Katarina Sitar Šuštar, MBA, a Slovenian certified auditor, is currently Senior Technical Advisor at the Slovenian Institute of Auditors (SIA) and a lecturer in financial accounting at the School of Economics and Business, at the University of Ljubljana (SEB LU).

Previously, she was a partner at KPMG Slovenija d.o.o., where she headed the audit department and served as head human resources. She specialised in auditing financial institutions, telecommunication companies, and public sector companies. Currently, she is involved in the practical aspects of auditing and financial accounting as a lecturer and trainer on auditing topics at SIA, as an independent member of the audit committees of the Slovenian Post, Vzajemna Mutual Health Insurance and Sava Re Group. She also acts as a quality control reviewer of regulatory reviews of selected published financial statements of Slovenian listed companies.

This 9^th Colloquium brings together global thought leaders to discuss the “Mind the Gap” project launched by The Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) and engage with stakeholders to stimulate an exchange of views around the public interest in standard-setting and narrow the expectation gap.

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CET | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM PST

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The reliability and quality of sustainability reporting, and investors’, regulators’, and other stakeholders’ trust in the information, hinge on the effectiveness of the external reporting supply chain. The IAASB believes that cooperation between the IAASB and international standards setters for sustainability reporting and assurance, such as the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), can help to support this aim.

Cemal Ibis is a sworn-in certified public accountant based in Istanbul. Along with his practice, he also serves as a professor of accounting at the Faculty of Business Administration of Altınbas University. He was previously the Rector of the Isik University.

Mr. Ibis is a Member and the Treasurer of the Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Türkiye (TURMOB). He is also the President of the Auditing and Sustainability Centre of TURMOB.

Mr. Ibis was a member (2012-2017) and technical advisor (2009-2011) for the IFAC Small and Medium Practices Committee, jointly nominated by TURMOB and the Expert Accountants' Association of Türkiye (EAAT). He was also President of EAAT from 2009 to 2014.

Mr. Ibis received Excellent Accounting Academician Achievement by ISMMMO in 2003. He has been teaching, researching and practicing experience on accounting and auditing for more than 30 years. He has written several books, research and academic papers on accounting and auditing.

Mr. Ibis earned Master and PhD in accounting at Marmara University (Turkiye-Istanbul) and is member of TURMOB.