Simon Sfeir is an external auditor who graduated with an accounting degree from Notre Dame University in 2002 and holds a CPA from the State of California since 2005. He had a five year experience at Ernst & Young Beirut and has been a partner at Sfeir & Associates since 2009. Simon has mainly an audit experience in banking, insurance, retail and services industries as well as not-for-profit organizations.

Simon was instructor for external and internal audit classes (English and French) at the Lebanese University (2008-2023) in addition to CPA at Morgan International (2008-2012), IFRS Diploma and ISA classes at the Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants (LACPA) (2014-2023). He delivered and contributed in several trainings in audit, accounting and finance in Lebanon and the region.

Simon was also a member of the technical committee at the LACPA, who issued the quality control and the peer review guides as well as the audit file manual for external auditors.

In 2023, Simon was appointed as a member of the Exams Committee at LACPA and was elected Board Member in June 2024. He was then named by the LACPA Board as technical advisor for the International Panel on Accountancy Education (IPAE).

Mr. Anoop N. Mehta was appointed to the IFAC Nominating Committee in November 2025. He was nominated by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), where he served as Chairman from 2022–2023, and by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA/Association), where he also served as Chairman during the same period.

Mr. Mehta is currently the Chief Strategist for Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. (AMA), providing expertise in business development, strategic planning, and operational improvements for government and commercial organizations. Previously, he was President of Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), where he led the company’s growth from a two-person firm to more than 1,000 employees, supporting NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) programs.

Mr. Mehta serves as Chairman of the AICPA’s National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion.

Mr. Mehta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the US University of Maryland (UMD). He serves on the Board of Advisors for UMD’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and is an Executive in Residence for both the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the Milgard School of Business at the University of Washington Tacoma (US). He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).

Stephen Shields is the Director of Partnerships & Recognition for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), based in Kuala Lumpur.

Mr. Shields leads on ACCA’s strategic partnerships with global employers, sectors, national bodies; its approach to recognition risks and opportunities; and consultancy and capacity-building initiatives. He also oversees ACCA’s relationships with leading organisations including the World Bank, the Department for International Development and the United Nations.

Mr. Shields has worked with ACCA for over 21 years, based for the majority of that time in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Prior to joining ACCA in January 2004, he was Regional Branch Manager of Zurich Financial Services Group.

Educated in his native Australia, followed by the IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland, Mr. Shields has had more than 25 years of experience in corporate management positions in the finance industry, both in Western countries and also in the Arab region. He holds a Master’s Degree in Human Rights with Distinction from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Rosemary Keogh is the Chief Executive Officer of Chartered Accountants Ireland. She joined CAI from the Houses of the Oireachtas, (Irish Parliament), where she held the role of Assistant Secretary General. Prior to that, she was CEO of the Irish Wheelchair Association, a large disability services provider and advocacy organization. Ms. Keogh has significant experience working in senior finance roles in a range of industries at Irish and the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regional level. She also served for five years as a Board Member & Chair of Finance, Audit, Risk & Governance Subcommittee of the Irish Charities Regulator, and a further five years as Chairperson of the National Disability Services Association.

Ms. Keogh is a Fellow of ACCA and holds a bachelor's degree in English & Mathematics, and an MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour from DCU.  

FCPA Philip Kakai joined the IFAC Board in November 2025, having been nominated by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).

He serves as an Assistant Director of Finance at the Judiciary of Kenya, previously working as Finance Manager at Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Limited. He has more than 20 years of experience in leadership, financial accounting, management and reporting, budget management, audit, and project management.

FCPA Kakai served as the 25th Chairman of ICPAK from September 2023 to June 2025.He also served as the Vice Chairman from June 2021 to June 2023, after joining the ICPAK Council in June 2020. He has also served on the board of the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and the board of trustees of KCA University. Within ICPAK, he convened key Council committees, such as Public Policy and Governance. He was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by ICPAK in December 2020 and conferred a Fellowship in November 2025.

FCPA Kakai currently serves on the Board of the Kenya Accountants and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KASNEB), where he also Chairs the Audit and Risk Committee and the National Steering Committee, overseeing Kenya’s transition from cash to accrual accounting.

FCPA Kakai is a certified Public Accountant of Kenya and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree, an MBA (Finance) and an Executive MBA from Moi University. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance at Kenyatta University.