Michael Izza is

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...

of the

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is a professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports chartered accountants and students around the world. As of July 2022, it has over 198,000 members ...

(ICAEW).

Early life and education

Izza was born in December 1960. From

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ce ...

, Izza gained a law degree from Durham University, during which time he was also President of

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Career

Upon graduation in 1983, Izza trained as a chartered accountant with

Coopers & Lybrand PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting ...

in Manchester (now

PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting ...

). Izza joined Canadian brewing company John Labatt Ltd. in 1989, becoming European vice president finance, progressing to managing director of the firm's European retail arm in 1992. In 1997, Izza joined Spring Group Plc - as managing director of Spring Skills - then the UK's largest vocational training business - then progressing to group roles including finance director.

ICAEW

Izza joined ICAEW in 2002 as executive director of finance and operations, becoming chief operating officer in 2004 and chief executive in 2006. In 2008 and 2009, following the financial crisis, Izza chaired three

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working groups tasked with identifying independent valuers for

Northern Rock Northern Rock, formerly the Northern Rock Building Society, was a British bank. Based at Regent Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Northern Rock was originally a building society. It demutualisation, demutualised and became North ...

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and

Dunfermline Building Society The Dunfermline Building Society was a building society and later a trading division of Nationwide Building Society, based in Dunfermline, Scotland. Before its 2009 merger with Nationwide, it was the largest building society in Scotland and th ...

. In 2009, Izza chaired an international corporate governance taskforce set up by the Leading Group of Nations to examine the relative merits of an international financial transactions tax. Izza was a member of the UK Government's Small Business Economic Forum. As of February 2019, Izza is a member of the advisory group supporting the UK Government's independent review into the quality and effectiveness of audit, led by Sir

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. Izza chairs Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW). He is also executive director of the

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(CCAB) and a board member of the

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(GAA). Izza is a member of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, one of the livery companies of the

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Personal life

Izza is married with two children. Izza has been a trustee of several charities, and is currently on the trustee board of Moorfields Eye Charity, which supports

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References

External links

An interview with ICAEW CEO Michael Izza
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British accountants Coopers and Lybrand people British chief executives Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham {{UK-business-bio-stub