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Sung-Jin Park

Country

Korea

Dr. Sung-Jin Park became a member of the IPSASB in January 2025. He was nominated by the Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF). 

Dr. Park is an associate professor at the Department of Global Public Administration, Mirae Campus, Yonsei University. Before joining Yonsei University, he was an associate professor in accounting (with tenure) at Indiana University South Bend in the U.S. Along with his academic career, Dr. Park had also served as Executive Director at the Government Accounting and Finance Statistics Center (GAFSC) of the Korea Institute of Public Finance in Korea (KIPF) engaged with various tasks on government financial reporting and management such as the enactment and amendment of the accounting standards for government entities and the nonprofit sector, a compilation of comprehensive fiscal statistics, and global outreach through international organizations including IPSASB and OECD.

Dr. Park is a Certified Public Accountant in the U.S. (inactive) and a member of the Korean Accounting Association, Korean Association of Public Administration, and the President-elect of Korean Association of Government Accounting for 2026.

He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Public Administration from Yonsei University, MS degrees from Indiana University in Accounting and Taxation, and Ph.D. degree from University of Texas at San Antonio.

His Technical Advisor is Jungk-Hyuck Yim.

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Sung-Jin Park

Karen Sanderson

Country

United Kingdom

Karen Sanderson became a member of the IPSASB in January 2025. She was nominated by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). She was previously a member of IPSASB’s Consultative Advisory Group, serving from its initiation in 2016 to the end of her term in 2023.

Ms. Sanderson is the technical director for the first ever international financial reporting guidance for non-profit organizations. Prior to this she worked extensively in the public sector, with over 30 years of experience working at different levels of government in the UK and the New South Wales government in Australia. She has more than 20 years of experience of applying accrual accounting in the public sector and delivered the first ever Whole of Government Accounts in the UK. Ms. Sanderson was responsible for UK central government standard setting for 5 years and has been involved in public sector standard setting for over 15 years.  

Ms. Sanderson is a first class honors graduate from the Open University. She is a member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is also a member of CIPFA.  

Her Technical Advisor is Henning Diederichs.

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Karen Sanderson

Obichukwu Nwazota

Country

Nigeria

Term Start

Obichukwu Nwazota joined as a Member of the IESBA in January 2025. Ms. Nwazota is the Managing Director of UGN Consulting Services Ltd, an accounting, tax, and management consulting firm in Abuja, Nigeria. Previously she was an Audit Senior in Deloitte Nigeria, where she led various audit and audit related service engagements for both private and public sector clients.

Ms. Nwazota has over 15 years' experience in auditing, financial reporting, tax and management consulting. She is also the President of the Uche Godwin Nzoko Foundation (UGN Foundation), a not-for-profit organisation that promotes ethics and values, good governance, and ESG / Sustainability for nation building.

Ms. Nwazota is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, and a member of the Institute of Management  Consultants, Nigeria. She has a bachelor's degree in accountancy from the University of Nigeria.

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Obichukwu Nwazota

Nancy Miller

Country

United States of America

Term Start

Nancy Miller joined as a Member of the IESBA in January 2025. Ms. Miller is a Managing Director in Risk Management - Audit and Independence, at KPMG, US and was previously the managing partner at Miller Foley Group.

Ms. Miller serves on the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC). PEEC sets ethics and independence standards for members of the AICPA. She previously served as the chair of the technical standards sub-committee, to enforce violations of the Code of Conduct related to technical standards as delegated by PEEC.

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Nancy Miller

Emerging Issues and Outreach Committee

The objectives of the Emerging Issues and Outreach Committee (EIOC) are to:

(a) To identify developments in the external environment around the world, outside of the Board’s strategic planning process, that may have implications for the Board’s strategy and work plan, require Board action or otherwise merit Board attention; and

b) To advise the Board on ways to enhance the effectiveness of the Board’s outreach efforts, including with respect to the scope and focus of, and general approach to, its outreach activities.

Adda Faye

Adda Faye is the Chief Financial Officer at the Global Fund, where she leads the Finance and Administration Division and optimizes organizational resources to accelerate the Global Fund’s mission to end the AIDS, TB, and malaria. 

Ms. Faye has over 20 years of experience in strategic financial management and administrative functions in the international development and public sectors, including expertise in change management and business process optimization by leveraging technology to drive organizational change. She has also worked with UNESCO in Paris and with The Gambian Ministry of Finance (Divestiture Agency). She is currently a member of the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) and is leading the mainstreaming of public financial management (PFM) as an enabler to sustain investment in health and maximize impact at the Global Fund. 

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George Mokua

Country

Kenya

Mr. George Mokua joined the SMPAG in January 2025. He was nominated by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, (ICPAK).

Mr. Mokua is currently the Managing Partner of Mokua Onwonga & Co., a medium-sized audit firm. He was previously the chairman of ICPAK, board member of the Pan Africa Federation of Accountants (PAFA), board member of Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (KASNEB), and a Council delegate to IFAC representing ICPAK. He currently chairs PAFA’s Accountancy Quality Advisory Group (AQAG) and he is the Chairman of KCA University's Board of Trustees. He has wide and extensive experience cutting across external audit and financial reporting.

Mr. Mokua is a member of ICPAK and a member of the Institute of Certified Secretaries of Kenya. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Accounting) from Moi University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Free State.

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Kelly Khalilieh

Country

Canada

Kelly Khalilieh became a member of the Small- and Medium-Sized Practices Advisory Group in January 2025. She was nominated by Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada).

Ms. Khalilieh is currently the Partner leading the Professional Standards and Quality Management group at McGovern Hurley LLP, a medium-sized firm in Toronto serving publicly listed entities, private companies, and owner-managed businesses. Previously, she was the Director for the Canadian Accounting Standards Board (AcSB).

Ms. Khalilieh has extensive experience in standard-setting, serving as a former Chair of the AcSB's Pension Plan Working Group and a current member of the AcSB's Private Enterprise Advisory Committee. She is also a Deputy Chair of CPA Ontario's Professional Conduct Committee.

Ms. Khalilieh is a Fellow of CPA Ontario.

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