Milton Segal is qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) with a master’s degree in commerce with a taxation specialization.

He is an Executive Director in charge of the standards department at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

Within standards, Milton leads the technical team. The following key areas form part of this business unit:

• Corporate Reporting – the IFRS team, the integrated reporting, thinking and sustainability team, as well as the Members in Business (Technical) team.
• Taxation – policy, advocacy, training and thought leadership
• Audit and Assurance
• Legislation and Governance
• Public Sector
• Ethics

His expertise is in technical IFRS reporting, audit technical and non-financial reporting.

A former academic, Milton led the Financial Accounting division for the internationally renowned School of Accountancy at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) where he was also the postgraduate program head.

Milton is an established researcher and has published papers in local and international journals and has presented papers both within South Africa and abroad.

He currently still examines master’s theses and serves as a reviewer for internationally rated research journals.

Through SAICA, Milton sits on the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) council, the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) Emerging Economies Group (EEG), and The Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa board.

Providing citizens with the information to understand how the tax system works, the rights and obligations of taxpayers, and how citizens can influence the evolution of the tax system, is vital to building public trust in tax systems, a key component in tax morale.

David Frederick is Managing Director of Marcus Bishop Associates Chartered Certified Accountants, which he established in June 1995. He was Chief Accounting Examiner for the ICSA (The Governance Institute) from 2007-2017, a Principal University Lecturer, and has lectured in accounting and business globally including in, Angola, The Gambia, Jamaica, Nigeria, Poland, and St Lucia.

Mr. Frederick is the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Immediate Past President and chair of the Remuneration Board. He previously chaired the AAT Management Board and Education Training & Monitoring Board. He is also a board member of the Pentecostal Credit Union, a former member of the Audit Committee member of two London based credit unions and has been a member of the HMRC Customer Journey Experience working party. Mr. Frederick has also authored six accounting and business books plus numerous articles.

Mr. Frederick is a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and Chartered institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. He is also Fellow Member of the Chartered Management Institute. He has an MBA from Manchester Business School and a BA Hons Economics from De Montfort University. Mr. Frederick is an associate member of the Association of Fraud Examiners and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education.