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Alan Willis, FCPA, FCA is an independent researcher, writer and advisor on corporate reporting and performance measurement outside the scope of financial statements, and the implications of such reporting for corporate governance and assurance. Since 1991, he has pioneered concepts, standards and practical guidance for  sustainability accounting and reporting, and lately for integrated reporting – in short, the transformation of corporate reporting.

Alan was a member of the founding Steering Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative from 1997 to 2002, and of the Working Group of the International Integrated Reporting Council in developing its 2013 Integrated Reporting Framework. He has served on the Advisory Council of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the Integrated Business Reporting Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network, the Technical Working Group of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board, and the Sustainability Advisory Board of CPA Canada.

He has authored and co-authored many publications for CPA Canada, including Briefings for Directors on climate change and sustainability, and led the development of CPA Canada’s innovative 2002 Guidance on Management’s Discussion and Analysis. 

Alan received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 in recognition of his contributions in Canada and internationally to accounting for sustainable development.