Leadership & Governance

EMEIA REGIONAL BOARD

Christophe Velut

Board Chair

Allinial – Walter France
149 Bd de Stalingrad
Villeurbanne, 69100
France

Jérôme Rüfenacht

Board Vice Chair

Gewerbe-Treuhand AG
Eichwaldstrasse 13
Luzern, 6002
Switzerland

Gavin Lee

Board Member

EisnerAmper Ireland
6 the Courtyard Building Carmanhall Road
Sandyford, Dublin 18
Ireland

Vaibhav Manek

Board Member

KNAV
201-202, Naman Centre,
G Block BKC, Bandra East, 2nd Floor
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400051
India

Mohammad-Nasser Barakat

Board Member

Aldar International Governance Consultancy (AIGC)
Riyadh World Trade Centre Bahrain Tower
2nd Floor, King Fahad Road
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Jennifer Reddy

Board Member

161 Pietermaritz Street Ground Floor, Nedbank House 
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa

Youri Roks

Board Member

ESJ Financial Engineering
Bredaseweg 199
Etten Leur 4872 LA
Netherlands

Thorsten Schellenberg

Board Member

KBHT
Europadamm 4
Duesseldorf, 41460
Germany

Nimesh Shah

Board Member

Blick Rothenberg
16 Great Queen Street
Covent Garden
London WC2B 5AH

EMEIA REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Luca Traini

Regional Director, Africa

In his role as Regional Director of Africa, Luca is tasked with building relationships and growing the association’s regional membership in Africa. In addition to connecting our African members to the wider Allinial Global community, he is also responsible for coordinating the delivery of member services.

Luca completed his training contract with PKF Durban, where he quickly progressed to audit supervisor. He has worked in financial services and wealth management, started his own company in advertising and print, and served as the national credit risk manager for a JSE listed entity. As a business consultant, Luca has successfully counseled many businesses on startup, expansion, and increased profitability. Throughout his career he has stayed close to his passion of training and education, lecturing in finance and audit for numerous firms and South African universities.

EMEIA REGIONAL BOARD

Christophe Velut

Board Chair

Allinial – Walter France
149 Bd de Stalingrad
Villeurbanne, 69100
France

Jérôme Rüfenacht

Board Vice Chair

Gewerbe-Treuhand AG
Eichwaldstrasse 13
Luzern, 6002
Switzerland

Gavin Lee

Board Member

EisnerAmper Ireland
6 the Courtyard Building Carmanhall Road
Sandyford, Dublin 18
Ireland

Vaibhav Manek

Board Member

KNAV
201-202, Naman Centre,
G Block BKC, Bandra East, 2nd Floor
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400051
India

Mohammad-Nasser Barakat

Board Member

Aldar International Governance Consultancy (AIGC)
Riyadh World Trade Centre Bahrain Tower
2nd Floor, King Fahad Road
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Jennifer Reddy

Board Member

161 Pietermaritz Street Ground Floor, Nedbank House 
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa

Youri Roks

Board Member

ESJ Financial Engineering
Bredaseweg 199
Etten Leur 4872 LA
Netherlands

Thorsten Schellenberg

Board Member

KBHT
Europadamm 4
Duesseldorf, 41460
Germany

Nimesh Shah

Board Member

Blick Rothenberg
16 Great Queen Street
Covent Garden
London WC2B 5AH

EMEIA REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Luca Traini

Regional Director, Africa

In his role as Regional Director of Africa, Luca is tasked with building relationships and growing the association’s regional membership in Africa. In addition to connecting our African members to the wider Allinial Global community, he is also responsible for coordinating the delivery of member services.

Luca completed his training contract with PKF Durban, where he quickly progressed to audit supervisor. He has worked in financial services and wealth management, started his own company in advertising and print, and served as the national credit risk manager for a JSE listed entity. As a business consultant, Luca has successfully counseled many businesses on startup, expansion, and increased profitability. Throughout his career he has stayed close to his passion of training and education, lecturing in finance and audit for numerous firms and South African universities.