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Join IFAC and the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) for a webinar on IFAC’s recently published literature review of competencies, educational strategies, and challenges for sustainability reporting and assurance. We will be joined by Erica Neuman, author of the literature review, who will share its key findings. 

Mr. Vishal Doshi became a member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board in January 2024, nominated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), where he is the Vice Chair of the Auditing & Assurance Standards Board of ICAI.

Mr. Doshi has over 25 years of experience in auditing entities in different industries that includes banking, oil and gas, FMCG, engineering, pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals, ITeS, health care, ports, power, mining, capital markets, NBFC, social and charitable and rural development.

Mr. Doshi is well versed on a diverse number of topics relevant to Auditing Standards, Accounting Standards, Ind AS, Code of Ethics, etc. and have spoken about these at various forums.

He is also a member of the South Asian Federation of Accountants' Committee on Education, Training and CPD.

Farrukh Rehman joined the IFAC Professional Accountancy Organization Development & Advisory Group in January 2024. Previously he had served as Technical Advisor on the advisory group. He was nominated to the advisory group by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP).

Mr. Rehman is the President of ICAP and an elected member of the council of ICAP. He also served as its Vice President for the term 2017-18. He is currently the Chairman of the Accounting Standards Board and Sustainability working group. He previously led various ICAP committees, including the auditing, examination, education, financial sector and chartered accountants women committee.

Mr. Rehman is a member of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) Board and member of SAFA's Accounting Standards Committee. He also represents ICAP at the BRI National Accounting Standards Cooperation Forum.

Mr. Rehman has a bachelor’s of commerce degree from Karachi University in 1991 and became Chartered Accountant in 1996. He became partner in A.F.Ferguson & Co (a member firm of PwC Network of Firms) in 2004 and has extensive experience in audit and assurance services.

Panagiotis Alamanos became a member of the IFAC PAO Development & Advisory Group in January 2024. He was nominated by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is the Managing Partner of Crowe Greece.

He earned a BSc from the London School of Economics and a MSCc from the Bayes Business School. He is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece

Berry Wammes became a member of the IFAC PAO Development & Advisory Group in January 2024. He was nominated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Netherlands (Royal NBA). He currently serves as program director after fourteen years in leadership positions with the NBA, including serving as CEO from 2020 to September 2023.

Mr. Wammes was trained as a marketing and communications professional and worked for small and large commercial organizations in the Netherlands. From 1997 to 2003 he was Chief Marketing Officer of KPMG Netherlands and in that capacity from 1998 to 2001 he was also responsible for the EMA area. Mr. Wammes held various leadership positions in the NBA, being responsible for professional standards, policy development and international affairs since 2009.

Since 2014, Berry Wammes has been intensively involved in audit reform in the Netherlands after a period of persistent accounting issues and social criticism. He was responsible for an extensive change program in the areas of fraud, business continuity, transparency, and culture and behavior.

From 2011 to 2023, Berry Wammes was a board member of the Limperg Institute, a research and post-academic education institute, and from 2013 to 2023 he was deputy secretary of the Foundation of the Dutch Accounting Standards Board.

Angela Ryan became a member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) in January 2024. She was nominated by the New Zealand External Reporting Board.

Ms. Ryan is a principal accounting advisor for the New Zealand Treasury with over 17 years of experience in applying accrual accounting at the sovereign government level.  This includes providing accounting policy advice on a range of issues affecting the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand.  

Ms. Ryan has been actively involved in setting accounting standards in New Zealand for many years, both as a member and Deputy Chair of the External Reporting Board’s Accounting Standards Board until her term ended in December 2021. This will be Ms. Ryan’s second term on the IPSASB having been a member between 2015-2017, including Deputy Chair in 2017.

Ms. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University of Wellington and is a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Her Technical Advisor is Jack Bisset.

Yacouba Traoré became a member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standard Board in January 2024. He was nominated by ONECCA-BF.

Mr. Traoré taught international accounting standards and regional public sector accounting standards for years in higher School Institutions. Practitioner with 25 years of experience, he serves private and public sector entities. He contributes on a regular basis to international standards setting through comments submission and standards setters' forum attendances.

Mr. Traoré is the chair of the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA)'s Public Value Management Technical & Advisory Group since April 2022 and leads all that group activities. He is ONECCA-BF president and vice President of the National Accounting Council of Burkina Faso in charge of private and public sector accounting regulation and interpretation since October 2020.

Mr. Traoré sits in various professional accountancy organizations boards including PAFA, Féderation Internationale des Experts Comptes et Commissaires aux Comptes Francophones (FIDEF), the Conseil Permanent de la Profession Comptable (CPPC) an advisory council to the West African Monetary and Economic Union (WAEMU) and the Commission de Normalisation pour la Profession Comptable OHADA (CNPC OHADA) a regulatory body within the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa Organization (OHADA). He holds a chartered accountant degree namely Diplôme d'Expertise Comptable et Financière (DECOFI) and a master’s degree in finances, control & audit.

His Technical Advisor is Iheanyi Anyahara.

Dr. Neema Kiure Mssusa joined the IFAC Nominating Committee in January 2024 after serving at the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) for six years (from 2018 to 2023) and at the IPSASB Consultative Advisory Group for two years (from 2016 to 2017).

Dr. Kiure Mssusa, a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, has been the team leader in the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) implementation project for the Government of Tanzania from 2008 to 2022. She has assisted the Tanzania Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Local Government Authorities, and other Public Sector Entities on IPSAS implementation projects. Tanzania started complying with accrual based IPSAS during the year ended 30 June 2013. As a member of the National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA) Technical Committee since 2008 she has been working closely with NBAA to ensure that the accountancy profession in Tanzania is compliant with applicable international and local standards accordingly.

She is an Assurance Partner at Ernst & Young Tanzania, where she serves several private and public sector entities. Dr. Kiure Mssusa was a Board Member of the NBAA from October 2014 to May 2021 and the Vice Chairperson of the same from June 2018 to May 2021. She is the current Chairperson of the Tanzania Association of Women Accountants (TAWCA) and a member of the Interim Academic Advisory Committee (IAAC) of the African Professionalization Initiative (API).

Yan Zhao became a member of the IFAC SMP Advisory Group (SMPAG) in January 2023. She was nominated by the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA).

Mrs. Zhao is the Deputy Director of Continuing Professional Department at CICPA, and formerly worked in CICPA’s Quality Assurance Department and Registration Department at CICPA. She has been in an 1-year internship program at KPMG Melbourne office.

Mrs. Zhao earned her Master of Accounting degree from the Central University of Finance and Economics in China.