Catherine Devaney

Catherine (Cat) Devaney is director of professional qualification at ICAS - a global professional body for Chartered Accountants, also known as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Cat leads the syllabus, delivery, and digital learning teams for the CA Qualification and Continued Professional Development.  She Cat has over 16 years of experience working at ICAS, predominantly leading the development and delivery of the final level of the CA qualification throughout the UK. Cat’s career at ICAS started in the delivery team as a lecturer in Taxation, Financial Accounting and Audit.

Cat is a qualified CA and her practical training experience was gained working with a small/medium sized practice, moving into the assurance stream of EY.

Cat became a member of IPAE in October 2022.