Sacha Romanovitch, CEO of Grant Thornton UK LLP, has been included in City AM's Power 100 Women list, which is compiled from research conducted by the City AM team and based on nominations made by companies in the city. She joins a list of high-powered women from across accounting, including:

• RSM chief executive Jean Stephens;
• EY global vice chair Brooke-Marciniak and Maria Pinelli, EY global vice chair of strategic growth markets;
• KPMG’s Michelle Quest, UK head of tax, pensions and legal services, and director Ingrid Waterfield who leads the firm’s 30 Per Cent Club focus and is part of the people advisory practice;
• Sharon Thorne, global managing partner at Deloitte and non-executive director of the CBI;
• Sharron Gunn, executive director of the commercial team at ICAEW and former group management accountant at Sainsbury’s; and
• from the UK's largest accounting firm PwC, Stephanie Hyde, PwC head of regions and a member of the Institute of Directors' good governance advisory panel, and Tracey Groves, governance risk and compliance leader at PwC, and chair of the firm’s gender balance network;

The list includes CEOs, entrepreneurs, economists and millennials, as well as those working in banking and finance, investment, law, technology and telecoms, property and accountancy.

Commenting on her inclusion in the list Sacha Romanovitch, CEO of Grant Thornton UK LLP said: ‘I am honoured to be recognised alongside the amazing other business women included on this list. Our research shows the benefits businesses can reap from having female executives and this list demonstrates the enormous talent pool available in the City. I hope that seeing the achievements of those listed inspires both young women, and men, into business and to try and unleash their full potential.’