On this edition’s cover is US-based Alex Wills CA, GM of Nike’s Energy division across Asia, Pacific and Latin America. Wills explains how a love of sneaker culture – and the discipline of the CA Program – prepared him to balance competing priorities and lead collaborative, diverse teams. His story shows how professional training and personal passion can combine to create unexpected career paths.

From leadership to technology, we examine the increasing risks of deepfakes and shallow fakes in cyberattacks. What once took 1000 hours of studio-grade effort can now be generated in minutes. The safest response? Verify – and verify again. In a companion piece, we explore the ethics of AI in accounting: should you tell clients you’re using it?

Shifting from digital to orbital, we look at how companies in Australia and New Zealand are contributing to space exploration. Space finance is complex and CAs reveal how they are central to risk management, governance and capital allocation in this exciting sector.

On workforce strategy, the data is clear: retaining working parents through fair parental leave is linked to stronger profitability. We explore what firms can do before, during and after parental leave to retain critical mid-career talent.

Finally, we weigh up the switch to electric vehicle fleets. The economics are increasingly compelling, especially with rising petrol prices and net-zero commitments, but infrastructure and logistics can slow the rollout. We map the real-world trade-offs, so you can plan with confidence.

Read all this and more, in the April–June 2026 edition of Acuity.