Karen Sanderson

Karen Sanderson became a member of the IPSASB in January 2025. She was nominated by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). She was previously a member of IPSASB’s Consultative Advisory Group, serving from its initiation in 2016 to the end of her term in 2023.

Ms. Sanderson is the technical director for the first ever international financial reporting guidance for non-profit organizations. Prior to this she worked extensively in the public sector, with over 30 years of experience working at different levels of government in the UK and the New South Wales government in Australia. She has more than 20 years of experience of applying accrual accounting in the public sector and delivered the first ever Whole of Government Accounts in the UK. Ms. Sanderson was responsible for UK central government standard setting for 5 years and has been involved in public sector standard setting for over 15 years.  

Ms. Sanderson is a first class honors graduate from the Open University. She is a member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is also a member of CIPFA.  

Her Technical Advisor is Henning Diederichs.