Jean Bouquot became IFAC President in November 2024. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Bouquot joined the IFAC Board in November 2020, nominated by Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes (CNCC) and Conseil Supérieur de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables (now Conseil National de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables). He also served as IFAC Deputy President from November 2022 to November 2024.Mr. Bouquot was the president of CNCC from February 2017 to October 2020. From December 2012 to December 2014, he was vice-chairman of the Compagnie Régionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de Versailles (regional statutory auditors professional body) and member of the CNCC. From 2014 until 2016, he was chairman of the Compagnie Régionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de Versailles and in February 2015, he was appointed Board Member of the CNCC.Partner at EY until October 2020, Mr. Bouquot was an audit partner since 1992 and has 40 years of experience, at Arthur Andersen from 1980 to 2002 and then EY. He was also in charge of assurance service line for France/Luxembourg/Maghreb from 2008 to 2015.Mr. Bouquot attended HEC business school and Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. He is an expert-comptable and commissaire aux comptes. He also served as a reserve colonel in the French Air Force from 2008 to 2020, including attending the Auditor 59 session at the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale.

Taryn Rulton, FCA, joined the IFAC Board in November 2020 having been nominated by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). Ms. Rulton is the Chief Commercial Officer at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She commenced her career in the UK private sector and, since moving to Australia, has held CFO and other senior executive positions in several public sector agencies and organizations. Ms. Rulton has held non-executive director and other governance appointments with organizations in the health, human services and integrity space. She brings experience in standard setting, having served as a board member at the Australian Accounting Standards Board from 2014-2019.Ms. Rulton has been an active member of CAANZ for more than 15 years and has chaired its Victorian Regional Council. She currently provides support to CAANZ's ethics and integrity framework through membership of the Chartered Accountants Advisory Group and Professional Conduct Oversight Committee.