Arif Masud Mirza

Mr. Arif Masud Mirza is a chartered accountant by profession and the Regional Head of Policy for ACCA MENASA (Middle East North Africa and South Asia) of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2014. Mr. Masud has headed senior positions at various organizations; he was the CEO/Head of ACCA Pakistan of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Manager Finance & company secretary at International Investment Bank Ltd.

Mr. Mirza has held directorship’s at various finance institutions. He was a nominee director of FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd till October 2017 and chaired the Audit Committee and member of the HR Committee while his tenure at the bank. He was the nominee non-executive director for the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and member audit committee. He has a rich experience as a technical advisor with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) South Asia Advisory, Group and Multi-stakeholder Steering Committee looking at initiating UN SDGs in companies, Technical advisor on the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Professional Accountancy Organization Development Committee (PAODC), Editorial Board of Accountancy Futures ACCA’s International Journal for Business Leaders, Editor of Policy and Insights Commentary ACCA’s Middle East, North Africa and South Asia MENASA e-journal and Content writer for Oxford University Press-Pakistan publication “The Corporate Governance Landscape of Pakistan” edited by Sadia Khan.

Mr. Mirza also has been a guest and a visiting faculty at LUMS and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants-Study School and also has the privilege of attending numerous international conferences pertaining to Corporate Governance, Finance, Taxation and Social Sciences.