EFAA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Owner and General Manager of FACTA
- President of the Chamber of Accounting Services
Aleksander Štefanac is the owner and general manager of FACTA d.o.o since 1993.
For the last 16 year, Aleksander has been the President of the Chamber of Accounting Services, an Associate member of the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and has been elected for a new 4 year mandate in April this year.
Job Titles:
- Lecturer in Financial Accounting, in Ethics, Deontology and Accountability
Dr. Carlos Menezes is a Lecturer in Financial Accounting, in Ethics, Deontology and Accountability and in Research on Accounting for Public and Non-profit Organizations at the School of Economics and Management in the University of Minho (PT). Dr. Menezes is a graduate of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa: BCh (Management); University of Minho: M.Acct (Accounting and Auditing); Federation University: Ph.D. (Accounting).
Dr. Menezes has held different management positions in the Portuguese government, mainly in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Labour. He has been a guest speaker on employment policies and on accounting and accountability in private and public organizations for industry and academic organizations. Dr. Menezes has over 20 years of university experience in teaching accounting subjects. Dr. Menezes' main research interests are broadly concerned with Social and Environmental Accountability; Accounting in the private, public and nonprofit sectors and Accounting and Management History.
Since August 2018, Dr Menezes is the Administrator of the University of Minho in Portugal; since June 2018, he is a member of the Portuguese Accounting Standards Setter.
Dr. Menezes was elected as a member of the EFAA Board in June 2018.
Johan De Coster has been an accountant for over 25 years. In 1999 he also became a registered auditor. He started his career in 1986 at Van Havermaet where he was a partner for over 20 years. Van Havermaet is a mid-tier accounting and advisory group with 5 offices in Belgium. Johan is still working there as honorary-partner, consulting SME's and family-owned businesses. Johan is also guest lecturer at the PXL Highschool in Hasselt where he teaches financial accounting. He is also chairman of the local association for accountants and auditors (LVAB). Johan has been a member of the Board of IAB for the past 6 years and he was re-elected in April 2019 for 4 years. Within the institute he is treasurer and chairman of the commission for special assignments. Johan was elected as a member of the EFAA Board in June 2019.
Job Titles:
- Communication and Event Assistant
Job Titles:
- Tax Adviser and Certified Auditor
Marcus Tuschen is a Tax Adviser and Certified Auditor. Since 1991 he has been a partner in a small practice of around 30 employees in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. After finishing his Business Studies at the University of Paderborn in 1985, he worked as a Tax Consultant and Audit Assistant. After becoming a certified Tax Adviser in 1989 and a Certified Auditor in 1991 he was promoted to be a partner of the practice. While the focus of his work is audit, accounting and tax advice for SMEs he also works as a certified quality control auditor. Marcus has been a member of the Board of the Association of Tax Advisers of Westphalia-Lippe since 1999 and its President since 2011; he is also Vice President of the German Association of Tax Advisers (DStV) since 2013. Marcus has been an EFAA Board member since 2016.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Director
- Technical Director
Paul Thompson is EFAA Director and a consultant dedicated to thought leadership and development of the global accountancy profession. From 2004 to 2016 Mr. Thompson worked for IFAC latterly as Director, Global Accountancy Profession Support, a role that extended to overseeing the IFAC Global Knowledge Gateway, research and innovation, and activities in support of small- and medium-sized practices (SMP) and professional accountants in business (PAIB). He advises developing professional accountancy organisations in Europe and Asia. Previously Mr. Thompson worked for Touche Ross & Co., London before going on to lecture on corporate reporting and analysis at universities in the UK, Singapore, and Malaysia. He has a number of publications in academic journals and the professional press in the areas of ethical finance, corporate reporting, corporate governance, integrated reporting, practice management and the future of the profession.
Job Titles:
- Special Advisor / United Kingdom
Salvador Marin's professional background spans academia, business and practice. As a practicing economist and adviser he has gained considerable experience in financial economics, financial information and non-financial reporting and extensive national and international experience in strategic consulting, economics, internationalisation, financial and non-financial reporting and management of SMEs and financial institutions. Presently he is the managing partner of a boutique practice of national and international advisers, member of the Board of Directors of a Spanish company with responsibility for international affairs, senior advisor in a venture capital Company, and General Coordinator for International Professional Regulation at the General Council of Economists of Spain (CGE). Marin boasts substantial international experience gained through his tenure as CEO of COFIDES, the Spanish Development Finance Institution and member of the Boards of Directors of EDFI, Marin has held positions in the field of Public Management having served as a minister in regional government in Spain. Author of over a one hundred books, articles, papers on financial information and non-financial reporting, Marin has experience as a lecturer at university and several national and international business schools. He has a specific recognition of quality as a researcher and knowledge transfer. Marin holds a Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration, specialising in Financial Information and gaining a distinction. Marin is Certified Accounting Expert by the Spanish Register of Accounting Experts.
Job Titles:
- Head of Secretariat and of Public Affairs
Sara Zambelli joined EFAA in February 2018 as Head of Secretariat and Public Affairs. As EFAA's permanent staff representative in Brussels, Sara monitors EU activities and gathers information and insights on issues relevant to EFAA and its members. Sara is also in charge of EFAA's Secretariat, managing all day-to-day matters. Sara previously worked at the Brussels representation of Unioncamere Veneto and at RIAD (now Legal Protection International). She was trained in Law in Italy and Belgium and is fluent in English, Italian and French.