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IFAC CEO to step down in 2018

Author: IAB and TA editorial
Published: 27 Oct 2017
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by Federica Tedeschi

The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has announced that its CEO Fayezul Choudhury will step down at the end of 2018.

Choudhury, who has served on a number of high-level representative bodies over the years, has been the CEO of IFAC since 2013.

IFAC is currently looking for his replacement and has called on interested individual to submit their application.

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