Ms. Clairette Ah-Hen officially joined the Financial Services Commission (‘FSC’) as Chief Executive on 1st August 2011.
Ms. Ah-Hen has a wide and in-depth experience in financial reporting. She held the post of Senior Advisor for Corporate Affairs to the Ministry of Economic Development from 2003 to 2004, and contributed towards standard-setting and the drafting of the financial reporting legislation. She was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Mauritius Financial Reporting Council (‘FRC’) and was responsible for the setting up of the regulatory agency.
She was until recently responsible for the monitoring of compliance in terms of accounting standards and financial reporting across the Sub-Saharan Africa for a large international accounting firm. She has conducted management seminars and facilitated financial reporting and risk management training sessions in the United States, Europe and Africa.
Ms. Ah-Hen chaired the Mauritius Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee, the Steering Committee on Accounting and Auditing Services which acted as the local counterpart for the World Bank Report of Observance and Code on accounting and auditing practices.
She was member of the Committee on Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights and the Committee on Corporate Governance, and the Chairperson of the Listing Rules Review Committee set by the Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd. in 1997.
Ms. Ah-Hen has had a rich career as an academic. Prior to 2006, she served as Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Management of the University of Mauritius. She was also visiting fellow of the University of Birmingham in UK.
Ms. Ah-Hen holds an MPhil and a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance. She is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.
The new Chief Executive takes over from Dr. Milan Meetarbhan who has been appointed as Mauritian Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.
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