Leadership

IFAC Board of Directors

Board Subcommittees

  • 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 2022

    Joan 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 2025

    Winnie Nyamute    
    Member since 2023
    (GC member, 2020-2022)

    Non-Board Member

    Christine Albrecht    
    TAC Chair / FoF Representative since 2024

    Observer

    Katie Byrne    
    AC Chair, 2025
    (PFC member, 2023-2024)

  • 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 2025

    Fransisco Sant’Anna    
    Member since 2025
    (MC member 2023-2025)

    Sidharta Utama    
    Member since 2025
    (PPRAG member, 2023-2025)

  • 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

  • Public Policy and Regulation Advisory Group (PPRAG)

    Board Members 

    Chiara Mio    
    Chair, 2025
    (PPRAG member 2024; GC Member, 2021-2023)

    Mark Vaessen    
    Member since 2025

    Sidharta Utama
    Member since 2023

    Fiona Wilkinson (SMP)    
    Member, PPRAG Chair 2021-2024
    (PFC Member 2020-2022)

    Non-Board Members    

    Helene Agélii, NRF representative    
    Member since 2019

    Cédric Gélard, CNCC / CSOEC representative
    Member since 2020

    Rosemary McGuire, CPA CA representative    
    Member since 2024

    Youichi Mori, JICPA representative
    Member since 2022

    Daniel Noll, AICPA representative
    Member since 2021

    Gary Pflugrath, CPA AU representative    
    Member since 2021

    Jeanine Poggiolini, SAICA representative
    Member since 2022

    Ingmar Rega, IDW / WPK representative
    Member since 2021

    Sharon Ditchburn (Deputy Chair, PAIBAG)
    Member since 2024

    Monica Foerster (Chair, SMPAG)
    Member since 2016

  • 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)
     

  • 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 2023

    Yeong Kyun Ahn    
    Korea
    Board Member since 2023

    Fransisco Sant’Anna    
    Brazil    
    Board Member since 2023

    Patricia Stock
    South Africa    
    Board Member
    Member Staff (PAIB), 2025    
            
    Non-Board Members

    Lindawati 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
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
Pamela Steer, IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Tashia Batstone Canada
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
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