Mike Ashley, is the Task Force Chair of the Definitions of Listed Entity and Public Interest Task Force and is a former member of the IESBA.

Mr. Ashley is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Barclays Plc. Prior to joining the Barclays Board in September 2013, he was the Head of Quality and Risk Management for KPMG Europe LLP and the Ethics Partner for KPMG in the UK. He spent most of his full-time career as an Audit Partner with KPMG or its predecessor firm, Peat Marwick, mainly engaged in the audits of major banking institutions.

Mr. Ashley is a Board member and Chair of the Policy and Guidance Committee of the Charity Commission of England and Wales, a Board member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the UK Cabinet Office and, since 2006, a member of the Ethics Standards Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He was a member of the Technical Expert Group of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) from 2005 to 2016 and Vice Chair from 2010 to 2016. He was also Chair of the UK Government Internal Audit Agency from 2014 to September 2018, a member of the Audit Committee of the UK Treasury from 2009 to 2015 and a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board from 2004 to 2010. Mr. Ashley has an MA in mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge, and is a Fellow of ICAEW and Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.

Ian McPhee, AO PSM, FCPA, FCA became a member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants in January 2016. Mr. McPhee was formerly a member of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board between 2003 and 2008.

Mr. McPhee holds the position of Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. He is also a Council member of Central Queensland University, chair of the Audit Quality Advisory Board for PwC Australia, a non-executive company director, a chair and member of a number of audit and risk committees, and (part-time) Australian Capital Territory Public Sector Standards Commissioner. Previously, he was Auditor-General for Australia between 2005 and 2015, and prior to that appointment held senior positions with the Department of Finance and the National Audit Office in Australia.

Mr. McPhee has been Deputy Chair of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, a member of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, and Chair of the former Public Sector Accounting Standards Board in Australia. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015, awarded a Public Service Medal in 2002, awarded a First Class Medal of Honour by the Government of Indonesia in 2009, and received several other prestigious awards for his contribution to the public sector, including an honorary doctorate, and federal government leader of the year award. Mr. McPhee is also a life member of CPA Australia.

Mr. McPhee has a bachelor's degree in business (accountancy) from the University of Central Queensland and a bachelor of arts (computing studies) from the University of Canberra.

Saadiya Adam became a member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants in January 2021. She was nominated by the independent audit regulator and standard setter in South Africa, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA).

Ms. Adam is the Senior Professional Manager for Standards at the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) in South Africa. She is also the Secretariat to the Committee for Auditor Ethics (CFAE) and the Committee for Auditing Standards (CFAS), standards- setting statutory committees established by South Africa's Auditing Profession Act. The CFAE is responsible for determining what constitutes improper conduct by registered auditors, including developing the IRBA Code of Professional Conduct. The CFAS is responsible for developing, maintaining and adoption of auditing standards and other pronouncements.

Ms. Adam is a chartered accountant in South Africa—CA (SA)— a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Certified Ethics Officer with The Ethics Institute of Southern Africa.