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WOMEN IN ACCOUNTING: BREAKING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING

Wednesday, 7 October | 8:00 – 9:00am

Basement Bar @ The Fox
2 Western Gateway, London E16 1DR

WHAT TO EXPECT

Coffee, pastries and an honest conversation about women in accounting today

Join us for a breakfast panel bringing together women from across accounting and accounting tech. Over coffee and pastries, we’ll look at where women really stand in the profession, and whether the last year has moved things forward.

Our panel of senior women will talk through what the data shows, the reality behind it and what still needs to change. We’ll close by launching a new community for women in accounting and tech, a space to keep the conversation going long after DAS.

THE DETAILS

When and where

Date

Wednesday 7 October 2026, the first day of the Digital Accountancy Show (DAS)

Time

8 - 9am, with breakfast served from arrival and networking after the panel

Where

The Basement Bar at The Fox, 2 Western Gateway, London E16 1DR. A short walk from the ExceL.

Places

Limited to around 40 - register your interest and we'll confirm your spot by email.

THE PANEL

Senior women from across accounting and tech

Hosted by Aleisha Hales, Head of UKI at Silverfin

Eriona Bajrakurtaj, FCCA, MSc, LLM, PGDipFS

Accredited Accountant Expert, MAJORS ACCOUNTS

Eriona is a Fellow with ACCA, Chair of UK Practitioners Network Panel, Oxford University Graduate, a Global Top 50 Women In Accounting Winner, Judge of the Digital Disruptors Awards and mentor to aspiring and practising accountants. Eriona's strengths lie in digital transformation for accountants using the latest technologies which is demonstrated with her venture Volt Digital Transformations; which offers a full digital transformations service for accounting businesses.

Lucy Cohen, MBA, FMAAT

FOUNDER/CEO, MAZUMA

Lucy is the founder of Mazuma, former President of the AAT, an Aston Business School MBA graduate, an award-winning author, AccountingWEB columnist, former British powerlifting champion and a campaigner for social mobility and women's health. Lucy's strengths lie in making accounting accessible to micro-businesses through technology, demonstrated by her venture Mazuma, the UK's first subscription-based accountancy model, which she founded at 23 and has grown into a multi-million-pound company.

Katie Hawking

Director of Group Operations, Taxassist

Katie is Director of Group Projects at TaxAssist Group, a Fellow Member of the AAT, former Head of Customer Success at Dext and an accountant with over a decade in practice supporting small businesses. Katie's strengths lie in digital transformation and customer success for accounting firms, which she now applies across the TaxAssist franchise network and its Group-owned practices, developing enhanced services for franchisees and their clients.

Join us at DAS

Silverfin will be at stand F79 and Workiro will be at stand G61. Check out the full Silverfin agenda here.

Leading firms work with Silverfin

FAQ

For busy teams looking for accurate and consistent data, Silverfin includes a wide range of features to support every aspect of client account preparation, including cloud automation, client file standardization, and financial data analysis

What sets Silverfin apart as a choice for cloud accounting software for ambitious accounting firms?

Silverfin delivers enhanced accounting for ambitious firms with cloud software with live client files, connected workpapers and AI you can trust. Built by accountants for accountants, we support over 340,000 client files annually for firms including 30 of the UK’s top 100.

How does Silverfin ensure data accuracy and real time access for accountants?

With your live client data stored in the Silverfin Hub, it’s easy for your entire team to access the latest information and streamline core accounting work. With everyone working on the latest client data you avoid wasted work while automation eliminates errors and creates capacity.

What are the time-saving benefits of using Silverfin for year-end preparations and corporation tax submissions?

Fast, accurate, paperless preparation and review of your client accounts with digital workpaper templates connected to your live client file improves accuracy and creates capacity.

Year-end preparations and corporation tax submissions can take 50% less time using automation, roll forward updates, AI data checking and in-context communications.

Can Silverfin help accounting firms enhance their client service and advisory capabilities?

Silverfin can improve the quality and consistency of your firm’s work. For example, prepare and submit MTD-compliant statutory accounts in a fraction of the time with our smart templates, including relevant notes and disclosures. Whether is accounts production or corporation tax, with Silverfin these files are all automatically pre-populated with data from your Working Papers.

Then improve your advisory services and delight clients with portfolio and practice-wide automated data analysis that helps you manage client service delivery, and enable deeper client relationships through data-driven insights.

What pricing model does Silverfin offer and how does it benefit accounting firms?

THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW

Here's the picture

4 in 10

Around four in ten qualified accountants at the UK's top firms are women.

First Intuition, 2026

~25%

But only about a quarter of partners are women. The picture narrows sharply towards the top.

Top 75 firms survey, 2025

In accounting tech and fintech the gap is wider still, with women holding just 6% of fintech CEO roles globally.

FinTech Weekly, 2026

2051

On current trends, parity in mid-market leadership isn't expected until 2051. Progress is happening - but far too slow.

Grant Thornton Women in Business, 2026