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Vicky Rock is the Managing Director Finance, Performance and Portfolio for the UK House of Commons .Prior to this, she held a number of roles at HM Treasury, most recently as Director of Public Spending  

She has also served as Deputy Head of the Government Finance Function, which focuses on investing in people, sharing best practice and developing frameworks, guidance and tools to support more than 10,000 people working in finance across government. 

Vicky began her career working mainly on public sector audit at KPMG, where she trained and gained her CIPFA qualification in 2009. She moved to the Treasury in 2011, initially working in an accounting role before moving into public spending, and then from the finance team into the public spending group, working on setting financial reporting rules for the government and providing advice on financial management. 

In 2014, she began a short secondment to help set up the British Business Bank before returning to the Treasury in July 2015 as a deputy director, overseeing all aspects of government financial reporting and the whole of government accounts. After four years in this position, she was appointed as Director, Public Spending Group, which involved leading the teams responsible for delivering high-quality government financial reporting and data in order to improve decision making and accountability across government. 

Sharon Machado is the head of sustainable business within ACCA’s Policy and Insights team.  Sharon and her team generate future looking thought leadership research and influence policy relating to the technical domains of sustainable finance, skills development, ethics, corporate reporting, tax, business law, audit and assurance.  This work has the aim of driving better business through the role of professional accountants, and in this work, Sharon takes a holistic view to how the domains connect to underpin sustainable business, the skills and action required. Education enabling the conversion of technical knowledge into action is vital, and Sharon regularly incorporates this into her own work.  Her passion for education was gained from preparing students for the technical and professional demands of accountancy qualifications, which she did prior to joining ACCA in 2008.  Since joining ACCA, her roles have also included shaping the ACCA Qualification and its digital transformation, an area to which she continues to input.

Vita is Manager, Head of Sustainability, at Accountancy Europe, where she leads sustainability policy work. Vita has been focusing on sustainability and sustainable finance-related matters since 2015. In this role, she continues specialising in monitoring, analysing and influencing as well as representing the accountancy profession’s views on sustainability towards the EU’s sustainability policy decision making. Vita obtained certification in sustainable finance and studied public administration and general management. 

Pamela Monroe Ellis was appointed Auditor General in 2008 and is responsible for the effective management of the Government of Jamaica’s financial management systems, as well as complying with financial management policies. She spent the early part of her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Staff Accountant. As Jamaica’s Auditor General, she is also Secretary General of the Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI), and a member of the International Association of Supreme Audit Institutions’ (INTOSAI), a working group of the Value and Benefit of Supreme Audit Institutions. Pamela served as Chair of the Investigation Committee of ICAJ, Director of the Board of the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI), and Chair of the steering committee of the International Financial Reporting for Non-Profit Organizations (IFR4NPO). She is currently Commissioner of the Integrity Commission of Jamaica.

Mike Driver was appointed to the IFAC PAIB Advisory Group in May 2023, nominated by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in London (CIPFA). 

Mike Driver's career in public service started when he joined the Department of Health and Social Security straight from school. He worked in operational delivery before moving into regional management and then into a series of policy roles.

Mike moved into government finance in 1999 and went on to hold a number of roles, including Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Department for Work and Pensions from 2012. In 2016 he was appointed as CFO for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and, in 2017, as Head of the Government Finance Function (GFF) for HM Treasury. As Head of the GFF, he focused on driving the agenda to substantially strengthen the finance function's critical role at the heart of government.

Beginning in August 2020, Mike spent six months as the Interim Permanent Secretary at the MoJ, before being appointed the Senior Responsible Officer for the Borders and Managed Quarantine Service. In September 2021, after 42 years, Mike retired from the Civil Service and now has a portfolio career. Mike is a member of the CIPFA Board and Council and is CIPFA President for 2021/22. He is also a member and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
 

Job Title: IPSASB CAG Chair

Fabienne Colignon became Chair of the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) in July 2023. Prior to her appointment as Chair of the IPSASB CAG, Fabienne was an active and experienced member of the CAG since 2016, and a regular observer of the IPSASB.

Fabienne has extensive expertise in public sector accounting and reporting through her role with the French Public Sector Accounting Standard-Setter, Conseil de Normalisation des Comptes Publics (the CNoCP), a council body within the Ministry of Finance, since 2013. Prior to joining the CNoCP, Fabienne was an audit professional, and served as a Practice Fellow with the IFRS Interpretations Committee. Fabienne has closely followed the work of the IPSASB as a French representative for the EPSAS project for the European Commission and for the CNoCP.

Harpal's role at IFAC entails contributing to and promoting the development, adoption, and implementation of high-quality international standards. Harpal also has responsibility for IFAC’s SME (small- and medium-sized entities), SMP (small- and medium-sized practices), and research initiatives, which include developing thought leadership, public policy, and advocacy materials.

Prior to joining IFAC, Harpal spent ten years working for Grant Thornton UK LLP, where he was first part of the Public Sector and Commercial Assurance practices, before joining the Financial Reporting technical team. Harpal helped develop the firm’s Financial Reporting advisory offering outside of London and then joined the Business Consulting team specializing in finance consulting and talent solutions. Prior to joining GT, Harpal was a Public Sector auditor for the Audit Commission in the UK.

Isabelle joined the IAASB in June 2023, supporting various key projects, including audits of less complex entities.

Prior to her role at IAASB, Isabelle worked in Deloitte Canada’s national office, as well as MNP’s assurance professional standards group. Her role involved developing audit and assurance methodology, tools and guidance and designing learning sessions for new and revised standards. Isabelle also participated in drafting numerous global and Canadian specific comment letters.

Isabelle is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) in Canada (Québec).

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