The International Association of Financial Executives Institutes (IAFEI) is the premier global society of financial executives. Founded in 1969, IAFEI connects financial executives around the world with a global membership of more than 15,000 senior level finance executives, mainly chief financial officers across 18 national institutes. The international association is a non-profit and non-political professional association domiciled in Switzerland with its secretariat in the Philippines (Makati City).
IAFEI promotes networking opportunities for member institutes and their individual members, to build a wider understanding of financial practices throughout the world and the furtherance of their international compatibility and evolution, and the promotion of ethical considerations and best practices of financial management throughout the world. IAFEI works to advance the finance profession through the activities of its technical working committees, through hosting and partnering with global, regional and national conferences, and through a number of expert publications including the IAFEI Quarterly, a digital journal of record.
The IAFEI World Congress is held annually since 1969. The congresses rotate among continents each year and are organized by the responsible national member institute on behalf of IAFEI. The 43rd IAFEI World Congress has been held in conjunction with the 6th CFO Summit Emerging Europe & CIS in October 2013 in Warsaw. The 44th IAFEI World Congress will be held on October 2014 in Manila, hosted by the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX).
ÖPWZ Forum Finanzen, AustriaFinancial Executives Institute of Belgium (FEIB), BelgiumChina Association of Chief Financial Officers (CACFO), ChinaFinancial Executives Institute of Chinese Taiwan (FEI Chinese Taiwan), TaiwanAssociation Nationale des Directeurs Financiers et de Contrôle de Gestion (DFCG), FranceGesellschaft für Finanzwirtschaft in der Unternehmensführung e.V. (GEFIU), GermanyHellenic Institute of Financial Management of the Hellenic Management Association (HIFM), GreeceIndonesia Financial Executive Association (IFEA), IndonesiaIsrael Chief Financial Officers Forum, IsraelAssociazione Nazionale Direttori Amministrativi e Finanziari (ANDAF), ItalyJapan Association for Chief Financial Officers (JACFO), JapanKorea Association for Chief Financial Officers (KCFO), South KoreaInstituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (IMEF), MexicoFinancial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX), PhilippinesFINEXA - Stowarzyszenie Dyrektorów Finansowych, PolandAll-Russian Club of Financial Directors, RussiaAsociación Espanola de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (AEEF), SpainVietnam Chief Financial Officers Club (VCFO), VietnamFinancial Executives International (FEI), USAFinancial Executives International Canada (FEI), CanadaMembers of IAFEI national institutes are mainly executives engaged in roles of financial policy making and control in leading businesses. They share a common interest in the techniques of financial management, financial accounting, reporting and in maintaining business enterprises on a healthy basis in the face of changing business conditions. Membership of national institutes is typically open to financial executives or those performing policy setting functions in large and medium size companies, depending upon the national context and local institute bylaws. In many, but not all institutes, members may also include professionals and experts working in allied fields, such as audit and advisory services firms, financial services organizations, and scholars and academics.
IAFEI’s Technical Working Committees are composed of experts around the World engaged in sharing technical knowledge in key domains of interest to senior financial professionals. Among the global Technical Working Committees are :
1. International Observatory of Management Control2. International Tax Committee3. International Treasury Committee4. IFRS CommitteeIAFEI Officers and Executive Committee
Chairman: Luis Ortiz-Hidalgo (IMEF-Mexico)Vice Chairman: Fausto Cosi (ANDAF- Italy)Secretary: Victor Y. Lim Jr. (FINEX-Philippines)Treasurer: Emilio Pagani (ANDAF-Italy)Area President for the Americas: Juan Alfredo Ortega (IMEF-Mexico)Area President for Asia: Kenichi Ohta (JACFO-Japan)Area President Europe, Middle East & Africa: Mr. Armand Angeli (DFCG-France)Executive Director: Helmut Schnabel (GEFIU-Germany)The First International Congress of Financial Executives took place 1969 in Marbella, Spain and was hosted by the Spanish institute for finance executives (AEEF). At this event a new head organization for national institutes was created, with a legal situs in Switzerland. At the second world congress (Brussels in 1970) 55 representatives of 15 member institutes finalized the creation of the association. IAFEI was founded by the financial executives institutes of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Spain, United Kingdom and the combined institutes of the United States of America and Canada (today: FEI - Financial Executives International), which played a keyrole.
