KARACHI: Ayla Majid, the CEO of a Pakistan-based firm which advises on decarbonisation, sustainability, and energy transition, has been elected president of leading global accountancy body ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
She is the first person from Pakistan to be elected to the role, local media reports.
Ayla Majid will lead more than 252,500 members and 526,000 future members of ACCA across 180 countries during her year-long term of office. She takes up the role in the year in which ACCA celebrates a major landmark of exceeding quarter of a million members and will also celebrate its 120th anniversary.
Ayla Majid achieves this presidential milestone after joining the accountancy body in 2006. Currently founder and CEO of Planetive Middle East and Islamabad-based Planetive Pakistan, Ayla Majid has more 20 years of experience in energy, transaction advisory, mergers and acquisitions, investments and corporate governance.
As well as extensive business experience, Ayla is an international speaker on energy, decarbonisation, hydrogen and climate tech with an emerging markets lens.
In addition to being an advocate of sustainability Ayla has over 15 years of governance experience having served on boards including chairing companies in energy, pharmaceutical and engineering and banking sectors.
She said: “I would like to thank ACCA members for putting their trust in me. The themes I wish to highlight in the months to come can be summarised under the broad heading: ‘A new future for accountancy with a strategic lens and a stakeholder approach”.
“The accountancy profession is dynamic, forward-looking, and endlessly evolving. We’re working to promote it as an exciting, purposeful and attractive career choice, embracing sustainability and social value. I look forward to speaking about how the role of the accountants is widening and working to update perceptions of the profession in the age where technology is a dominant player.”
