Lana is a rising senior at New York University majoring in Global Studies with a concentration in Economics and a minor in Public Policy and Management. She is the 2026 Member Engagement and Experience intern where she helps develop key IFAC initiatives and events, and assists in managing member relations across the world. She is highly interested in labor and behavioral economics and has previously conducted research on migration in the Balkans, examining the roles of policy, institutions, and history. 

Alannah James is a Human Capital and Operations Intern at International Federation of Accountants. She is majoring in Accounting at The College of New Jersey. 

CA Vishnu Kumar Agarwal was appointed as Technical Advisor to IPAE in June, 2025 by ICAI. Currently CA Vishnu
Kumar Agarwal is Central Council Member of ICAI for term 2025 to 2029. Previously he was Chairman of Western India
Regional Council of ICAI in 2017-18. Currently he is Chairman of Peer Review Board of ICAI and Vice Chairman of
International Tax Committee of ICAI. He is also member of various committee of ICAI.

I joined IPAE committee of IFAC Glocal in February 2026 and was nominated by Institute of Chartered Accountant of
Pakistan (ICAP).

Currently i am the Managing Director and Principal of KnS Institute of Business studies (Approved CA education
provider of ICAP – Karachi Pakistan) and i am leading this institute since 2007. Previously was associated with Lakson
group of companies (Large Conglomerate based across Pakistan), Siemens Pakistan engineering company Ltd and
Ernst & Young (E&Y) Pakistan.

I am the elected Council Member (B.O.D) of Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan (ICAP) for the tenure 2026 –
2030 and currently associated with the following committees of ICAP:

Chairman Marketing & Communication committee (MARCOM)
Member Education & Training committee (ETCOM)
Member Professional Accountant in Business (PAIB)
Member Overseas coordination committee (OCC)
Member Audit committee (AC)
Professional Qualification:
Fellow Member of ICAP – FCA
Fellow Member of ACCA UK – FCCA
Academic Qualification:
Masters (Economics)
Bachelors of Commerce

I am also Certified Director from Securities exchange commission of Pakistan (SECP -PK).

Christian Bauch has been Deputy Director of the Examination Unit, an independent administrative body at the
Wirtschaftsprueferkammer (WPK) – Chamber of Public Accountants, since the establishment of the Examination Unit in
2004. He will take over as the Director of the Examination Unit in March 2027. The Examination Unit is responsible for
the organisational and legal framework of the Wirtschaftspruefer (WP) examination in Germany. It is autonomous in the
fulfillment of its duties.

In addition to this task Christian Bauch has been the head of the WPK regional office for the German Federal States of
Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt since 2009. The WPK regional offices organize the WP examination in
their respective area.

Christian Bauch completed his law studies at Bonn University with the first state examination in 1995 and his legal
clerkship in the jurisdiction of the Higher Regional Court Cologne with the second state examination in 1998. He joined
WPK in 1999.

CPA Prof. Elizabeth Nthambi Kalunda joined IPAE as a technical advisor in December 2025 representing Kenya.
Currently, she serves as the Chairman of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) for the 2025–
2027 term, having been an ICPAK council member since 2019.

Prof. Kalunda is a board member of the Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (kasneb), the
state corporation responsible for developing and certifying professional qualifications in Accountancy and governance.
She is also an Associate Professor of Finance and Accounting at the United States International University-Africa
(USIU-Africa) having recently served as Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor Finance and Operations. Her career bridges
academia and corporate practice, including past roles as ICPAK's Training Manager and Head of Technical Training,
alongside early service with the Teachers Service Commission.

An advocate for youth and women Mentorship and human rights, Prof. Kalunda chairs the kasneb Foundation and is the
Board Treasurer for Amnesty International Kenya. Her governance background includes serving in the Bank of India
Local Advisory Committee, Non-Executive Director for Lofty-Corban Investments Limited. Internationally, IFAC Council
and the PAFA Board.

She holds a PhD and an MBA from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Bachelor of Education from Moi University, Kenya
and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Public Mediator.

Alicia George is a Communications Intern at International Federation of Accountants. She is majoring in Finance at Baruch College, with minors in Marketing and Psychology. 

Shiina Hiroshi is a technical advisor to Professor Chika Saka. He was nominated in 2025 by the Japanese Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (JICPA).

Mr. Shiina is a Senior Technical Director at JICPA. Prior to joining JICPA, he served as an Audit Partner at KPMG
Japan for over 20 years, until June 2025. He has been a Certified Public Accountant in Japan since 1991.

Mr. Shiina also holds the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designations and is a
licensed Information Systems Audit Engineer in Japan.

Mr. Shiina earned a Bachelor of Economics from Keio University (Japan).