Dr. Linda Biek joined IESBA as Director in 2023. Her role involves, inter alia, interaction with the IESBA’s Emerging Issues Oversight Committee, the Technology Working Group, and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board on matters of mutual interest.

Before her current position, Dr. Biek held several notable roles. She has served as the Head of Investigations and Compliance for Hong Kong's Accounting and Financial Reporting Council and, previously, Director of Compliance for the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In these roles, she was responsible for overseeing all investigations and ensuring professional accountants’ compliance with accounting, auditing, and ethics standards in Hong Kong. Before moving to Hong Kong, Dr. Biek represented the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, she served as the Executive Director of the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy and began her career as an auditor with KPMG in California.

Dr. Biek is a Certified Public Accountant in both Tennessee and Hong Kong. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from the City University of Hong Kong, as well as a Master of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Business degree from East Tennessee State University.

Francisco Gracia has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Zaragoza and a Master's Degree in Auditing from the University of Zaragoza. He is a Economist-Account Auditor and Accounting Expert, and an auditor at the individual level. He is also partner of a professional tax and accounting advisory firm. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the REA Auditors of the General Council of Economists, and a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and integrated reports (II) of the REA Auditores. He is also the President of Accounting Economists (EC-CGE) of the General Council of Economists, and president of the Register of Accounting Experts (REC). He is the vice-Dean of the College of Economists of Aragon and president of the Audit and Accounting Commission of the College of Economists of Aragon. He is also a member of the Commission of new technologies and accounting of the Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration (AECA).

Fernando has more than 20 years of experience in professional auditing services and accounting and financial advice in different areas of KPMG's Advisory area. Fernando was appointed partner at KPMG in 2010.

Currently, he is the partner responsible for the Risk and Regulation area of KPMG in Spain, responsible for Forensic of KPMG in Europe, Middle East and Africa and responsible for the area of Expert Reports and International Arbitration of KPMG worldwide. He has a degree in Law and in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Deusto, and a Master in Auditing and Higher Accounting from the University of Alcalá.

Since October 2015, he has been a member of the Board of Partners and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of KPMG in Spain, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of KPMG in Spain.

Fernando is also Vice-President of the Commission of Experts of the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris (ICC Standing Committee Centre for Expertise) since 2015.

His high specialization and prestige in the market as an accounting and financial expert in the area of Independent Expert Reports has been distinguished in the period 2010 to 2018 by the publication 'Global Arbitration Review', identifying Fernando as one of the 50 best experts worldwide in the field.

He has also been distinguished in the prestigious selection of 'Consulting Experts' as Expert in the field of Forensic Accounting in the resolution of disputes in which complex accounting issues become relevant.

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Vanessa Bowen is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner (NLP). She is also the Founder of Mint Worthy Co. Inc., a personal finance coaching platform that helps women develop positive financial habits so they can take control of their finances by changing their relationship with money. After ten years in corporate finance and public accounting where she worked with international businesses in both Canada and the US, Vanessa shifted her focus to pursue her passion for personal finance, and now empowers women to live life on their own financial terms. 

Through Mint Worthy Co. Inc., Vanessa teaches women the fundamentals of personal money management. With her holistic coaching strategies, Vanessa equips women with the tools and methods needed to break bad money habits, create new mindset shifts, and blaze a path to life-long financial freedom. 

Punyapal Shah is a Chartered Accountant with more than 13 years of experience in handling complex audits for manufacturing, automobiles and textiles industries. He has experience in international and Corporate Tax matters as well.

Karan Vora is Chartered Accountant with focused oriented on auditing under IFRS, Taxation and Due Diligence with more than 9 years of experience. He has experience in Transfer Pricing and International Taxation, Conduction Risk base Audits (RBAs), Valuation of Intangibles, Financial due diligence for Tax and Regulatory matters.

Rakesh is a Director with the Corporate tax practice of Crowe UAE. Rakesh is a Chartered Accountant with more than 10 years of experience in corporate tax, International Tax and Transaction Tax matters catering to a number of industry verticals.

Zayd Maniar is an International Liaison Partner with Crowe UAE and part of the UAE Management Team. Zayd Maniar is a Chartered Accountant and has almost 20 years’ experience in providing Audit and Assurance services in the UK and UAE.