IFAC names Jean Bouquot its president

The International Federation of Accountants announced Jean Bouquot as its president and Taryn Rulton as deputy president.

Bouquot will serve a two-year term through November 2026, previously having served as IFAC deputy president since November 2022.

“It is my honor to serve as IFAC president,” Mr. Bouquot said in a statement. “Together with my fellow board members, I will work on behalf of all IFAC members, convene the profession and its stakeholders to highlight the role and activities of IFAC, and always advance the profession in the public interest.”

Bouquot has over 44 years of audit experience at EY with exposure to international activities. He currently runs his own practice in Paris. He joined the IFAC board in November 2020, nominated by Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes and Conseil National de l’Ordre des Experts-Comptables.

He was formerly president of the CNCC, formerly president and deputy president of the Compagnie Régionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de Versailles et du Centre, and is currently a board member of IFAC Network Partner organization Fédération Internationale des Experts-comptables et commissaires aux Francophones.

Rulton, elected as IFAC deputy president, joined the board in November 2020. She has over 30 years of experience across the U.K. and Australia with a background spanning the banking industry, Big Four firms KPMG and EY, government, private companies, non-governmental organizations and universities.

She is currently chief commercial officer at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and serves on multiple corporate boards and committees in the not-for-profit and public sectors, including as chair of audit and risk committees. She has standard-setting experience and completed two terms on the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

The IFAC also announced new and re-appointed board members.

New appointments:

Josephine Su Han Phan (CPA Australia)
Michael Niehues (IDW/WPK, Germany)
Patricia Stock (SAICA, South Africa)
Mark Vaessen (Royal NBA, Netherlands)
Lei Yan (CICPA, China)
Ahmad Almeghames (SOCPA, Saudi Arabia)

Reappointments:

Greg Anton (AICPA, USA)
Tashia Batstone (CPA Canada)

The IFAC Council also approved new member and new associate organizations. The admissions were approved at the 2024 IFAC Council hybrid meeting, with a physical location held in Paris on Nov. 6-7.

New IFAC members: