Members
Our members
The European Contact Group (ECG) brings together the six largest international professional services networks in Europe
Members’ representatives
Isabelle Tracq-Sengeissen, EY
Isabelle is Global Sustainability Professional Practice Director at EY. She is the first Chairwoman of the ECG as of September 19, 2024.
Isabelle joined the audit profession in 1990 and has a strong experience of audit and assurance standard setting and in the development of related guidance for auditors and assurance practitioners. She has been technical advisor (from 2009 to 2014) and member (from 2018 to 2023) of the International Auditing and Assurance Standard Board (IAASB). Isabelle is also chair of the Auditing Standard Board of CNCC (Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes, the French institute of statutory auditor), member of the audit standard setting committee of H2A (Haute Autorité de l’Audit, the French audit and sustainability assurance oversight board) and member of Accountancy Europe Audit and Assurance Policy Group.
Bertrand Pruvost, KPMG
Bertrand is a Partner at KPMG France and is the Head of Department of Professional Practice. He is the first Vice-Chair of the ECG.
Bertrand is a member of KPMG Europe Middle-East, Africa Department of Professional Practice Board and of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) Consultative Commission on Disclosures and Corporate Finance. He also leads independent audits for some of KPMG largest industrial clients, providing independent assurance on public financial statements and ESG indicators in support of the capital markets ecosystem, while also offering business insights and perspectives to his clients. Bertrand’s areas of expertise include: audit and sustainability assurance; industry, construction, energy and automotive sectors; accounting and sustainability standards; audit quality; public policy, regulatory change and risk management.
Marie-Stephanie Persson, BDO
Experienced General Counsel /Legal & Compliance with more than 20 years demonstrated history of working in the international large networks professional assurance industry.
Skilled in risk & quality, AML, capital markets, European Union and general business law. Legal professional graduate (LL.M, Master of Laws) from Uppsala University.
Pablo Zalba, Deloitte
Pablo is Partner – Managing Director of the EU Policy Center and Head of Regulation and Public Policy at Deloitte Spain. Throughout his professional career he has participated in and coordinated projects analysing environmental and sustainability policies and regulation and evaluation of EU funds, as well as advising in strategic reflection processes in clients. Prior to joining Deloitte, he was Chairman of Spanish state owned bank, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) and a Member of the European Parliament, where he served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Andrew Hobbs, EY
Andrew leads EY’s EMEIA Public Policy team which works with key stakeholders to strengthen the working relationship between the public and private sectors in policy and regulatory matters on topics such as talent and skills, technology and corporate governance (including reporting and audit).
Andrew currently chairs a working group at Accountancy Europe re-examining the role of the auditor in detecting fraud. He is a member of the Disclosure and Transparency Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network, the Asia Corporate Governance Association India Working Group and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee at the OECD. He chairs the Corporate Governance Working Group of the European Contact Group whose members comprise the 6 largest accounting networks across the EU. He regularly writes blogs about the role of corporate governance in trust.
Gunther Loits, Grant Thornton
Gunther has been working in the audit sector for over 25 years and has gained professional experience in both quoted companies and international groups, as well as small and medium-sized companies, non-profit organisations and public sector companies, in a broad range of industries. As current Head of Audit & Assurance, he has as the objective for Grant Thornton Belgium to deliver high-quality audits in the most efficient way.
Gunther has been a lecturer for 15 years at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the field of accounting, auditing and financial statements analysis. He is Grant Thornton International’s Lead at the European Contact Group.
Maurizio Donvito, PwC
Maurizio is EMEA Assurance Risk Management partner at PwC. Between 2021 and September 2024, he was the Chairman of the European Contact Group.
For more than 35 years Maurizio has been involved in the audit of publicly traded companies and their subsidiaries in Italy and for several years he engaged in activities in the fields of regulatory, risk management, ethics, compliance and the management of crisis situations. Maurizio was involved in the implementation of the European Audit Reform in Italy and Europe, and the implementation of the regulatory provisions on Privacy, Anti-money Laundering, and the Italian Corporate Crisis Code.