ICAS Sustainability Committee

Carol Adams (Chair)

Carol is a member of ICAS, a Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School, a Non-Executive Director and an Advisor to global organisations. She is an internationally renowned author in integrated reporting, social and environmental accounting and sustainability reporting and has developed award winning reports.

Her consulting and applied research work is concerned with corporate reporting strategy and processes and integrating sustainability into corporate management and governance processes.

Rachel Jackson (Vice-Chair)

Rachel was formerly a sustainability technical expert at ACCA for over 15 years. Throughout this time, she was involved in promoting the importance of environmental and sustainability issues in business affairs and reporting and has been involved in the development of global reporting frameworks such as those from GRI, CDSB and IIRC.

Her role at ACCA focused on corporate accountability, reporting and disclosure (with specific reference to ESG issues) and directing the sustainability work of ACCA’s global “Research and Insights” programme and managing their Global Forum on Sustainability.

Ken Weldin

Ken is Joint Head of PKF’s Audit & Assurance services in Australia. He sits on PKF’s Global Risk Advisory Committee.

With nearly 30 years’ experience in the UK, US and Australia, Ken delivers both external and internal audit services and advises on governance, risk and control assignments. Ken has led and developed his firm’s offering in non-financial assurance and his interest in extended external reporting and sustainability matters is evidenced in his thought leadership articles and his contribution to a series of forums and leadership groups.

Ken is a non-executive director and committee chair with East Grampians Health Service and public housing provider Housing First.

Dave Marshall

Dave joined the ICAS Sustainability Committee in 2013 after winning the first ICAS Sustainability Competition. Dave has worked in business and in practice, and now primarily works with a small Member Firm in Herefordshire providing accounting and administration services to local charities.

He is an Associate of Herefordshire-based sustainable development charity, the Brightspace Foundation, where he leads work ranging from well-being projects and cultural value to evaluation of impact. He has a Doctorate in sustainability accounting. He is a trustee for several charities.

David Wilson

David is the Chief Financial Officer at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) and an ICAS member. David has been a civil servant since 2021 when he joined the Department for Transport (DfT) where he advised on the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonisation strategy including zero emission road vehicles, sustainable aviation fuels and air quality. David also held various audit and advisory roles with Grant Thornton over 22 years with the firm, including as Director of Global Strategic Programmes and Regional Leader, Middle East, where he co-developed their global sustainability strategy based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

David graduated from Abertay University with a BA (Hons) Accounting (1st class) and from the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He is a member of the ICAS Members Board, a member of the Alumni Advisory Council at Cambridge Judge Business School and co-chair of the Eco Church committee at St Lukes’, Battersea.

Lloyd McAllister

Until recently, Lloyd was a Manager within the KPMG’s Sustainability Services team. His work involves helping companies to identify, manage and report on sustainability risks and opportunities. This work is conducted in an advisory, due diligence, internal audit or external assurance capacity. He also has worked with clients to develop sustainability-related decision making, reporting and assurance methodologies. Lloyd has now moved to a responsible investment role within an investment management company.

Lloyd graduated with a BSc from Loughborough University, an MSc from London School of Economics and Political Science and is an ICAS qualified chartered accountant. Lloyd also sits on the Technical Working Group of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and is the Treasurer of the charity Mitrofanoff Support.

Victoria Skilbeck

Victoria is an ICAS member based in London, having been admitted in 2016.  She is currently a ESG Consultant at MSCI (formerly she held the position of Operational Due Diligence Analyst at UBS).

At MSCI she supports a range of clients to integrate ESG into their investment process, including values investing, impact and pure integration. Her clients span across Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Investment Consultants and Hedge Funds. As part of her role she is required to be up-to-date with and train clients on sustainability trends, regulations and best practices.

Kathryn McLeod

Kathryn is an experienced and impactful Chartered Accountant who is passionate about sustainability and people. She has worked in a variety of finance leadership roles during her time at Heineken UK, covering Strategic Control and Reporting, Commercial Finance and Supply Chain Finance. She has a contagious passion for sustainability and has been an active member of Heineken UK’s Sustainability Cabinet since its inception.

Kathryn will lead Heineken UK’s sustainability reporting, including implementation of CSRD. Kathryn believes that finance teams who embrace sustainability can provide critical support on the journey towards more sustainable business by setting clear goals, measuring progress, and supporting decision making along the way.

Harriet Walker

Despite working at Mazars for over 10 years, Harriet has had an incredibly varied career with the firm. Starting as an auditor within their Edinburgh office, she qualified as a Chartered Accountant before transferring into the Operations Team with responsibilities for Mazars’ sustainability strategy. Working on projects at both a UK and global level, she was part of the team that drafted their first sustainability report. Whilst in this role, she was selected to join the Young SDG Innovators Programme run by the UN Global Compact and more recently, completed a course in Business Sustainability Management with the University of Cambridge.

Harriet has now transitioned back into a client facing role, specialising as an ESG Reporting and Assurance Manager. Her most recent projects include cross border ESRS readiness assessments, double materiality, and preparation for IFRS S1 and S2.

Sarah Lauwo

Sarah is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with an MBA in Finance and PhD in Accounting. She previously worked with PwC, Deloitte and Touché as an auditor, before joining academia. She is currently working as a Professor in Accounting at Robert Gordon University.

Her work includes a number of studies in empirically grounded research in private and public sector organisations, specifically focusing on understanding social and environmental accounting, sustainability reporting, and the paradox of accountability and sustainable development goals. Sarah’s research also seeks to advance practice through training and advisory on how to develop sustainability reporting and integrate sustainability into business practices.