s displayed in conjunction with your CA designation, you’ll gain additional local and global prestige. In fact, research indicates that by doing so, business leaders and clients will see you as more relevant to helping them internationally.
Where to display the logo
You can display the member-exclusive CAW Network Member logo along with your CA designation in a variety of places, including:
- Your website
- Letterhead and other stationery
- Your LinkedIn page
- Email signature
- Business card
- Social-media profiles
Where to download the CAW Network Member logo
The more individual ICAS members display the logo along with their CA designation, the wider the recognition it will gain.
Follow the download link below and show the world that you’re part of something bigger:
Watch the video guide
This short video will give you some examples of how to use the logo on your stationery, your website, your business card, your email signature and on social media.