ISLAMABAD: Ayla Majid made history this week after becoming the first Pakistan and South Asian to be elected as president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a global accountancy body.
Majid served as the chief executive officer of a firm that advises on decarbonization, sustainability, and energy transition. She will lead more than 252,500 members and 526,000 future members of ACCA across 180 countries during her year-long term of office, the ACCA said in a statement.
Currently, the founder and CEO of Planetive Middle East and Planetive Pakistan, Majid has over 20 years of experience in energy, transaction advisory, mergers and acquisitions, investments, and corporate governance, the accountancy body wrote on its website.
In addition to ACCA qualification, Ayla holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of London.
“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,” Majid said as quoted by ACCA.
Furthermore, the newly elected ACCA president said, 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,” she was quoted as saying.