Founder and Managing Partner, Usmani & Co.

Ms. Usmani is a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP). She is a member of Auditing Standards & Ethics, Practicing Development, and Marketing Committees of ICAP. She also chairs the CA Women and SAFA Women Leadership Committees and was previously the vice president of ICAP in 2019-2020. During her two consecutive four-year tenures, she chaired the Examination, Internal Audit Practice, Overseas and Women Committees.

Ms. Usmani is an audit, advisory and tax practitioner. She is Founder & Managing Partner of Usmani & Co. an all women led SMP and a partner of MGI-Ilyas Saeed & Co. Before establishing her practice in 2004, she held senior leadership roles in the financial sector in Pakistan for a decade.

Ms. Usmani is currently a member of the board/committees of public sector organizations in Pakistan. She is also a technical advisory for the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Small and Medium Practices Advisory Group. She also holds the distinction as first elected woman council member and vice president of ICAP in its 56-year history.

Ms. Usmani earned a Bachelor of Commerce at Karachi University (KU) and is a fellow member of both ICAP and the Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan. She is a regular speaker and authored numerous articles for IFAC's Knowledge Gateway and other local publications.

Head of the Corporate Finance and Reporting Unit, European Securities and Markets Authority

Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor was appointed to the Stakeholder Advisory Council in 2024.

Ms. Grauer-Gaynor is the Head of ESMA's Corporate Finance and Reporting Unit. Prior to her role at ESMA, she has held roles as a Partner in Mazars' Financial Reporting Technical Services Department, as IFRS Technical Director of the Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC - the French accounting standard-setter) and in various fields, capacities and countries at PwC.

Ms. Grauer-Gaynor is also a member of the IFRS Foundation's Advisory Council. She is also appointed as specialised examiner for the French auditor's certification (CAFCAC). She is a French Chartered Accountant and an Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) alumni where she took audit as her major.

Partner & Africa Risk and  Quality  Leader at PwC

Mrs. Vicki Myburgh joined the Stakeholder Advisory Council in January 2024.

Mrs. Myburgh is currently the PwC Africa Risk and Quality Leader with responsibility for 14 territories across the Africa region. She previously served as the PwC Africa Quality Review Leader and as an audit partner on large multinational client engagements.

Mrs. Myburgh is currently a member of the PwC Africa Leadership Team and the PwC South Market Area Leadership Team.

Mrs. Myburgh qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) through the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) of which she is a member having earned a Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also a registered as an auditor with the Independent regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) in South Africa.

Chair, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (Australia)

Mr. Doug Niven joined the Stakeholder Advisory Council in January 2024.

Mr. Niven is full-time Chair and CEO of the Australia's Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB). He was previously Chief Accountant of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), where he was responsible for financial reporting and audit strategy and policy, complex accounting and audit matters, stakeholder liaison and international. He also had operational responsibility for reporting and audit surveillances from 2008 to 2021 and continued to have a key role in those programs.

Mr. Niven was a member of the International Organisation of Securities Commission's (IOSCO's) Committee 1 on Accounting, Audit and Disclosure, Auditing Subcommittee (past Chair), Accounting Subcommittee, IFRS Information Sharing Subcommittee (Chair), Sustainability Technical Review Coordination Group, Sustainability Assurance Working Group and ISSB Protocols Working Group.

Mr. Niven was also a member of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR), its Board, Global Audit Quality Working Group, Standards Coordination Working Group, Enforcement Working Group, International Cooperation Working Group (Chair), Inspection Survey Task Force and Sustainability Task Force.

Mr. Niven joined ASIC in 1998 and was at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1983. He has a Bachelor of Economics degree from Sydney University and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Director, Accounting Policy Division, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada

David Correia joined the Stakeholder Advisory Council in January 2024, designated by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), a member of the Monitoring Group. Mr. Correia is the Director responsible for insurance accounting at OSFI in the Accounting Policy Division. Mr. Correia joined OSFI in August 2016 and is responsible for OSFI’s insurance accounting policy work including the project management of IFRS 17, as well as supporting OSFI Supervision.

Internationally, Mr. Correia represents OSFI at the International Association for Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on accounting and auditing related matters.  Prior to joining OSFI, Mr. Correia held various senior roles within the financial services industry including roles in reinsurance, retail banking and capital markets with responsibilities in treasury, accounting, audit, tax, and compliance.

Mr. Correia is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), and holds a Specialized Honours Degree (HBA) in Economics and a Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in Business from York University.

Head of Sustainability & Stewardship, Asia-Pacific, Impax Asset Management

Ms. Nana Li became a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Council of the IAASB and the IESBA in Jan 2024.

Ms. Li joined Impax in 2022 and is responsible for leading Impax's sustainability and ESG research and advocacies in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Impax, Ms. Li worked as the Research Director at the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). At ACGA, Ms. Li published five significant reports relating to corporate governance research in Asia. Since 2018, Ms. Li has been the Chair of ACGA's China working group, a role she continues to fill today. Upon joining Impax, Ms. Li remains a Specialist Consultant to ACGA. Ms. Li has spoken at international conferences hosted by many financial institutions and international organisations. She was also interviewed by mainstream finance media in different countries.

Besides SAC, Ms. Li also sits on the Financial Capital Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), the ESG Committee of the Women in Finance Asia and the Caixin China ESG30 Forum. She is also an instructor of the Association of Stewardship Professionals (StePs).

Ms. Li has an MBA from the University of Chicago (Honors), a Master of Finance from the University of Hong Kong (Dean's List), and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales (Distinction). She is a CFA charterholder and has finished the HKICPA Qualification Program.

Assistant Director, Finance, International Monetary Fund

George Kabwe is an Assistant Director in the IMF Finance Department. He heads the Safeguards Assessment Division. He has worked in various roles on financial reporting issues, policy work on the IMF’s finances, and due diligence in the lending operations. Prior to the IMF, he worked in the private sector at KPMG in the United Kingdom and the United States. Mr. Kabwe has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK) and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Deputy Chief Executive, Accountancy Europe

Hilde Blomme joined the Stakeholders Advisory Council of the IAASB and IESBA in January 2024.

Ms. Blomme is Deputy Chief Executive of Accountancy Europe since 2013. Previously, she was Director of Practice Regulation at Accountancy Europe for ten years. Prior to this assignment, she spent nine years with PricewaterhousCoopers as an external auditor, consecutively in Brussels, New York and London, dealing with both multinational and SME audit clients. Prior to joining PwC, she spent three years with local Belgian auditing firms serving SME clients. She started her professional career at Morgan Guaranty Trust in Brussels.

Ms. Blomme was a Member of the European Corporate Reporting Lab at EFRAG. She was also a Member of the IAASB and IESBA Consultative Advisory Groups, intermittently for 15 years until 31 December 2023.

Ms. Blomme earned a Master in Applied Sciences and MBA from the KULeuven, Belgium and a Postgraduate Degree in Company Law, from KUBrussel, Belgium. She is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York, USA, and a Réviseur d'Entreprises (Registered Auditor) in Belgium.

Qi “Susie” Duong is IMA’s senior director of research and thought leadership. She began her journey at IMA as a director of research, conducting research for the betterment of the accounting and finance profession. In her current leadership role, Susie oversees IMA’s research agenda, focusing on delivering cutting-edge thought leadership research and developing actionable solutions for the profession. She has taken on other roles at IMA, such as managing editor of the IMA Educational Case Journal (IECJ^®) and liaison to the IMA Research Foundation and the IMA Committee on Academic Relations. Prior to joining IMA, Susie has served as an accounting professor in the United States and Singapore. Additionally, she has accumulated experience in public accounting and in the professional education sector.

Susie holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.Phil. in accounting from the University of Hong Kong, and a BBA in accounting from Fudan University, China. She is also a CMA, a CPA, a CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), and an EA (Enrolled Agent).

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