Anne-Marie Vitale

Anne-Marie Vitale is the chair of the International Panel on Accountancy Education and the former chair of the International Accounting Education Standards Board. 

As a former PwC Partner and accounting and auditing leader in PwC’s Office of the General Counsel, Ms. Vitale successfully mitigated firm-wide risk through the defense of high-stakes regulatory and litigation matters.  As the U.S. Assurance Learning and Development leader, she developed the strategy and oversaw its execution for thousands of professionals using innovative approaches to increase engagement.  As an audit partner, Anne-Marie provided guidance to clients on complex transactions and financial reporting, helping them navigate through significant events. 

Ms. Vitale is a certified public accountant and directorship certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors.  She also is on the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Directors’ Exchange, a non-profit organization that provides a forum for education and current issues impacting directors of public and private companies. Ms. Vitale has an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of San Diego (US) and a Bachelor of Science in Combined Science from Santa Clara University (US).  She also completed courses at Harvard Business School related to governance and artificial intelligence.