Who We Are

IFAC is led by its President, who is nominated by a member body and appointed by the IFAC Council. The following individuals have served as President of IFAC:

1. Reinhard Goerdeler, Germany (1977–1980)
2. Gordon Cowperthwaite, Canada 1980–1982)
3. Washington SyCip, Philippines (1982–1985)
4. Robert May, United States (1985–1987)
5. Richard Wilkes, United Kingdom (1987–1990) 
6. Bertil Edlund, Sweden (1990–1992)
7. Peter Agars, Australia (1992–1995)
8. Juan Herrera, Dominican Republic (1995–1997)
9. Frank Harding, United Kingdom (1997–2000)
10. Tsuguoki Fujinuma, Japan (2000–2002)
11. René Ricol, France (2002–2004)
12. Graham Ward, United Kingdom (2004–2006)
13. Fermín del Valle, Argentina (2006–2008)
14. Robert Bunting, United States (2008–2010)
15. Göran Tidström, Sweden (2010-2012)
16. Warren Allen, New Zealand (2012-2014)
17. Olivia Kirtley, United States (2014-2016)
18. Rachel Grimes, Australia (2016-2018)
19. Dr. In-Ki Joo, Korea, Republic of (2018-2020)
20. Alan Johnson, United Kingdom (2020-2022)

IFAC's current President is Asmâa Resmouki, who became President in November 2022.