Nor Yati Ahmad became a member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standard Board in January 2023. She was nominated by Accountant General's Department of Malaysia under the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia. 

She is a director of Accrual Accounting Implementation Team, Accountant General's Department of Malaysia since 2020 and has been with Accrual Accounting Implementation Team from 2011. Before joining the team, she served as an accountant with 16 years of experience in federal and states level. Nor Yati Ahmad is a member of Malaysia Institute of Accountant (MIA) and CPA Australia. Currently, she is a member of Government Accounting Standard Advisory Committee under the Accountant General's Department of Malaysia which issues Malaysian Public Sector Accounting Standard (MPSAS). She also a member of Public Sector Accounting Committee of Malaysian Institute of Accountant, a representative of Accountant General's Department of Malaysia in Malaysian Accounting Standard Board (MASB), a member of Islamic Accounting Standard Research and Drafting Committee for Waqaf, Zakat and Baitulmal and she also a board of director in a Malaysia's Government Link Company. She has been a member of various task based groups especially in accounting areas. 

She holds a Bachelor of Accounting from University Putra Malaysia and a Master of Accountancy and Finance from University of Adelaide.

Earlier today, the IESBA released "Continuing with the Development of Global Ethics and Independence Standards for Sustainability Reporting and Assurance," a publication providing an overview of the sustainability-related decisions made by the Board at it's recent meeting and how those decisions will shape the Board's work in 2023 and beyond.

On December 2, 2022, the Board unanimously approved two new projects that will deliver the following:

Sustainability Project

• Profession-agnostic independence standards for use by all sustainability assurance practitioners
• Specific ethics provisions relevant to sustainability reporting and assurance 

Experts Project

• Specific ethics and independence provisions addressing the use of experts by organizations as well as in the context of audit and assurance engagements (including sustainability assurance) 

Read more here.

Ce nouveau rapport guidera les organisations comptables professionnelles dans la manière dont elles peuvent agir aujourd'hui pour préparer leurs membres actuels et futurs à saisir les opportunités présentées par les tendances émergentes en utilisant les informations du groupe consultatif et de développement des organisations comptables professionnelles de l'IFAC.

Current Status of the Project

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s (IPSASB) Strategy and Work Plan 2019-2023 includes alignment with Government Finance Statistics[1] (GFS) as an integral part of the Board’s work.