The shortage of accountants has become a major concern for universities and companies alike, which have dedicated various resources and initiatives to raise awareness about the profession among college and high school students. Article includes interviews with Helen Partridge, IFAC CFO and Director...
This 9th Colloquium brings together global thought leaders to discuss the “Mind the Gap” project launched by The Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) and engage with stakeholders to stimulate an exchange of views around the public interest in standard-setting and narrow the expectation gap.
Management accountants can help to clean up corruption via education, partnerships, standards, and global policy frameworks.
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India
CA. Aniket S. Talati joined the Professional Accountants in Business Advisory Group in January 2024. He is the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the term 2023-24.
CA. Talati also chairs the ICAI research wing’s Accounting Research Foundation and Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India as well as serving as a Board Director for ICAI’s Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals. He is also a member of the Insolvency Law Committee and the Standing Committee of MCA for review of the implementation of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016. During 2022, he was the Vice-Chairman of the ICAI Working Committee of the World Congress of Accountants in Mumbai in 2022.
At the regional and international level, CA. Talati is a board member of the South Asian Federation of Accountants, represents ICAI on the Integrated Reporting and and Connectivity Council as well as ASEAN Federation of Accountants’ and Pan African Federation of Accountants’ board meetings. He is also a technical advisor to the IFAC Board and IFAC’s Professional Accountants in Business Advisory Group.
Among his contributions to the accountancy profession, CA. Aniket S. Talati led ICAI’s digital transformation.
As a key to global sustainable development, anti-corruption should not be buried as a subaction under SDG 16, Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions. It should be the 18th SDG.
Senior Vice President
Dennis Whitney, CMA, CAE is senior Vice President of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA®), the certification division of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®), the world's leading association for accountants and financial professionals in business. He is responsible for the CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) exam's development and administration, program budgeting, growth, and strategic planning. He has a cross- functional role overseeing research, education, and publications/thought leadership. Mr. Whitney is now the driving force behind the entire CMA program, where he is committed to the task of growing the certification to become the gold-standard, advanced professional certification for accountants and financial professionals in the business.
