Melody Scales was a manager on IFAC's Quality & Development team, where she worked on professional accountancy organization capacity building, donor compliance and the supports member organizations in the Caribbean and Eastern European regions. Melody has a B.S. in Biology from Wake Forest University and a Certificate in Accounting from Borough of Manhattan Community College.  

Shamila Ramcharan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean.  She has worked for over 20 years with numerous multi-national corporations which operate in multi-country, multi-culture environments across Latin America and the Caribbean.  Shamila holds an MBA from Heriott Watt University.