Denise Chinpire-O’Reilly is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a Chartered Accountant, with over 30 years of professional and leadership experience in accounting, governance, and strategic management.

She is the CEO of K.S. Chinpire Contracting Services Limited, a family-owned company operating in the downstream energy sector of Trinidad and Tobago, where she leads company capacity building, strategic planning, policy development, revenue growth initiatives, and enterprise risk management.

Denise is a highly respected leader within the regional and international accountancy profession. She is actively involved with several professional bodies, including the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), where she serves in the PAO Development and Advisory Group – as the Caribbean’s Regional Network Partner Representative and Member of the Membership Committee. She is also a former Director and Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) representing Trinidad and Tobago and currently serves as technical advisor to the CEO and President of the ICAC on PAO Development in the region after formerly chairing the ICAC PAO Development Committee.

At the national level, Denise is deeply engaged with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT), where she chairs the Licensing Committee and previously served as President from 2019 to 2021. Her work consistently focuses on strengthening professional standards, regulatory frameworks, sustainability, and public trust in the accountancy profession.

Dan has served as a consultant to the IAASB since 2016, working with the technical staff on various projects and activities. He currently is involved with the revision of ISRE 2410 and the post-implementation review of ISA 540 (Revised). Past projects included auditor reporting, accounting estimates, group audits and serving as the co-lead on sustainability assurance.

Dan has been actively involved in the development of auditing and assurance standards in the United States and globally since 2001. He was a member of the IAASB from 2009-2014, including serving as Deputy Chair from 2012-2014. He was a partner at Ernst & Young prior to his retirement in December 2014 following a 40-year career with the firm. He was the firm’s Global Director of Assurance Standards, Methodology and Implementation from 2009-2012, having previously served in a similar capacity in the Americas. Dan also has many years of experience in auditing listed and private companies in the manufacturing, consumer products, and financial services sectors, as well as entrepreneurial and venture-capital-backed businesses in the software and medical technology sectors.

Dan is a member of the AICPA and also served on the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board from 2004-2006 and from 2016-2018. He has a B.S. degree in accounting from Saint John’s University in Minnesota and resides in Fort Myers, Florida.

James Ferris joined the IAASB in January 2026. He is current Director for Audit Policy at the UK Financial Reporting Council. Mr. Ferris was also Chair of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) Standards Coordination Working Group until December 2025.

Prior to joining the FRC in 2015, Mr. Ferris was a Financial Audit Director at the UK’s National Audit Office.

Mr. Ferris is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Lindsey Kennimer, CPA is the Senior Director of Governmental Auditing and Accounting at the AICPA where her primary responsibility it to address governmental auditing and accounting matters, including compliance audits. Lindsey oversees the AICPA's Governmental Audit Quality Center and its Executive Committee and is actively involved in the AICPA's efforts to enhance the quality of single audits and other types of governmental audits. She also directs the AICPA's governmental accounting efforts, including the activities of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel, related interactions with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, and commenting on GASB due process documents.

Prior to joining the AICPA, Lindsey was in public accounting for over 19 years and most recently was an audit partner at Snow Garrett Williams, a local public accounting firm located in Texas. Lindsey has extensive experience in financial statement audits and single audits of local governments. She also previously served as a team captain performing peer reviews of other CPA firms throughout the State of Texas through the AICPA's peer review program, and served as a subject matter expert performing enhanced oversight reviews of Government Auditing Standards/Single Audit engagements reviewed during a firm's peer review for the AICPA Oversight Task Force.

Dr. Alex Fabiane Teixeira was appointed to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) for the 2026–2028 term, nominated by the Federal Accounting Council (CFC) and the Brazilian National Treasury. Currently.

He serves as General Coordinator for Public Sector Accounting Standards at the Brazilian National Treasury and is a Federal Auditor of Finance and Control. His leadership focuses on developing and aligning Brazilian public sector accounting standards with IPSAS, and he oversees the publication of the Brazilian Public Sector Accounting Handbook (MCASP). Dr. Teixeira also coordinates and teaches in the Accounting Sciences programme at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Brasília.

Dr. Teixeira acts as Operational Coordinator for the Permanent Committee on Public Sector Accounting (CPCASP) at the Federal Accounting Council and chairs the Technical Chamber for Standardisation of Accounting and Fiscal Procedures at the National Treasury. Dr. Teixeira has made significant contributions to sustainability reporting in Brazil’s public sector, especially through IPSASB Exposure Draft 83. Additionally, he is a board member of several public enterprises, supporting governance and strategic decisions.

