The board of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) has announced that its CEO Lee White, is to stand down as the CEO by the end of 2017.

Lee White has been with the organisation for the last 9 years, and has been the CEO for 4 years and will assist the new CEO for a smooth transition. White had helped to guide the organisation through the transformation of Chartered Accountants of Australia that is now combined with New Zealand to form CAANZ.