ACCA’s Council met on 4 November 2025 to consider a number of matters prior to the ACCA annual general meeting, including reports from the chief executive and Council Board, workshop discussions, the annual reports from the Council Board, Regulatory Board and standing committees, and the standing orders for the following year.
The annual Council meeting took place on 6 November 2025 immediately following ACCA’s 120th AGM. At the annual Council meeting, Council elected ACCA’s officers for the coming year. ACCA’s new president is Melanie Proffitt. She will be supported by Datuk Zaiton Mohd Hassan (deputy president) and Cristina Gutu (vice president).
The president welcomed seven new members of Council: Nigel Adams, Martin Brennan, Kelvin Chow, Dariusz Gafka, Anne Keogh, Nandila Mubiana and Waleed Shahnawaz.
The president also welcomed the 14 re-elected members of Council: Merina Abu Tahir, Carol-Ann Boothe, Anastasia Chalkidou, Natalie Chan, Cathal Cusack, Gary Kent, Trusha Lakhani, James Lizars, Helen Morgan, Amos Ng, Ian Ng, Joe O’Regan, Jennifer Yuen Chun Tan and Shujuan (Jane) Yang.
For 2025–26, Council will be comprised of 47 members – 24 women and 23 men from 17 countries.
The annual Council meeting included a panel discussion with the chair of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (Gabriela Figueiredo Dias) and the chair of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (Tom Seidenstein), followed by strategy workshop discussions.
Council also took a number of decisions at its annual meeting, including:
- electing three Council members to serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee in 2025–26
- adopting Council’s standing orders for 2025–26 in accordance with the bye-laws
- approving the Council regulations for 2026
- agreeing the Council work plan and objectives for the year ahead.
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