Tax & Public Policy Committee

Ms. Fareeha Shareef, co-founder of FJS Associates LLP, has over 15 years of experience in the audit and accounting profession.

Former President of CPA Maldives, Ms. Fareeha has also served on the Boards of Directors of several public entities including HDFC PLC, Maldives Pension Administration Office and Bank of Maldives Plc. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ooredoo Maldives.

Ms. Fareeha is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

Ali Irufan is currently the Project Director of the Public Finance Modernization Section at the Ministry of Finance. Prior to his appointment as Project Director,
he served as a consultant for the Public Finance Development Service and as a Fund Analyst for the Treasury and Public Accounts Department.
He has over fourteen years of experience in public finance and public procurement, including donor-funded projects.

He is a member of the South Asian Federation of Accountants’ (SAFA) committee on government and public sector accounting, as well as the Finance Commission of the
Maldives Red Crescent. Furthermore, he served as a vice chairman of the National Tender Board and as a committee member of the State Internal Audit Committee.

He is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). In addition, he holds a Master of Business Administration from the University
of the West of England and a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy and Finance from Heriot-Watt University.

Ms. Aishath Abdulla is a fully qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in public sector Internal Auditing and is currently the Manager, Internal Audit at the Island Aviation services Limited (IASL). She has been actively working more than 10 years in Auditing, Accounting and Finance field. 

In addition to working at IASL, she is the Vice-Chairperson of the State Internal Audit Committee (SIAC) at Ministry of Finance and a member of MNU advisory committee. She regularly lectures as a part-time lecturer at Villa College.