Board of Advisors
International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

Jim M. Sylph
Executive Director, Professional Standards
International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
277 Wellington Street West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3H2
CANADA
E-mail: 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.