Introducing Two New Board of Regents Members

The ICMA® (Institute of Certified Management Accountants) Board of Regents, the body that oversees the CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) program, recently appointed two new members. These new members will serve three-year terms, which began on July 1, 2024:

  • Di Wu, Ph.D., CMA, CPA, is chair of the Accounting and Finance Department at California State University-Bakersfield. His teaching interests include cost accounting, managerial accounting, financial accounting, and data. In 2019, Dr. Wu was selected for IMA’s prestigious R. Lee Brummet Distinguished Award for Educators. Dr. Wu also cofounded a biotechnology start-up company and has provided consulting services to various businesses. Prior to joining the Board of Regents, Dr. Wu served two terms on the IMA Global Board of Directors, where he was a member of the Member Relations and the Governance Standing Board Committees. He has also served as president of IMA’s Wild West Council.
  • Bassem Philip, CMA, is the co-founder and CFO of SharpMinds Consulting Engineers, based in Abu Dhabi. Previously, Philip spent more than 10 years at Morgan Consulting Engineers, serving in various finance roles, including five years as the company’s CFO. He began his career working in a variety of accounting-related roles in the Middle East. Prior to joining the Board of Regents, Philip was a member of the IMA Committee on Ethics for two years. He is an active board member of IMA’s Abu Dhabi Chapter and earned his CMA in 2022.

The main responsibility of the Board of Regents is to oversee the CMA as well as CSCA® (Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis) and FMAA™ (Financial and Managerial Accounting Associate) programs. Among its primary duties, the Board of Regents develops the overall strategy for the CMA certification program, sets the requirements and policies for certification, reviews and revises exam questions as needed, oversees the administration of the exam, establishes the passing standards, and periodically reviews the content specifications for the exam and revises these specifications as appropriate.

For further information about these appointments or the activities of the Board of Regents, please contact Ella Suponitskiy, CMA, CPA, CPA, ICMA vice president, certification, at ESuponitskiy@imanet.org.