Dr. Maik Esser-Müllenbach was appointed as a member of IPSASB from January 2022. He was nominated by the Bundesrechnungshof, the German Supreme Audit Institution (SAI). Dr. Esser-Müllenbach is the German SAI's team leader in charge of international auditing and accounting standards and external audit mandates. He represents the German SAI in the Financial Audit and Accounting Subcommittee (FAAS) of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). Dr. Esser-Müllenbach coordinated and monitored audit work performed within the German SAI's membership on the United Nations Board of Auditors from 2016 to 2022. The German SAI's portfolio included various United Nations organizations and agencies.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the public sector. He started his career as an academic researcher at the Ruhr University Bochum. Subsequently he worked for the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and then joined the German SAI in 2011. Before moving to the international relations unit, he was an audit manager in the areas of national debt management and financial market stabilization including winding-up agencies. On the European level, he carried out audit work in the context of the European debt crisis. Dr. Esser-Müllenbach holds a Master's degree in economics. He was awarded a PhD for a thesis on international accounting for business combinations in 2004.

His Technical Advisor is Timm Klare.

Merran Kelsall joined the Nominating Committee in January 2022 after being nominated by CPA Australia. Merran Kelsall FCPA was appointed president and chairman of CPA Australia in 2020 after serving as deputy president for three years prior. She has a portfolio of independent directorships, with over 20 years' experience on numerous boards and committees in the private and public sectors.

Ms. Kelsall has considerable expertise in corporate governance, finance, audit, risk and compliance. She operated in public practice for 20 years, and her industry experience includes financial and professional services, insurance, health and education. She is also a former member of International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (2011-2016) and chairman & CEO of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.

Joy Thomas joined the Nominating Committee in January 2022 after being nominated by CPA Canada. Previously, Ms. Thomas served on IFAC’s Board from 2014 to 2020, during which time she also served on the Governance and Planning and Finance Committees.

From 2013 until her retirement in 2020, Ms. Thomas worked for CPA Canada as Executive Vice President to 2015 then as president and CEO. CPA Canada represents more than 220,000 members operating in a complex and global accounting ecosystem as a convener, facilitator, contributor, and disseminator of information that advances the profession. The organization works closely with domestic and international accounting bodies to champion best practices that benefit business and society.

Prior to joining CPA Canada, Ms. Thomas was president and CEO of The Society of Management Accountants of Canada and played a key role in the historic unification of Canada's three legacy designations under the CPA banner. From 2018-2020 she served as chair of the board of the Global Accounting Alliance; she is also a past member of Canada's National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy.

In 2005, Ms. Thomas was named a fellow of CMA Canada. She was recognized as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award winners for 2018 by the Women's Executive Network and selected as a 2019 Most Powerful Women in the Accounting Profession by the American Institute of CPAs and CPA Practice Advisor magazine.

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Financial Accounting in the Circular Economy: Redefining Value, Impact, and Risk to Accelerate the Circular Transition—Launch of the new paper by the Coalition Circular Accounting

This event is hosted in collaboration with the NBA (Koninklijke Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van Accountants—The Royal Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants), with support from sponsor Invest-NL