The IAFEI World Congress is an annual congress organized on behalf of the International Association of Financial Executives Institutes (IAFEI). The two to four days congress, which includes a gala dinner, is hosted by one of the national member institutes of IAFEI. The congress, which is organized for corporate finance executives from all over the world is normally held with the national convention of the hosting institute.
The first congress of international finance executives institutes was held in 1969 in Marbella, Spain. IAFEI World Congresses have been held since then in 21 different countries. In the years 1975 and 2009 no congresses were organized.
Past congresses
1st IAFEI World Congress, Marbella, Spain, 19692nd IAFEI World Congress, Brussels, Belgium, 19703rd IAFEI World Congress, Mexico City, Mexico, 19714th IAFEI World Congress, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 19725th IAFEI World Congress, Paris, France, 19736th IAFEI World Congress, Manila, Philippines, 19747th IAFEI World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19768th IAFEI World Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 19779th IAFEI World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 197810th IAFEI World Congress, Atlanta, USA, 197911th IAFEI World Congress, Sydney, Australia, 198012th IAFEI World Congress, Mexico City, Mexico, 198113th IAFEI World Congress, Madrid, Spain, 17-20 October 198214th IAFEI World Congress, Jakarta, Indonesia, 31 October-November 2 198315th IAFEI World Congress, Venice, Italy, 30 September-3 October 198416th IAFEI World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-20 November 198517th IAFEI World Congress, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 9-12 November 198618th IAFEI World Congress, Caracas, Venezuela, 25-28 October 198719th IAFEI World Congress, Manila, Philippines, 16-19 October 198820th IAFEI World Congress, Paris, France, 26-29 September 198921st IAFEI World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan, 5-7 November 199022nd IAFEI World Congress, Cancun, Mexico, 21-23 November 199123rd IAFEI World Congress, Madrid, Spain, 25-28 October 199224th IAFEI World Congress, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, 19-25 September 199325th IAFEI World Congress, Washington D.C., USA, 2-5 October 199426th IAFEI World Congress, Rome, Italy, 4-6 October 199527th IAFEI World Congress, Jakarta/Bali, Indonesia, 30 October-1 November 199628th IAFEI World Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland, 18-19 September 199729th IAFEI World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-23 September 199830th IAFEI World Congress, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 26-28 May 199931st IAFEI World Congress, Sydney, Australia, 8-11 October 200032nd IAFEI World Congress, Cancun, Mexico, 17-21 October 200133rd IAFEI World Congress, Madrid, Spain, 23-25 October 200234th IAFEI World Congress, Florida, USA, 4-7 May 200335th IAFEI World Congress, Florence, Italy, 11-13 October 200436th IAFEI World Congress, Manila, Philippines, 4-7 November 200537th IAFEI World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 8-11 October 200638th IAFEI World Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 10-12 September 200739th IAFEI World Congress, Paris, France, 15-17 December 200840th IAFEI World Congress, Rome, Italy, 13-15 October 201041st IAFEI World Congress, Beijing, China, 16-18 September 201142nd IAFEI World Congress, Cancun, Mexico, 14-17 November 201243rd IAFEI World Congress was held in conjunction with 6th CFO Summit Emerging Markets & CIS in Warsaw, Poland from 14-17 October 2013. The organizers on behalf of IAFEI were FINEXA - Stowarzyszenie Dyrektorów Finansowych and CFO Insight (a media brand by Frankfurt Business Media, Frankfurt).44th IAFEI World Congress, 15-17 October 2014 for the fourth time in Manila, Philippines. This is being organized by the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX).
