Francisco Sant'Anna became IFAC Board member in November 2022, nominated by the Institute of Independent Auditors of Brazil and the Federal Council of Accountants of Brazil.

Mr. Sant'Anna is the Chairman of the Board of IBRACON. He is a retired audit partner of Deloitte Brazil. He is also a past president of IBRACON, a Board member of Deloitte Brazil, and the Regulatory Leader and Public Policy Leader of Deloitte Brazil.

Mr. Sant'Anna has a degree in accounting.

Professor Sidharta Utama joined the IFAC Board in November 2022, nominated by the Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI).

He is a professor of Accounting at Universitas Indonesia (UI). He serves as an independent commissioner, chair and member of audit committee in a number of listed companies. He is the chair of the advisory board of the Indonesia Institute for Corporate Directorship and the secretary of the National Committee on Governance Policy, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. He has been the vice rector on finance and general affairs at UI and the chairman of the Indonesia Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency.

Prof. Utama serves as a member of IAI National Council, the oversight board at the Indonesian Institute of Chartered Public Accountants, the steering committee on Financial Accounting policy of the central bank, and the Committee on Public Accountant Profession, Ministry of Finance. He represents IAI as the council member of ASEAN Federation of Accountants. He was also a member of the International Accounting Education Standards Board and the Indonesian Accounting Standards Board.

Prof. Utama obtained his undergraduate degree in accounting from UI, MBA in finance and information system from Indiana University, and PhD in accounting from Texas A&M university. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst and has published research papers in accounting, corporate governance, and finance.

Kathryn Byrne joined the IFAC Board in November 2022 having been nominated by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. She previously served as a member of IFAC’s Nominating Committee (2018-2021), chair of the Compliance Advisory Panel (2016-2017), and member of the Compliance Advisory Panel (2010-2015).

Ms. Byrne has more than 35 years of experience delivering services to domestic and foreign corporations, ensuring they are following US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). She was a member of the Group Governance Council of the  Mazars Group from 2010 to 2023 and was a board member of a public company, where she held many roles on different committees. She is involved in several not-for-profit organizations and is a mentor to a Liberian student for SHE-CAN. She is a Emeriti Member of the James Madison University College of Business Board of Advisors.

Ms. Byrne graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance. She also completed the Mazars Next MBA Program.

Cecile Bonino is Principal of Global Engagement for IFAC. She bridges global organizations' relationship management, policy support, event management, and brand awareness. A lawyer by education, Cecile has 20 years of experience in public affairs and public relations. Before joining IFAC, Cecile worked for 13 years at ACCA, where she headed EU Affairs and the ACCA Brussels office, working with European decision and policymakers, Media and key influencers, as well as global organizations. Prior to this, Cécile worked as a consultant in financial services, energy, environment, and climate change at Weber Shandwick and as Environment and Legal Affairs adviser at the European Landowners Organisation. At the beginning of her career, Cécile also worked at the DG TRADE of the European Commission, the DG Development of the College of Europe, and the law firm, Gide Loyrette Nouel. In 2012, Cécile won the ‘Public Affairs Professional of the Year’ prize at the European Public Affairs Awards.

Ce nouveau rapport guidera les organisations comptables professionnelles dans la manière dont elles peuvent agir aujourd'hui pour préparer leurs membres actuels et futurs à saisir les opportunités présentées par les tendances émergentes en utilisant les informations du groupe consultatif et de développement des organisations comptables professionnelles de l'IFAC.

This webinar will update attendees on planned changes to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s proposed standard for Audits of Less Complex Entities (ISA for LCE), including changes since the Exposure Draft and the forecasted project timeline, as well as provide an opportunity for participants to ask questions. This one-hour webinar is organized by the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for SMEs (EFAA), IAASB and IFAC and will include speakers from all three organizations.