Lucia Real Martin

Lucia Real-Martin is the Executive Director, Relationships for ACCA. In her role, Lucia is accountable for the development and advancement of ACCA’s relationships in our markets, contributing to growing ACCA’s influence around the world.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, and part of the Executive Team, Lucia leads the implementation of ACCA’s strategy through ACCA’s relationships and partnerships for ACCA’s markets. Lucia and her team contribute to the achievement of ACCA’s strategic balanced scorecard by leading Relationships teams globally in all the countries and regions where ACCA operates to support members and future members achieve their career goals while collaborating with partners to progress ACCA’s purpose and vision.

Lucia joined ACCA in 2010, as Director - Emerging Markets Asia developing ACCA’s emerging markets strategy throughout Asia. In 2014, Lucia assumed a global role for ACCA’s growing emerging markets managing over 40 countries and 12 offices. She has been a member of the Executive team since 2019.

Lucia has 28 years’ international business and strategy experience developing a global footprint for organisations in a number of sectors, with the last 18 years in the accounting profession. Lucia’s focus has been to build opportunities for the upskilling of finance and accounting professionals whilst developing the profession regionally and globally. She has built relationships with governments, regulators, employers and educators, first within the Australian accounting profession working in Asia Pacific, and now with ACCA globally.

Having always worked globally, Lucia has focused on strategic and sustainable partnerships, market strategy development, capacity building and leading global teams.

She was educated in Spain, UK and Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Marketing (Honours) and a Masters in Entrepreneurship & Innovation.