Our leaders
The governing body of the Institute is the Council which comprises eleven (11) members. The Council is assisted by four (4) Statutory Boards/Committees and five (5) functional Committees and eight (8) Sub-Committees/panels, namely:
Statutory Boards/Committees
- Public Accountants Examinations Board
- Quality Assurance Board
- Disciplinary Committee
- Disciplinary Appeals Committee
Committees, sub-committees and panels
- Audit Committee
- Education & Research Committee
- Finance, Planning & Administration Committee
- Projects Committee
- Members Services Committee
- Events Management Committee
- Marketing Sub Committee
- Professional Standards Committee
- Taxation and Economic Policy Panel
- Public Sector Panel
- Public Practice Panel
- Internal Audit Panel
- Business and Industry Panel
- Financial Reporting Awards Committee
Composition of the Council
- Seven (7) members elected by full members of ICPAU
- One (1) member appointed by the Minister for Finance from a recognised profession or regulatory body established by an Act of Parliament
- Three (3) ex-officio members: the Accountant General; the Auditor General; and the Officer responsible for higher education in the Ministry of Education
Our EAC relations
In recognising the value of regional integration as enshrined in the EAC Common Market Protocol, the East African Community Institutes of Accountants (EACIA) collaborate under a framework for developing, regulating and facilitating regional integration of the accountancy profession in the region.
In 2011, the EACIAs signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) to promote mobility of professional accountants within the EAC, as well as collaboration in the areas of: member education, institutional capacity building, and development of learning materials, standards setting, enhancing the voice of the EACIAs internationally, audit quality reviews, and practical experience.
The other East African Community Institutes of Accountants are L’Ordre des Professionnels Comptables (OPC), Burundi; the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK); the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR); and the National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA), Tanzania.