Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants
The Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants (LACPA), in the Republic of Lebanon, was created by the Accountancy Profession Act No. 364/1994[1][2] to become the sole organization in Lebanon representing more than 1711 members of the CPA profession as of May 2011. LACPA is an active member of (IFAC) International Federation of Accountants,[3] (FIDEF) Federation Internationale des Experts-Comptables Francophone[4] and (AFAA) Arab Federation for Accountants and Auditors [5] a federation of the Joint Arab Economic Action Charter of the Arab League.[6]
Aims[edit]
LACPA and through its acting Committees formed by a Council of 10 professionals elected every 2 years, establishes national standards on ethics, auditing, accounting education and accounting practices. It also issues guidance to encourage high quality performance by professional accountants.
Personnel[edit]
LACPA Council is composed of 10 members headed by the chairman elected every 2 years.[7] Council Chairpersons since 1994 were: Mouaffaq Yafi, George Abu Mansour, Farid Gebran, Hikmat Sleem, Antoine Gholam, Gebran Barghoud, Gina Chammas, Amin Saleh, Elie Abboud, Selim Abdel Baki & Sarkis Sakr.
LACPA administrative and technical body is headed by a Secretary General. Secretary generals since 1994: Claude Boustany, David Kazzi, Fares Aboujaoude & Nadine Aoun.