Personality Of The Day: Aziz Tayyebi

Aziz Tayyebi works as head of international development for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), having previously been financial reporting officer for ACCA. Tayyebi is the key technical contributor to ACCA’s thought leadership in the field of Islamic finance, contributing articles and discussion papers on the subject and responding to external consultations in this area. He represents the ACCA on the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) task force on XBRL and on the UKTI accounting subgroup on Islamic finance. Previously, he worked as a manager with Ernst & Young, managing a portfolio of audit clients ranging from large privately owned companies to listed companies.