IFAC Board of Directors
Board Subcommittees
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Planning and Finance Committee (PFC)
Board Members
Taryn Rulton (PAIB)
Chair, 2025-2026
(PFC member, 2021-2024, GC member, 2024)Tashia Batstone (PAIB)
Member since 2022Joan Curry
Member since 2023
(GC member, 2020-2022)Atul Gupta (SMP)
Member since 2025
(AC member, 2021-2024, TAG member, 2021-2022)Kohei Kan
Member since 2023
(AC Member 2021-2022)Michael Niehues
Member since 2025Winnie Nyamute
Member since 2023
(GC member, 2020-2022)Non-Board Member
Christine Albrecht
TAC Chair / FoF Representative since 2024Observer
Katie Byrne
AC Chair, 2025
(PFC member, 2023-2024)
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Audit Committee (AC)
Katie Byrne
Chair, 2025
(PFC member, 2023-2024)Gregory Anton (SMP)
Member since 2023
(GC member, 2022-2024)Josephine Phan
Member since 2025Fransisco Sant’Anna
Member since 2025
(MC member 2023-2025)Sidharta Utama
Member since 2025
(PPRAG member, 2023-2025)
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Governance Committee (GC)
Khalilullah Shaikh (PAIB)
Chair, 2025
(GC member, 2024)Yeong Kyun Ahn
Member since 2023
(MC member, 2023-2025; PFC member, 2020-2022)Gregory Anton (SMP)
Member since 2022
(AC member, 2023-2025)Chiara Mio
Member since 2025
(PPRAG Chair 2025; PPRAG member 2024; GC Member 2021-2023)Lei Yan
Member since 2025
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Public Policy and Regulation Advisory Group (PPRAG)
Board Members
Chiara Mio
Chair, 2025
(PPRAG member 2024; GC Member, 2021-2023)Mark Vaessen
Member since 2025Sidharta Utama
Member since 2023Fiona Wilkinson (SMP)
Member, PPRAG Chair 2021-2024
(PFC Member 2020-2022)Non-Board Members
Helene Agélii, NRF representative
Member since 2019Cédric Gélard, CNCC / CSOEC representative
Member since 2020Rosemary McGuire, CPA CA representative
Member since 2024Youichi Mori, JICPA representative
Member since 2022Daniel Noll, AICPA representative
Member since 2021Gary Pflugrath, CPA AU representative
Member since 2021Jeanine Poggiolini, SAICA representative
Member since 2022Ingmar Rega, IDW / WPK representative
Member since 2021Sharon Ditchburn (Deputy Chair, PAIBAG)
Member since 2024Monica Foerster (Chair, SMPAG)
Member since 2016
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Human Resources and Compensation Committee (HRCC)
Jean Bouquot, Deputy President (SMP)
Chair, 2025-2026
(HRCC member, 2023-2024; PFC Chair, 2023-2024; PFC Member, 2021-2022)Taryn Rulton (PAIB)
Member since 2025
(PFC Chair, 2025; PFC member, 2021-2024; GC member, 2024)Katie Byrne
Member since 2025
(AC Chair, 2025; PFC member, 2023-2024)Khalilullah Shaikh (PAIB)
Member, GC Chair, 2025
(GC member, 2024)Ismaila Zakari, MC Chair (SMP)
Member since 2023
(MC Chair, 2023-2025; MC member, 2020-2022; PFC member, 2021-2022)
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Membership Committee (MC)
Board Members
Ismaila Zakari (Chair, 2023-2025)
Nigeria
Board Member since 2020
SMP
Ahmad Almeghames
Saudi Arabia
Former PAODAG member
Member Staff (PAIB) since 2023Yeong Kyun Ahn
Korea
Board Member since 2023Fransisco Sant’Anna
Brazil
Board Member since 2023Patricia Stock
South Africa
Board Member
Member Staff (PAIB), 2025
Non-Board MembersLindawati Gani
Indonesia
PAIBAG member since 2020
Jim Knafo
USA
Former CAP Member
Member Staff since 2020
Technical Advisors
| Jumadi Anggana, Technical Advisor to Sidharta Utama | Indonesia |
| Jan Jaap Boontjes , Technical Advisor to Mark Vaessen | Netherlands |
| Bruce Cartwright, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Caroline Gardner | United Kingdom |
| Susan Coffey, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Gregory Anton | United States of America |
| Barry Dempsey, Technical Advisor to Joan Curry | Ireland |
| Noemi Di Segni, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Chiara Mio | Italy |
| Prasanna Kumar Dondeti, Technical Advisor to Atul Gupta | India |
| Lindie Engelbrecht, Technical Advisor to Caroline Gardner | United Kingdom |
| João Ferreira da Silva , IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Francisco Sant'Anna | Portugal |
| Chris Freeland, Technical Advisor to Josephine Phan | Australia |
| Simon Grant, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Taryn Rulton | Australia |
| Onome Joy Adewuyi, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Ismaila Zakari | Nigeria |
| Grace Kamau, Technical Advisor to Winnie Nyamute | Kenya |
| Jim Knafo, IFAC Board Technical Adviser for Kathryn Byrne | United States of America |
| Muhammad Maqbool, Technical Advisor to Khalilullah Shaikh | Pakistan |
| Rosemary McGuire, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Tashia Batstone | Canada |
| Bo Mu, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Lei (Stone) Yan | China |
| Julia Penny, Technical Advisor to Fiona Wilkinson | United Kingdom |
| Milton Segal, Technical Advisor to Patricia Stock | South Africa |
| Ainslie van Onselen, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Taryn Rulton | Australia |
| Gillian Waldbauer, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Michael Niehues | Germany |
| Nana Yasuda, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Kohei Kan | Japan |
Observers
| David Frederick , AAT Observer | United Kingdom |
| Cédric Gélard, CNCC/CNOEC Observer | France |
| Brian McEnery, ACCA Observer | United Kingdom |