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Jim M. Sylph
Executive Director, Professional Standards
International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
545 5th Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10017 USA
Direct: (212) 286-9348
Fax: (212) 856-9420
jimsylph@ifac.org
Jim Sylph was appointed Technical Director at the International
Federation of Accountants in October 1999 and named Executive
Director, Professional Standards in September 2006. He manages the
work of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
(IAASB), the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants
(IESBA) and the International Accounting Education Standards Board
(IAESB).
Mr. Sylph has extensive audit experience, both as a practitioner and
as a standard setter. Between 1993 and 1999, he was Director of
Audit Standards and then Director of Strategic Programs for the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). Prior to his
work with the CICA, Mr. Sylph was a partner in Moores Rowland,
Canada and then Ernst & Young Canada where he divided his time
between client service and development of audit methodologies for
the practice. He served as Chairman of the Canadian Auditing and
Assurance Standards Board from 1990 to 1991.
Mr. Sylph graduated as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario,
Canada.