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Helen Brand
Helen Brand, chief executive of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has built her career in professional accountancy bodies. Prior to joining ACCA in 1996 as Head of International Development, Helen had risen to become Director, International Affairs at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), an organisation she joined direct from university in 1987. During her career at ACCA, Helen has gained a broad strategic and operational knowledge of the global accountancy body, firstly leading ACCA's corporate development team; becoming chief operating officer in 2002; managing director – operations in 2004, before reaching the position of managing director – strategy and development, in 2007.
She has considerable experience and knowledge of the 170 markets in which ACCA currently operates, and has worked closely with IFAC (the International Federation of Accountants) in an advisory capacity.