Misha Pieters currently leads a team of staff that supports the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of New Zealand in its role of developing and issuing auditing and assurance standards in New Zealand. Ms. Peters comes from an auditing background, having previously worked at KPMG.

Ms. Peters has also previously assisted the IAASB and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants with their extended external reporting projects (now part of the sustainability assurance project), eCode and technology projects as a staff fellow. She has a Master of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. 

Join IFAC and Asia-based regional partners for a virtual two-day Sustainability Summit! Following the release of ISSB's S1 and S2 and IAASB's Exposure Draft on sustainability assurance, this summit is tailor-made to raise awareness and fuel dynamic conversations about the surging demand for assurance engagements and the evolution of sustainability reporting. We'll delve into the impact of ISSB's S1 and S2 and IAASB's Exposure Draft on sustainability assurance.

Yingying Liu is student in the Neoma Business School in Rouen, France. She was born in Suriname, in Latin America, and later moved to France at the age of 6. She speaks Chinese, French and English.

During her first year of business school, she performed a 3-month internship at EY in the Professional Practice Group in Paris. Since September 2023, she has been a master’s degree student in audit and accounting and is also working as an audit apprentice at EY Paris.

Zarif Ludin is the Head of Institutional Partnership at ACCA and leads and develops strategic partnerships with regional and global accountancy organizations, donors and development agencies, and represents ACCA in external forums and consistently promotes ACCA’s global contribution to public value. Zarif Ludin serves ACCA’s Category “A” observer at the IFAC board and PAODAG as a Technical Assistant and is a member of the Ethics working group at CAPA.  

Zarif Ludin was the Chief Executive of CPA Afghanistan at the Ministry of Finance, Afghanistan, since June 2013, being responsible for the enactment of accountancy law, the establishment of the executive office, board and related technical committees and the capacity building of accountants and auditors. Zarif Ludin focused on quality education, well-defined regulations and CPA Afghanistan’s recognition on national, regional and international platforms. He played a significant role in obtaining South Asia Federation of Accountants (SAFA) and Confederation of Asia and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) associate memberships for CPA Afghanistan. He initiated the idea of Strategic Partnership and revenue sharing for CPA Afghanistan jointly with ACCA.

In addition, he has experience of more than 12 years of working with different Organizations like USAID and US embassy-funded programs, Financial Institutions and Banks, NGOs and Universities as a Finance Manager, Program Coordinator and part-time Lecturer. Zarif holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from the Graduate Institute of Geneva.

Join the IAASB for a deep dive into its proposed International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements, focusing on the IAASB’s approach to drafting the standard and the challenges it addresses. ISSA 5000 will serve as a comprehensive, stand-alone standard suitable for any sustainability assurance engagement.

This webinar will provide participants, especially assurance practitioners and regulators, with:

Join the IAASB for a deep dive into its proposed International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000, General Requirements for Sustainability Assurance Engagements, focusing on the IAASB’s approach to drafting the standard and the challenges it addresses. ISSA 5000 will serve as a comprehensive, stand-alone standard suitable for any sustainability assurance engagement.

This webinar will provide participants, especially assurance practitioners and regulators, with: