IRBA Newsletter 26

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Sandy's farewell
A hard drive, a teacher and an influencer – these were the
words used to describe Sandy van Esch, Director Standards
at her farewell on 4 June 2014. The farewell was attended by
IRBA staff, Board members and members of the CFAS and
CFAE committees.
Sandy's professionalism was revered as speaker after
speaker expressed how much they have learnt from her over
the years and how she was always ready to share her wealth
of knowledge.
As the Board chairman, Adv Willem van der Linde, SC
mentioned, this was the resemblance of the circle of life which
shows renewal with Sandy passing on her skills to her team.
The CEO of IRBA, Mr BernardAgulhas, thanked Sandy for her
dedication, attention to detail and for supporting him to
achieve the vision of the IRBA.
Sandy thanked everyone for their support throughout her
profession. “Every step of the way there is a story about
people, who you talk to and how you engage them will
determine how far you can go with them. The profession is
never boring – 47 years and I have never been bored for one
day”, Sandy said with a smile to end her speech.
Sandy van Esch was seconded by KPMG to the IRBA in 2008
as Acting Director: Standards at the request of Bernard
Agulhas when he was appointed as the CEO of the IRBA. She
was appointed Director: Standards with effect from 1 August
2009 and continued until her retirement on 4 June 2014.
Sandy was responsible for the IRBA's CFAS and the CFAE,
their Standing Committees and Task Groups, and RIs
reported. She represented the IRBA on the SAICA Industry
Project Groups and committees.
Some of her achievements at the IRBA include the
development by the CFAE of the new IRBA Code of
Professional Ethics for Registered Auditors; numerous
projects and standards setting activities of the CFAS and its
various Standing Committees and Task Groups.
She contributed to the IAASB EDs and adoption of
International Standards and development of local IRBA
Assurance Standards, Practice Statements and Guides as
well as CFAS and CFAE Due Process Policies and the IRBA
Status and Authority of Quality Control, Auditing, Review,
Other Assurance, and Related Services Pronouncements that
clarifies the status and authority of all auditing
pronouncements for registered auditors, adopted or
developed and issued by IRBA.
She participated on the International research project with the
CFAS-SSC for the International Integrated Reporting Council
(IIRC) on assurance on <IR> Integrated Reports developed
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several Discussion Papers (published by the IIRC as a
Background Paper) that informed the recent International
Framework on Integrated Reporting <IR> issued by the IIRC in
December 2013.
NelsonMandela Day
IRBA celebrated Mandela day with the children at COMPASS
Edenvale. IRBA staff donated clothes, toiletries, stationery,
toys and lunch packs to the care centre and spent the
afternoon with the children. As Nelson Mandela said “The
world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and
deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better
one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable andmarginalised”.
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