Fayezul Choudhury is New CEO of IFAC

by CFO Innovation Asia Staff, 19 June 2012

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The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the global organisation for the accountancy profession with members and associates in 127 countries, announces that Fayezul (Fayez) Choudhury has been selected as the new CEO of IFAC. He succeeds current CEO Ian Ball, whose contract is set to expire in February 2013.

Choudhury was previously with the World Bank, where his last two assignments were as Vice President, Corporate Finance and Risk Management; and Controller and Vice President, Strategic Planning and Resource Management. In this latter role he was the World Bank's spokesperson on global accounting and auditing issues.

Choudhury started his career in 1974 with Price Waterhouse in London, initially in public accounting and later management consulting. During his career with Price Waterhouse, he spent three years in Nigeria, developing the consulting practice in that region.

Choudhury has served on a number of high level representative bodies He was a member of the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) from its formation in 2005 until 2010. The PIOB was established to ensure that international auditing and assurance, ethics, and education standards for the accountancy profession are set in a transparent manner that reflects the public interest.

Choudhury also chaired the Global Steering Committee of the International Forum for Accountancy Development and was a member of the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board. He served as a member of the Iraq Advisory and Monitoring Board established by the Security Council of the United Nations.

Choudhury has an MA (Hons) in Engineering Science and Economics from the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

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