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Simon Grant

Job Title

IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Taryn Rulton

Country

Australia

Simon Grant has 36 years' experience in finance and accounting, banking and professional membership, beginning
his career as an audit graduate.

He later joined Sanwa Bank and then went on overseas work experience and in 1990 he joined Arab Bank Australia
Limited where he became Australian Head of Credit. His next roles were with Deloitte in Assurance, Advisory and
Corporate Finance.

Mr. Grant joined Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand in 2002 as State Manager Queensland and was
appointed Head of Members for Australia and New Zealand during the merger in 2014 and, in 2018, appointed Group
Executive - Advocacy, Professional Standing and International Development. He leveraged the combined organizations'
strength to build out its international influence.

Mr. Grant's grounding as an auditor and his business career assists in enhancing CA ANZ's influence in the members'
interest and for the public good. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1987 and a Fellow Chartered Accountant in
2004. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a graduate of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors and is an Asialink Business Leaders Program alumni from 2018.