Keddie Waller is an experienced policy advocate who is passionate about the important role professional accountants play in their community as the trusted adviser. 

Previous roles Keddie has held include Head of Public Practice and SME with CPA Australia, where she and her team were responsible for the development, servicing, representation, and compliance of CPA Australia public practice members, and Senior Policy Adviser - Financial Planning.

Laura Friedrich is a principal of Friedrich & Friedrich corp, a professional research, standards, and education consultancy firm, and has over 20 years’ experience conducting projects worldwide. The firm focuses on building institutional capacity and developing strategic, policy, program, governance, and ethics guidance for established and emerging professional and regulatory organizations. Previous to this, she worked in education for CPA Canada (then CGA Canada) and in the Greater Vancouver assurance practice of KPMG LLP.

Ms. Friedrich is a contributing author on a number of World Bank publications in the area of competency-based education, training, and certification. She has also served as an author, lecturer, and examiner for numerous post-secondary programs in Canada and internationally, and has guided several institutions in developing and implementing ethics training programs. She has led hundreds of professional development sessions in a wide range of topic areas including ethics, governance, information systems, and curriculum development.

Ms. Friedrich has served on the Ethics Committee of CPA BC and continues to serve on its Bylaws Committee – responsible for the ongoing review of regulatory and professional standards in the jurisdiction, including the CPA Code of Professional Conduct. 

Ms. Friedrich holds a Master of Science in Business Administration (UBC) and is designated as a Certified Internal Auditor (Institute of Internal Auditors). She became a Canadian CPA in 2001, was awarded fellowship in 2011, and was granted life membership in 2014 for her service to the profession in education, ethics, and regulation.

Chantyl Mulder joined SAICA in 1999 to head up the Education and Training division which was newly set up after the education and training of CAs moved from the IRBA to SAICA. Chantyl is also the Chairman of the AAT(SA). She is a former CUT Council member and is currently a WSU Council member and chair of the Finance Committee as well as a member of The Technical Working Group which advises the Human Resource development Council, chaired by the Deputy President, on human resource development in South Africa - which is a ministerial appointment.

Patrick, who is based in Washington, DC, coordinates efforts to enhance public financial management, strengthen the accountancy profession, and oversee financial management responsibilities for World Bank–funded projects in Caribbean countries.

He is recognized as a leader in governance, with expertise spanning public financial management, corporate governance, digital technology, sustainability reporting, integrated reporting, and the development of the accountancy profession. Patrick has contributed to various projects across the globe aimed at advancing reforms in these areas.

Patrick is a Chartered Accountant (CA, South Africa), a Fellow Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (FCPAK), a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), and a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative (a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network). He has served in several leadership positions: Board member of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa (IoDSA), Chairman of NEPAD Business Foundation Audit Committee, member of Cricket South Africa Audit Committee, Chairman of Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) South Africa Chapter, amongst others.

Before joining the World Bank Group in 2009, Patrick worked at EY in both Nairobi, Kenya and Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

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