Academically, Dr. Teixeira holds a PhD and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Brasília, an MBA in Public Sector Budgetary and Financial Management, and bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Business Administration. His work has been recognized nationally, including an award for scientific research in public sector accounting.

George A Scott joined the IPSASB Board in January 2026, nominated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Scott is a retired Deloitte LLP partner who served as a national and regional public sector leader for over 39 years. During his career with Deloitte, Mr. Scott has also served as the National Audit Partner for K-12 Education Services, the National Leader for Services to Local Government and Higher Education, and US representative on the Deloitte’s Global Local Government Services Committee. He was recognized by Deloitte as a specialist in US federal and state compliance, regulatory and risk, and government financial reporting.

Mr. Scott is the former chair and Board member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) where he completed his 10-year term in December 2025. Mr. Scott continues to be actively involved in professional and industry organization committees serving in a variety of roles from Task Force Member to Committee Chairperson including the American Institute of CPA’s, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Texas Society of CPA’s, and US Government Accountability Office.

Mr. Scott graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Christian University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas. He is also a Certified Government Finance Manager and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

His Technical Advisor is Lindsey Kennimer.

Dina Attia joined the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) in January 2026 as a self-nominee.

Mrs. Attia is a Director at EY Dubai and part of the MENA Financial Accounting Advisory Services practice. She has over 15 years of diverse experience advising public sector entities on complex financial management, accounting and reporting, and sustainability transformations.

She utilizes her extensive expertise to help public sector entities drive financial reform and successfully implement International Public Sector Accounting Standards and Sustainability Reporting Frameworks. Her experience spans end-to-end finance transformations, cash-to-accrual conversion, creation and verification of fixed asset registers (including complex asset classes such as infrastructure and heritage), finance and accounting policies and processes, and deployment of integrated reporting systems. As part of these transformation programs, she also leads capacity-building initiatives as a certified international trainer.

Prior to joining the IPSASB, Mrs. Attia served on the IPSAS Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) from December 2024 to December 2025. She is committed to advance global public sector reporting practices that promote transparency, accountability, and sustainable development.

She received her bachelor's degree in accounting from Faculty of commerce Cairo university and holds an MA in accounting and audit from Cairo University.

Judith Tania Apaza Marca joined the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) as a public member for a three-year term commencing in January 2026.

From 2012 to May 2025, she served in the Bolivian public sector in technical and managerial roles at the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance, the Ministry of Justice, and national digital government agencies, focusing on public accounting, fiscal reporting, budget execution, and financial management. Ms. Apaza is currently a Government of Chile scholar under the Chilean Agency for International Development Cooperation (AGCID), pursuing a Master’s degree in Political Communication and Public Affairs in Santiago, Chile.

Ms. Apaza has supported capacity-building in public financial management, digital transformation, and IPSAS/NICSP implementation. She has delivered training programs for public officials supported by the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank and has completed specialized training of the International Monetary Fund. She is a lecturer in Government Accounting at CENCAP and a postgraduate lecturer.

Ms. Apaza holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Auditing with honors from Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with postgraduate studies in Political and Public Management. She has received international fellowships from the Organization of American States, the Government of Japan, and the German Embassy.

Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger became Chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board in 2026, having been the IPSASB CAG Chair from 2016 until 2023 and a Board Member from 2009 until 2014.

Thomas started his career with EY in Germany in 1993. He was a Partner and the EY Global Leader for International Public Sector Accounting until 2023. In that role, he was supporting governments, international organizations and EY teams in implementing IPSAS globally.

After his retirement from EY, Thomas mainly worked for the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund as an IPSAS expert. He is a member of several advisory boards, among those the World Bank PULSAR Technical Advisory Board and the European Union Advisory Group of Experts on Accounting Standards.

In the accountancy profession, Thomas was the Chair of the Public Sector Working Group at Accountancy Europe starting in 2011 until 2020, where he has been a member since 2002. In Germany, Thomas is a member of the working group for public corporations and public administration since 2002, next to several other related working groups.

Thakur Prasad Adhikari serves as a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) and Chair of ICAN’s Committee on Public Finance and NPSAS (Nepal Public Sector Accounting Standards). In these roles, he has been closely engaged in public sector accounting, audit, and PFM reform initiatives in coordination with government institutions and development partners. He also practices as a public sector accounting, auditing, and PFM specialist.